2008 Spring/Summer Tour - Day 26

We drove from L.A. to Las Vegas today. That's kind of a weird stretch there... It's comprised of mostly desert area and passes through Baker, CA, which is a downright kooky place. As we were driving towards Baker we saw two signs for "The Tallest Mini-Mart in the World". We thought that was an odd thing to advertise. And then we saw another sign for "The Tallest Thermometer in the World". At this point, I knew we had to go there. You can imagine my disappointment when there was only the tallest thermometer in the world, erected in front of a normal sized mini-mart. It wasn't even connected. What a gyp! But we observed the temp at 96 degrees and moved on to another attraction, the Alien Fresh Jerky store, which boasted of clean restrooms. We were in awe of the cleanliness of the facilities and the alien jerky was pretty good. Tastes a lot like good ol' Earth beef.

We pulled into Vegas and Roseann and I both commented on how it felt like we were just here, although it's been about seven months. It was just a really weird feeling of familiarity. They even parked us in the same area at the Circus Circus KOA... well, a couple spots over, but it's a huge lot, so it's the same proximity to everything. It's a fun place here, and we're looking forward to doing some shows this week and seeing our friends.

They have a room with several computers and Becca and Evee were happy to get some computer time after we got here. They can play really well together for a long time with nothing but their imaginations, and that's a great ability to have when you travel a lot, but sometimes they miss their desktops at home where they can play some games and use some of their art software and such. So they'll get a little fix of that here. We put them to bed, watched a movie (Never Been Kissed, not bad for a chick-flick) and The Simpsons, and went to sleep.

The world's tallest thermometer and likely NOT the world's tallest mini-mart...


The Alien Fresh Jerky place, known for its clean restrooms...