// NV --> UT
| 07/16/2003 - 2:00 p.m. |

Drove 210 miles (in 5 � hrs) last night.
Only 2700 more to go--*roll*--minus what we�ve done so far today.
Which is not a whole hell of a lot as we didn�t get going until 11:30�
through no fault of mine.

Stayed last night in �Boomtown,� right over the Nevada border.
I was in bed within the hour while my mother went and gambled until 3:30 in the morning.
Nut.
And I woke up only a few hours later to her snoring. Ugh.
I can sleep through just about anything�but not that.
I got up about 7 and escaped to the bathroom to shower.
She woke up shortly after I finished and got ready.
Now I for one could have gotten on the road right then, but I suppose I can�t begrudge her breakfast.
I had some plain oatmeal, she French toast.
And then she wanted to gamble a bit more�just a � hr she says.
Um, right.

I went back to the room, started a food log in Word for the next 5 days (usually keep it in Weight Commander, but I don�t have any weights to enter); typed yesterday�s journal; and played spider solitaire until she finally came up, having �totally lost track of time.�
Yes, she at a casino is dangerous indeed.

And we are now trucking through the Nevada desert.
I�ll be taking over the driving at some point soon I guess.
No rest stops in sight currently for a while though.
Have I mentioned that we can�t go over 50 miles/hr with this trailer thing?
And she still expects us to make it to Philly by Sunday night.
Errr.