Good morning from the 29th floor of the Palazzo Resort Hotel and Casino. Our view overlooks part of the Vegas strip but mostly we see The Venetian Hotel & Resort which is the connected sister to this one. The Venetian was built first and at the time was the most expensive new hotel in Vegas @ around two billion dollars. Now all of the hotels cost at least that. It is amazing how much money goes  into building this town. And it stands in stark contrast to the homeless street people that you see on the sidewalks at night with their hand out or their little sign asking for help. And why is it that they alwys seem to have a dog? Of course, the big issue continues to be , and will always contiue to be — where is the water going to come from to sustain this place?

We got ito the hotel last evening around 1700 hours. We went to dinner shortly after that and then played the slots for maybe a half an hour and went up to the room. Ms. Kate had let her system and sugars get out of whack and wasn’t feeling well. By 2100 she was under the covers with the chills. I watched the rest of Survivor and went to bed not much later than her. I was up around 0700 and Ms. Kate got up around 0800. We are some really exciting people as you can see,

 It isn’t quite 1000 hrs yet and sometime shortly we will get ready and go down for breakfast. We’ve. Been on our tech devices playing our games and having coffee here in the room. I always pack along Folgers coffee singles and I have a little heater coil that I can use to boil and brew my coffee. I also pack along Half and half creamers for Ms. Kate so she can have her coffee with cream. True, we could go downstairs and they will bring you coffee at the machine and alll it costs it is a “tip” for the hostess. Oh, and what ever it cost you to play the machine while you are waiting for the hostess to finally come around. That free cup of coffee could end up costing fifty bucks before you know it. You’d be much better off stopping at The Coffee Bean and buying a cup @ $3.00; or making your own like I do up here in the room.

We haven’t decided what we want to do here in Vegas yet today. Ms. Kate is feeling a bit better this morning but I doubt we will stray too far from the hotel. Afterall we were here just one on the ago and did most of what we wanted to do. And since we did live here for two years, our selections of something “new” is extremely short. But, It is time to make a decision and get cleaned up for the day.

I hope you have a great day and will get out and enjoy life today. Tomorrow we head across the mountains to daughter Heather’s house and will spend a few days with hugs and love. We’ll also attend the reunion of the 22nd SPS former cops from March Air Force. Base I was their commmander for two years. And I’m honored thaat hey have asked me to attend. Peace.