Bakersfield

Hey all...We made it. Our first stop was the London Bridge in Lake Havasu Arizona. It is an actual replica with pieces of the original bridge. Nice little stop, I bet it would look better at night. Lake Havasu is a very pretty little town. We stopped in Laughlin NV on the way and stayed at the Edgewater in a room over looking the Colorado River...for under $40/night!! A cute little gambling strip (that's all we had time to see) then it was off to the Hoover Dam. A little over an hour sitting in traffic but we wanted to stop for some pictures..We had my niece with us and wanted her to see it. Then it was off to Vegas...I love that town. There's so much to see and do and it's always changing. We rode the monorail from Paris to The Sahara...It's a difficult thing to find but it was worth the walk. Our feet would have never made it that far. Bellagio was beautiful... The fountains and the conservatory which also had dancing water this year. We got to go downtown and stay a night in our favorite hotel the Golden Nugget and see the Fremont Street Experience light show. New Year's Eve was spent in front of the Aladdin hotel (where we also stayed a few nights). The sign in front of Paris counted off the seconds way too early and then didn't count them off when it was really midnight...Threw off the whole crowd. We were all wondering if they would really set off the fireworks..The wind threatened to shut them down but it was a really cool sight to see. I'm not one for crowds that big, there's always that one drunk person that keeps pushing you forward into other people. I would do it again if I could go to one of the roof top parties or maybe Downtown would be better . It was $35/person to be downtown. Maybe next year.
Our trip from Vegas to Bakersfield was quicker than I thought...Only 4 hours! You know what that means ....We'll be back. I start my job on Monday at Mercy Southwest...The per diem job didn't pan out. Access nurses didn't realize (even though I told them several times) that I needed to work like this week. Of course I got the new guy and he got confused so I didn't work this week. What a pain, I really hate it when people don't listen to me, or don't listen to the whole story. Hopefully we both learned from this experience.
World Health has delivered everything they were promising so far.. 2 bedroom apartment fully furnished including pots and pans and linens, TV with cable and the phone line. We even got pictures on the wall and a fake tree. Nice little touches. I'll let you know about the hospital next week. There are 150 travelers in this apartment complex... I'm thinking of renting out the club house and inviting them too meet each other...I'll let you know how it goes! Any suggestions for my party?Or what might make you show up to a party like that?