Saturday, June 23, 2007

Las Vegas: Airplane!

On the flight to Las Vegas, I sat next to a couple from Little Rock.
They were vacationing in Sacramento and on they're way back home. I
had to ask them what does one do when vacationing in Sacramento?
Visit family was reason number one. But they had the chance to visit
Old Sacramento and the Railroad museum. The Crocker Art Museum was
closed when they went. And they used Sac as a home base when making
jaunts to San Francisco, Lake Tahoe and Reno. Nice to meet you, Randy
and Sheri.

It is amazing that in just an ninety-minute journey, that I learned
about their family, where they grew up, what they do and what
entertains them. Randy is afraid of flying, and this was only his
second plane flight. Every bump of turbulence was met straight on
with a stern look of concern. Or maybe that was nausea! He normally
takes long road trips and grew up in a family that loves cross-country
RV excursions.

Sheri works as a dental assistant and doesn't mind knocking back a few
drinks. She told me about her gambling trip to the Thunder Valley
Indian casino. She has no kids of her own, but as this is Randy's
second marriage, she has two adult step kids. She smiled at me as she
said, 'Theyre out of the house.' That look had almost the opposite
expressions compared to Randy's over the flight turbulence.

So here I am, Sin City.

Some friends arriving shortly. Blogging from the pda phone, so
forgive typos and such....

--
muckdog
http://thelearningcurve.blogspot.com

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