Day 16 Friday March 3 - ***SHEILA'S BIRTHDAY***Sunny and hot - 80 to 84 F

I got up early enough to put the present Adeline had given me for Sheila on her bedside table so she got it first thing and was thrilled, it was a very nice, very colourful hand crocheted, knitted ??,  hot mat, she loved it.  Then we packed up and got ready to go, slides in, tanks dumped, everything put away, bars in fridge & cupboards. We hooked up the car and pulled out at 45425 miles @ 10:35 and we arrived at Spotlight 29 Casino @ 11:35 @ 45469 miles. . We had lots of time so we took off to find Sheila a place to get her nails done.  We went straight to the “Food 4 Less” mall which has lots of small shops & sure enough they had a nail place and they could do Sheila right away, so that worked out well. Then, back to the casino for their lunch buffet, $10.95 less a dollar with our player’s casino card & drinks were included.  It was a good meal, they had roast pork with a delicious mushroom gravy and lot of other great items such as crab salad and grilled catfish served in a delicious lemon dill sauce--plus it is our favourite place for bread pudding, with a great sauce.  They also have good caramel flans.  It was quite hot in the RV when we got back from lunch so we fired up the gen to run A/C.  We ran one A/C for about 2 hours. Then off into the casino to check on waiting times for the CCR Tribute band free concert that evening.  They said line ups start around 5:00 & doors open at 7 to get your seat for the 8 PM show.  We went back to the RV for a short time before going over to line up for the concert.  There was no one lined up at 5 pm. So I sat down & waited until a line formed & joined it @ 6:00.  Sheila returned from the slots at 6:30 so I could take a break.  We weren’t far back in the line so when the doors opened we got a nice booth more or less centred in the showroom which held 1400.  Nice and comfortable.  As the booth could accommodate 8, we invited another 2 couples to join us when they asked if we were expecting more people.  They were Canadians, one cpl was from Victoria & one was from Sask. Although she found it quite loud, Sheila agrees with me that it was a great show.  All four men were very accomplished musicians--especially the lead singer. And it turns out they are from the Seattle area.  After the show, I took Sheila to an Asian Fusion take-out place near the showroom and she ordered some deep fried butterfly shrimp as a bedtime snack!  Then I came back to the RV while Sheila stayed to play the machines for another half hour.  It didn’t work; she didn’t win even though it’s her birthday today!  

44 miles 60 minutes