7:36 am - Tuesday - November 15th - GNHS - 52° F, 38% humidity, wind 4 mph out of the north....crystal clear, blue, sunny skies today with a forecast high of 72° F. On this date in 2014 TLE and I were in Sparks, NV sampling a flight of brews at Great Basin Brewing Company......↴
After 4 days of work it was time for a day off, so we slept in to around 7 am, and were sitting watching an English Premier League match around 9 am between Tottenham and Leeds when my phone rang. It was Cal (GNHS owner) advising we had a 'booking' and the people were walking down to the office. Wait, what? We had no bookings the last time I checked late Sunday evening. I looked out the window of the Newell and saw people standing by the office door, so I walked out to see what I could do for them. They said they had a booking for three ATV's (one 2 seater, and two 4 seaters). Of course we had nothing of the sort on the website, plus we are closed on Monday. I could tell by their accents they were from Australia, or New Zealand (I can't tell the difference), so they had come a long way to be disappointed. As it turned out they had booked the ATV's thru GNHS back in June before they began their 3 month trip to the USA, but they (GNHS) no longer rent ATV's, so what to do?
After a few back and forth conversations with Bob and Casey they decided to honor the pricing Cal had quoted back in June....there were 4 adults, and 5 children, and they were from Gold Coast, Australia. We had their paperwork done within 45 minutes, and sent them on their way around 11 am for their 4 hour ride....
....we had made tentative plans to take a ride ourselves Monday, but that, obviously, went by the wayside. We clocked out around 11 am, and came back on duty around 2 pm. In between we finished watching the soccer match (Tottenham came from behind in the final 10 minutes to win 4-3), took a 1.2 mile fast paced walk, then I puttered around in the trailer for a while.
A few days ago I received a new watch I had ordered off an ad on Instagram.....it only cost $36, but the watch face is totally digital....you can change the face to one of 7, or 8 options.....very cool. Plus it keeps track of your heart rate, # of steps you take each day, blood pressure, and blood oxygen level, along with numerous other options like notifications when you receive an email, phone call, or text. Most of the 'smart' watches I've seen are square, and uninteresting....I like this one because it looks like a chronograph, even though it really isn't.....lol...it's not even waterproof.....
....the two families returned just before 3 pm, and I spent the next 2.5 hours cleaning them, fueling them, and putting them away before closing the office, and walking 30 paces home around 4:30 pm. Even though Monday was to have been a day off, it worked out well, because we had no rentals on Sunday. By the time I showered, and changed into casual clothing it was time for dinner.....Street Tacos, and Margaritas....yay for my team! TLE and I spent about 90 minutes on the 'lido deck' after dinner playing 'Phase 10'....TLE won in a landslide, but I had fun anyway.
This past weekend we had a neighbor who brought his own flood lights to light up the palm trees in his site.....I neglected to post the pictures I took, but it was so impressive I thought I would post them now....
.....now he's got me rethinking my entire lighting scheme.....LOL....I don't think TLE would let me do that.
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Awesome experiences!
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