Rose Bowl Floats

After the New Year's Eve square dance, Connie
Jeff and I headed to Pasadena to
check out the
floats. We walked around the floats for two hours and were amazed by the beauty and creativity of the whole process. Got home about five, set the parade to be taped and got up around noon and watched it. Having seen the floats the night before makes watching the parade a lot more fun.
Happy New Year

Las Vegas Quick Trip

On Dec 26th Sharon, Charles and I (along with about a million other people) headed to Vegas. It was an overnight trip to meet and bring Sharon's cousin back to CA. She and her husband came out from the DC area to vacation in the area. We stayed at the Luxor and it was ok. I was surprised that Vegas didn't dress up for Christmas. Only one Casino. the Ballagio, had decorations. The decorations were worth the effort though. Very nice. I won $243 while we were waiting in line for dinner. I put 2 quarters in a machine, and on the second time I won. Our name was called, I cashed out and never got a chance to put anything back, so I came home a winner.