This report covers Thursday, June 8, 2000, Day 4 of our Las Vegas/Henderson trip.
Some daily reports are long, some are brief, and this is one of the latter.
After a quick automatic check-out to conclude our three nights at Sunset Station, we were on the way to take up residence in the new house, stopping enroute for a bit of breakfast and to pick up some groceries and supplies at Smith's Supermarket.
A Walker Furniture truck brought our first delivery in early afternoon, and before long our empty abode started to look a bit like an occupied residence. At this point we have a complete master bedroom set, as well as a sofa, loveseat, chair and Ottoman for the living room.
Not long after the Walker people departed, a Sprint technician arrived to activate our phone service. All the wiring up in this area is fiber optics, for whatever that is worth. The Sprint guy's main job was to split our wiring for the two phone lines we will have on seven jacks, and the cost for this was about $70 for the first jack and $20 each for the rest. We are also wired for satellite TV, home theater, security system, and who knows what else.
Once we finished with today's vendors, we went out and hit a number of stores to shop for and buy many of the things we need for the house. Our shopping venues included Target, Wal-Mart, Office Deport, Linens 'N Things, and the items on our list included sheets and pillowcases, cleaning supplies, towels, etc.
We stopped for dinner at Winchell's Pub on Eastern before returning to the house. As a 24/7 area, Las Vegas and Henderson have a lot of these pub/restaurant operations that never close, and it's very convenient to be able to grab a meal any time you want. Roz had an Oriental salad and a plate of steamed veggies, while yours truly, the healthy one, enjoyed a Philly cheese steak sandwich smothered in peppers and onions.
I saw something at Winchell's Pub that I've never come across before. I know you are all familiar with the type of machine in which you put in a coin and manipulate a mechanical claw to grab a prize that is yours to keep if you can get the claw to hang onto it and drop it into a hopper. Winchell's has such a machine, but the mechanical claw is quite large and the prizes are live Maine lobsters. There were 14 lobsters in a tank of water, and several of them were at least two-pounders. The cost-per-try is $2.00. If you catch a lobster, Winchell's cooks it up for you and serves it as part of a complete free dinner. I was told that patrons successfully catch a lobster on an average of about once a day. Since a half-dozen people were unsuccessful while we were there, I can imagine what a money-maker this is for the pub.
--End of Day 4.
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Best wishes from David in Las Vegas/Henderson
