Vegas Road Trip April 2025

 Took a couple of vacation days taking Gina and her Mom to Vegas for a little Slotty Fun. Pics in my previous post so this is the youtube video post you've all been waiting for ha ha ha!

But don't this suck?! On the strip, we paid $3.51 for gas but here in Cali near home, $4.47. About a dollar twenty more? All greed. Gas is lower in some places but not here in Cali. Freaking greedy MOFO's.

Well, did leave Sunday morning stopping in Barstow once again at Denny's.  Wanted to stop at Peggy Sue's again but it was packed getting a good view of the parking lot from the freeway.  Previously we had waited 45 minutes with a crowd about 1/4 of what was there today.  Being on a good schedule home, figured we would pass on Peggy this time. 🤣

Sunday eve dinner at Sizzluh. Feeling good getting my regular meal heading into the new week. And my usual evening salad, Onion strings, rice vinegar and shredded lettuce, the best!  Must eat good for a good ride next weekend. You are what you eat and I was crap this weekend ha ha ha! 💩 

Sunday morn Denny's

Vegas Weekend in April

 No cycling,  just a little Vegas this weekend.  Adding fotos as we go. 

Barstow breakfast at Denny's then state line Buffalo Bill's.  Whiskey Pete is dead and gone but Bill's still alive,  barely. 😆😄😆

I took 2 days off vacation days and Gina Friday off vacation to get in a Vegas Friday.  So Thursday,  took advantage getting my arm poked again at kaiser for my A1C. Stable reading only. 2 different from 3 months ago so still down 4.0 from 6 months ago,  happy about that.  So I celebrated with a burger and fries and a mocha Latta.  Last MLwas back in February and been eating about 10 strands of fries every 3 months so, I ate them all this time but still planning to hit it harder hoping for an even lower reading next time. I think it will be easier now that the weather should improve. 

BTW, Alpha Omega burger in Covina.  Fries were good but burger sucked. 🤣 But it was all to recover from the blood loss and major wounds. 😁

Cell phone pics

Gina and I walked down to Circus Circus

Looking up at the top of the buildings. SO I zoomed in the next image to see the moon right at the top.

Dinner at Chi Asian Kitchen at the Strat. Sections modeled after a house.  We sat in a garage setting with tools and bikes. 😄 Different but the food was very fresh.  Orange chicken   peppered beef and potstickers.  Then the gals returned to the slots and I outside to the fresh air.  Feeling great 👍 

A Light for Alvino

 A good Monday, after all.  Even having to get out of bed this morning. 🤣 some fresh made Ceece salsa with my tostadas. 😋 Then to the mall to drop off a little something for Alvino.

Saw him a while back riding his Huffy bike across the mall parking lot,  non sufficient lighting. So I gave him a red tail light strobe to put on his bike. Then today,  the front light I ordered for him on ebay arrived in the mail.  So I dropped it off at the mall and a quick visit. He had told me that he rides his bike all day every day. 

He told me when I gave him the red light last week,  that he had been hit before.  So now he's all lit up. Same light I use on my bike. RockBros 1000 lumens model. Now he should be safe! Gina says he's probably wondering why I'm being nice to him since we had never spoken before.  Hey, he rides a bike. 😄

Same light as one that I use on my night rides. A good recommendation from a cycling 🚲 forum poster Chris. I've bought about 6 of these things now having given away a couple as gifts. 

When I Don't Ride My Bike on a Sunday

 Another day in the life of Beanz. Raining in the morning so I found other things to do. Visiting Sizzler and friends.

                                                 Two great servers and friends at Sizzler. Christian and Angelina.

                                                              The Youtube video. Haircut, guitar, Tacos Gavilan, 

                                                                Sizzler, the Mall.

 

San Dimas Canyon

Solo 36 miles with 2.083 ft gain. Decided to do some road/street riding today just to see if I still can on my Cannondale with different gearing from my Madone. Felt pretty good. Did feel it on a couple of steep grades though ha ha ha! But that is probably more from not doing much climbing lately. But felt good.

Covina park on Glendora avenue to Claremont and back tossing in Wheeler area and San Dimas Cyn. There is a group on facebook that has interested me into attending a ride. Hopefully soon so I had to see how I would do on my oldie Mr. Beanz mobile.

Ran across a few friendly people. I also have to mention, so many cyclists run across butt hole drivers but I have the opposite experiences. Just about every intersection, stop, what have you, the drivers stop and let me go or wave me on. Starting today's ride, I pulled out of the park onto the sidewalk fiddling with my computer powering it up. I didn't realize there was a crosswalk near me. Next thing I know, two cars stopped and waited for me to cross. I wasn't even aware so it took a few seconds for me to realize it. So I just crossed the street and waved thanks ha ha ha! Kind of playing it off ha ha ha!

Then another driver pulled up on my right at an intersection as I was towards the left planning to go straight. He rolled up and said, "HEY you Old Fart!" Ha ha ha, so many friendly people out there.

                                                                 The video on Relive link

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Some peoples I seed out there! :-P

Hope to be able to ride at his age.

                                                  Nice new bottle fill station at SD park.

Of course dinner with Gina after the ride. Boy, it sure was good today. Mexico Lindo in Ontario.

Did try a little place in downtown Covina called Domestic BBQ  recommended by a coworker.  Not bad, brisket,  ribs, potato salad for 2, only $27 and I'd have to say better than Lucille's and much cheaper.  Didn't care for the cornbread.  But the wings were saucy.  I'd go back.