Moving in - we hope!

We made it to Vegas and got settled into the Oasis RV Resort. Today is the day for our appointment at the property managers office to pick up the keys for our temporary rental property. We hope we have everything we need – cashier checks for May rent and the security deposit, proof that we have renter’s insurance, and hopefully that is enough. We have already been working on getting our utilities going – we have an appointment this afternoon for a representative from Southwest Gas to start our gas service, and a representative from NV Energy is coming to check our meter reading and start service. Hopefully all will go off without a hitch.

We are adjusting a bit to being hunkered down, but basically that means going outside on a walk every time we get bored – which for me is about every hour. We are redoing many old puzzles since you can’t get a puzzle on Amazon in less than a month or two delivery time. The woman got creative and made us our first face masks, since you couldn’t buy any kind of masks anywhere. I wonder if Trump, after seeing how stylish she made them, might change his mind and wear one of these.

Other people have formed their own routines to deal with the boredom and fatigue of being sheltered in place. Our primary solution is the walks. But others seem to have come up with more creative answers. This two-person private yoga matt workout is one example, complete with makeshift weights of a coffee pot filled with water, and a gallon Zip-Loc bag filled with all kings of objects. Nice!

We have stayed at the Oasis RV Resort when we came back to Vegas since we sold our house and moved into Colectiva 4 years ago. Each year we have been here, we have seen some of the same people who obviously live here year-round. We spotted the old Blue Bird Wanderlodge (Blue Bird makes all the orange school buses) named “Bird of Paradise”. We also spotted the green Mazda Miata with the distinctive license plate – the driver is not even close to 18, so we are not sure what the reference is.

As the country attempts to reopen the economy, everyone is adjusting to the pandemic. Restaurants are opening at between 20% and 50% occupancy, depending on where in the country you live. The casinos are trying to formulate how they are going to reopen, with many of the local operators in Vegas planning which properties they are going to open first. The cruise lines are scheduling departures in August. Even the weed industry has had to adapt to Covid 19.

Talk to you soon.