An Extra Miler - in Vegas

Hello,

Found an extra miler in Vegas. All in all, our experience in Vegas was not as expected. With the economy as bad as it is...and casinos marketing heavily to get folks to make the trip to Vegas, I fully expected employees and staff to be polite and friendly; however, that absolutely was not the case. Maybe it is because of the economy, that we encountered a lot of angry workers in Vegas. Although the "Rat Pack Returns" was a wonderful show, their support staff were very unfriendly and rude...all the way to the manager...which explains why the staff act they way they do. Two bright spots...the Italian Restaurant, Lombardi's in the Plaza Hotel and Casino had a staff full of extra milers - happy, working well together, attentive, and even singing and dancing to the music while we were there...and there was Lisa Armijo, who is the Publisher/CFO of TODAY IN LAS VEGAS MAGAZINE. I sent her an email describing the trouble we had (since we found the ad for the show was in her magazine). The magazine information was correct...but even so, Ms. Armijo was polite, helpful and apologetic for the experience we had in Vegas...and even offered to make it up to us if we were to visit again sometime soon. All sincerely appreciated...especially the extra miler style attitude. Thanks Lisa!

We are finally leaving Bakersfield, California. Ran into some trouble with the CR-V...the brakes were catching and it was trying to brake when the RV wasn't breaking. Not a good thing...so we stopped here overnight and Ken spent the morning in the shop getting four new tires. They were shot, but it turns out they were not the problem with the braking. This was one of those, "if this bad thing didn't happen - something worse could have occurred," incidents. The braking issue turned out to be something that Ken could repair; however, a blow-out in the pull behind could have been real trouble. We are merrily running down the highway now - headed toward Yosemite for a couple of days...then on to San Francisco to begin practice for the National Games!
Oh yes, we were asked to represent the state of Indiana in the Celebration of Athletes...Ken and I will march behind the Indiana flag (and I guess we will give everyone the Princess wave...oh wait, Ken said, "No way...he will not be giving anyone a Princess wave!" Okay...so I will give the Princess wave. Pat Nunn...any tips? We were told to wear our state uniform/warm ups. LOL...looks like we need to go shopping in San Francisco (or we could wear a straw farm hat, flannel shirt and jeans).
More after we get to Yosemite...plus more photos. Thanks for following our trip to the Senior Olympic Games.
Carol and Ken