We planned to leave Denver early in the morning so we could get to Las Vegas in time for Zach to take in the sights of the strip. Instead, I was standing outside the hotel at 7:30am with the front desk clerk jumping our dead battery so I could drive to a store to get the battery replaced.
We were waiting at 8am as the battery store opened its doors. The battery had to be shipped across town from another location (of course it did) so were stuck for at least 90 minutes.
I bought some plastic wrap at Home Depot while we were packing in St. Louis. I didn't use all of it but I also didn't have time to return the rolls before we hit the road. The car shop was within walking distance of a Home Depot so I set out to get a refund.
I walked up to the return counter and handed the cashier my receipt and the merchandise. She took one look at the receipt and asked me, "Why did you come all the way to Denver to return your stuff?". I replied, "I heard the cashiers in Denver sing a song when you return items." She gave me a VERY odd look as I repeated my answer.
She took the items and started to sing "would you like the refund on your card or cash back today?" I kept from laughing as I asked for the cash. She handed me the money and sang "Have a nice day!" as I walked away from the counter.
We finally hit the road at 9:45am and rolled through Colorado, and a small part of Utah, on our way to Las Vegas.
We arrived a bit after 8pm (about three+ hours behind schedule) and checked in as quickly as possible. We left Vegas around Noon the next day. In that 16-hour period, we:
***Watched the Forum Shoppes "Fall Of Atlantis" show
***Rode the roller coaster on top of New York New York
***Watched the "Sirens of TI" show
***Ate pretzels and donuts at 1:30am
***Watched the 3-D M&M movie at the M&M Store (duh!)
***Gambled
***Walked the strip
*** Ate at Chipotle
***Watched the dog process the sights and sounds of the casino
Our Saturday afternoon road trip to Los Angeles was interrupted when we approached Primm, Nevada. The sight of a roller coaster will always make us pull over and check out the location!
Desperado is a hypercoaster located at Buffalo Bill's Hotel and Casino. It was WAY too hot for the dog to be outside so Dana and Zach went on the coaster while I stayed in the air conditioned car with Doc. Dana switched with me after her coaster ride so I could take a turn on Desperado.
I noticed a couple walking into the casino with their dogs as Zach and I were leaving the building. I asked the security guard and she told me dogs were welcome at the casino.
THREE HOURS LATER....
***Dana finished shopping at the Outlet Mall next to Buffalo Bill's
***Zach wrapped up in the casino game room
***Doc and I finished talking to a good 20-25 people over the age of 80 who wanted to
stop and say "hello to the cute puppy"
We hit the road (again) to make our way to Los Angeles. Finally, after some breaks for...
***Gas
***Food for the road
***A stop at the border to declare if we had any fruits, vegetables or animals with us
...We arrived in Sherman Oaks shortly after 10pm!
We took Dana through the lobby of The Plaza apartment building so she could see 3G and his posse holding court on a Saturday night. A evening of rest was necessary because Sunday would be filled with improv, showing Dana the route to her new workplace, getting the keys to our new place and laundry.
I'll have more to talk about soon with new Zach audition stories and my audition for Wipeout.
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Tuesday, September 25, 2012
Monday, September 17, 2012
Back In Action
It's been a few weeks since my last post but there hasn't been a slow moment since Labor Day.
The Artist and I flew to St. Louis on Labor Day. Our airport shuttle arrived at 4am so we were up and moving at 3am. The first thing I felt after I got out of bed was an earthquake centered in Beverly Hills. I like to think of it as California's way of making sure we wouldn't forget it while we were out of town.
We landed in St. Louis at noon and were packing our belongings by 2pm. Why did we fly to Missouri to get out stuff?
Dana accepted a job in Los Angeles so we went to St. Louis to help with the move and ride with her to California. The trip also involved a visit to the dentist to get the rest of Zach's "trays" for his invisible braces, time with his friends, making sure the car was ready for the road trip, packing the moving truck and Dana wrapping up her job at KEZK.
I tried my best to have lunch with some friends but time was not on my side with everything else I had to accomplish before we left town.
We left Thursday morning at 5am and headed for California. Dana, Zach and the dog were asleep within an hour as I rolled through Missouri. We hit Kansas around 10am and were stuck driving the entire state for the rest of the afternoon.
It didn't matter if we were in the middle of nowhere or in an urban area....All of Kansas smells like a herd of cows took care of their business in the last hour.
We decided to spend the night in Denver so we found a hotel and unloaded our suitcases. It was around 8pm and we were starving. We got back in the car and NOTHING HAPPENED! The battery was dead.
Yes, it sucked the car battery died. But, on the plus side:
***It died in the hotel parking lot and not in the middle of Colorado or (shudder) Kansas.
***We have 24-hour car service so they came out to jump the battery.
***I got a good local pizza delivered to the hotel.
The car service company arrived at 10pm. They jumped the battery and started instantly! They also charged me ZERO dollars and ZERO cents for the call.
After 20 minutes of running the battery, I turned off the car and attempted to start it one more time. It turned on with no problem so we went to bed to get ready to hit the road around 5am.
I woke up the next morning at 4am and decided to load the car. I went out to the vehicle and hit the button to open the car doors.
Nothing happened.
I tried it one more time....AND...Nothing happened.
The battery was dead again.
I've rambled on for awhile so what do you say we make Day 2 of the road trip story (and the saga of the dead battery) a post for another time?
TO BE CONTINUED
The Artist and I flew to St. Louis on Labor Day. Our airport shuttle arrived at 4am so we were up and moving at 3am. The first thing I felt after I got out of bed was an earthquake centered in Beverly Hills. I like to think of it as California's way of making sure we wouldn't forget it while we were out of town.
We landed in St. Louis at noon and were packing our belongings by 2pm. Why did we fly to Missouri to get out stuff?
Dana accepted a job in Los Angeles so we went to St. Louis to help with the move and ride with her to California. The trip also involved a visit to the dentist to get the rest of Zach's "trays" for his invisible braces, time with his friends, making sure the car was ready for the road trip, packing the moving truck and Dana wrapping up her job at KEZK.
I tried my best to have lunch with some friends but time was not on my side with everything else I had to accomplish before we left town.
We left Thursday morning at 5am and headed for California. Dana, Zach and the dog were asleep within an hour as I rolled through Missouri. We hit Kansas around 10am and were stuck driving the entire state for the rest of the afternoon.
It didn't matter if we were in the middle of nowhere or in an urban area....All of Kansas smells like a herd of cows took care of their business in the last hour.
We decided to spend the night in Denver so we found a hotel and unloaded our suitcases. It was around 8pm and we were starving. We got back in the car and NOTHING HAPPENED! The battery was dead.
Yes, it sucked the car battery died. But, on the plus side:
***It died in the hotel parking lot and not in the middle of Colorado or (shudder) Kansas.
***We have 24-hour car service so they came out to jump the battery.
***I got a good local pizza delivered to the hotel.
The car service company arrived at 10pm. They jumped the battery and started instantly! They also charged me ZERO dollars and ZERO cents for the call.
After 20 minutes of running the battery, I turned off the car and attempted to start it one more time. It turned on with no problem so we went to bed to get ready to hit the road around 5am.
I woke up the next morning at 4am and decided to load the car. I went out to the vehicle and hit the button to open the car doors.
Nothing happened.
I tried it one more time....AND...Nothing happened.
The battery was dead again.
I've rambled on for awhile so what do you say we make Day 2 of the road trip story (and the saga of the dead battery) a post for another time?
TO BE CONTINUED
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