My next destination would be Las Vegas, Nevada, about four hours to the northwest of Flagstaff. i had to drive across the Hoover Dam on my way .The first time 1 had driven across the dam was while i was trucking in 1991. Back then the lake's surface level was at 1180 feet above sea level, down almost fifty feet from it's maximum capacity level of 1229 feet. When 1 had crossed the dam again in 2007 it was down another fifty feet at 1130. This time when i drove across the dam the leve1 was down even further， now being at 1112 feet and almost 120 feet lower than full capacity: Lake Mead was now at forty six percent of it's full capaciry, and it's pretty apparent that they will have to do something soon or Las Vegas is going to turn to dust and blow away. I got into town and checked into dle motel. This is where i have to say that the phrase "Location is everything" was painfully apparent. i stayed at the exact same motel chain
in Las Vegas as i had in Albuquerque. But where they had charged me sixty six dollars for two nights in Albuquerque，they were charging me sixty eight dollars for one night in Las Vagas， more than double thee price. well it's only money. That's easy for you to say ,you don't have any expenses. I had a few minutes to freshen up before I was to go meet Maryal1n (Lexie89101) and Nancy (NanDevl) for dinner. But the meeting never took place. Nancy had gotten her days mixed up and thought i was going to be in town the next night. i left a message that i was there but she never checked her machine that night. i didn't have Maryann's number, Nancy was the liason. But it didn't matter, Maryann had been called to work and couldn't have made it anyway Nancy promises that the next time i come through Las vagas， she'll cook dinner and even make me cornbread, one of my favorites. i spent the night in the motel room channel surfing on the tv.we were in Las vagas,Iwanted to go out and party, gamble and ogle the cocktail waitresses. Yeah well, remember that money thing? Hey, you can't win if you don't play. Uhhuh, you can't lose either. When you come up with a get rich scheme that works, we'll talk about going out and playing.