Making Holiday Memories "RV" style

Our Thanksgiving came and went without the normal fanfare of an enormous meal. Jay went to Florida and I stayed in the coach in Las Vegas with Savannah. Prior to his departure I was "schooled" on anything that could possibly go wrong in his absence. I enjoyed a Thanksgiving meal with Jay's sister and sister in law who treated me dinner at a casino while we watched football! No cooking or dishes, I could get used to this routine!

I  prepared a modified version of Thanksgiving before Jay headed for Florida because I wanted to see if it was possible to do so in this small  kitchen! The Turkey breast was perfect and the meal was a huge success and I also had the benefit of  all the leftovers!

I was excited to pick up Jay from the airport because it was now time get ready for Christmas, let's get this coach decorated! we started with a tree...

We placed it in the windshield, it's 36 inches of pure joy! I was feeling bad enough about not spending Christmas with my family and not having my ornaments that I have collected over the years to decorate the tree so, this tree was going to have to do the trick! It started out as a small tree in the window and it has become a competition with all the neighbors to have the most spectacular decorations! Especially when we found out there is a contest for the best display in the park, we hope to get first prize since we made 5 more trips to Target! Stay tuned....

You be the judge...

The most recent addition was the wreath & Florida Santa

I was also ready to see some Christmas lights, every city has holiday light displays and Las Vegas does it well.  Ethel M. Chocolates has a Cactus Garden and I was excited to check it out!

This was a nice place for families and it was free, sort of...I say that because at the end of the tour

we went to the store and purchased a box of chocolate to share for $30. bucks. It was absolutely delicious and I went home in a sugar coma!

I see a theme here...

every cactus is lit up

The weather has become "wintry" by our standards, we didn't see a drop of rain for months and in the past week we are getting rain from the Pineapple Express and it's very chilly, 40's at night and mid 50's during the day.

 It's definitely sweat pant weather! It would be so easy to sit on the couch all day in my sweat pants and watch it rain so I decided to get a part time job for the holidays, not about the money, ALL about the discount! I am having so much fun working a few hours a week at my favorite retailer Bath and Body Works, not since high school have I had such fun working! It's great when you have no management responsibility and you don't need the money. Jay says I smell like candles and lotion when I come home. As of today, the shopping is done, the packages are wrapped and shipped and I even made holiday cookies. Its been a wonderful year of travel adventures and we are planning some new travel adventures in January to California so I will updating this blog more often when we get back on the road!

Happy Holidays and lots of love to all our friends and family!

 Captain Jay and Barbara and Savannah