After dinner of delicious BBQ beef ribs, and chicken and lots of other fixins’, many stayed at the casino to see if they could pay for their dinner. Thursday was more or less an off day so we could recover from our long drive and the huge meal eaten the evening before. An exploration of the town revealed the Super Walmart, Ace Hardware, a thrift store, a Dairy Queen inside the Nugget casino, a winery, and the town museum. Ray and Shirley’s niece, who lives in Pahrump, came and visited for the afternoon. On Friday the group bundled up, (was it mentioned there was snow on the surrounding mountains?), and headed north to Scotties Castle. What a wonderful tour we had and all agreed it was worth the long drive. The Kirwans raved about a restaurant in Beatty and of course we had to keep them honest and have lunch there. Good food and even better service. Next door was Death Valley Nut & Candy Company where some had ice cream and some were "forced" to get candy. An unknown quantity of candy bags and a few ice cream cones made their way past the cash register before their owners packed up and headed back to the resort under the threat of a storm.

Saturday morning we awoke to lots of snow on the mountains around us. Our first stop was the buffet to fortify ourselves with breakfast and everyone promised to meet at 4 to partake in the prime rib dinner. Again, we had a day of exploring. Some spent quality time in the casinos, others visiting family. All returned in time for the prime rib and sharing of the days events. Before we left the dinner table, we agreed we must return for the Sunday Brunch at 10am. Jack hit it big at a poker machine that evening & Phoebe did well on the deuces wild machine at the Nugget. Neither offered to buy brunch for everyone.

We all appreciated and benefitted from the 2 for 1 buffet tickets we printed from the internet. Everyone ate well and for very little money. Again we spent a leisurely day doing whatever we wanted, but surprise, we didn’t meet at the buffet for dinner.

Two of the days we had snow and it did rain on and off, but all in all we sure did have a great time.