Pahrump, NV

March 24   Nevada Treasure RV Resort

We drove out to Pahrump to stay at Nevada Treasure RV Resort. We plan to stay here for 1 month. We've never done a whole month in one place with the RV before so this is new to us. This is a really nice RV park that has all kinds of amenities. Spacious sites, 2 swimming pools, jacuzzi, fitness center with steam rooms and saunas, bowling alley. The normal price per day is $40 but they have a monthly rate of $377. That breaks down to $12.57 per day. Couldn't pass it up.

Nevada Treasure RV Resort

Our spot for the next month

Doesn't get any better than this

We're just planning to relax, work out some, go on day trips from here, and just do what we want to.

It just sucks because as soon as we came out here, I caught some kind of bug and have been out of commission for the last 4 days. Lots of coughing and body aches. Miki got the same thing, when she got home she was so sick. Donna was also sick and papa Rudy too.

Flowers blooming everywhere

Cactus flowers

Beautiful roses

Back in Vegas

March 20

Mike with a beer sampler

We're back in Las Vegas. Randy & Miki at the Cal, Dad & Amy at Fremont, and Joe & I at Main Street RV. We met at Triple 7 for beer and pupu's and the UH men's basketball game. They made the top 32 in the NCAA tournament. We all took UH with 7 1/2 points. We all loss.....Hawaii lost by 13.

We ran into Dad's good friends, Mike & Terri Oshiro. We had a really nice visit with them. Terri is such a blast!










March 21

Seared Ahi Salad

We had lunch today at 808 Mixed Plates on Craig Road. Excellent local food. I had the seared Ahi salad, Joe had hamburger steak and Randy & Miki had garlic chicken. Everything was so good.

Miki & I did a little shopping. She wanted a bag at Fossil. We ended up buying some other stuff but not the bag we originally went for. Then on to Quiksilver for board shorts for Josh. His birthday coming up this weekend....he'll be 27!

Umiya Sushi

For dinner we went to Umiya Sushi on Flamingo Road. $25.99 all you can eat. Really good, we all pigged out! Was nice that Kawika could join us.

Later that night, we did some gambling. I got real lucky on the wheel and hit $1000.
Wow....that never happened before! I guess the red panties really work!










March 22

Miki & Randy left this morning. Was really nice to see them but was kind of hectic at the same time. Miki's got a few more days off before going back to work. She misses JJ....we miss him too.

March 23

Dad and Amy are still in Las Vegas. We've been spending some time together eating and gambling but Joe & I leave tomorrow and drive to Pahrump. About 1 1/2 hrs out of Vegas. There's a nice RV Resort out there that we'll stay at for a month.

Skiing at Brian Head, UT

March 16   Las Vegas - Brian Head, Utah     Approx 3 hrs

We picked up Miki & my brother Randy this morning, then later in the day Miki's friends, Emily & Josiah came in. We're all headed to Brian Head, Utah and plan to do some skiing. Our good friends Scott & Donna Hoadley will meet us there. Also, Keahi & Bryce will be driving down from Colorado.

We're staying at Cedar Breaks Lodge. Very nice accommodations, we have a 2 bedroom condo with a full kitchen, about $200 per night. The location is perfect. The ski lift is 2 minutes away. Joe's not planning to ski but has volunteered to be our cook.

The view of our condo from the slopes

March 17

Brian Head Ski Resort is pretty nice. Prices are excellent, $35 lift tickets, $35 ski rental per day. Super cheap compared to other places. The snow was a little icy but posed no problem for us. I was a little nervous, it's been 8 years since we last skied. It's like riding a bike, no problem. Miki & I had one big spill, lucky no one caught it on camera because Bryce & Randy both had their Go Pros going.

Bottom: Randy, Keahi Bryce. Top: Dawn, Josiah, Miki

Emily shredding with Randy in the back

Emily is the only one that hasn't skied or snowboarded. She started out on a snowboard, no lessons. After a while, she gave up and switched to ski's and paid for lessons. We caught up with her later and she was soooo good!

Joe cooked fresh corn beef for us tonight. Celebrating St Patricks Day and my birthday....so ono!

Joe giving Bryce, Miki & Emily blackjack lessons

Keahi & Randy relaxing

March 18 -20

We've spent the last few days at Brian Head, skiing and snowboarding. Lot's of fun with family and friends. Lots of good food and nice weather.

Miki & Randy

Miki & Dawn

Josiah, Emily, Bryce & Miki

Taking a break in the bar

Lunch break at the lodge

This morning we said goodbye to Keahi & Bryce. They have a 5 hour drive back to Grand Junction. Keahi goes back to school on Monday and Bryce continues to cruise with friends in Denver.

We left around 10am for our drive back to Las Vegas. Took us about 3 hours.