Back to the Antique Gas And Steam Engine Museum

We left Pahrump around 8:30 am, headed for Vista. The Antique Gas And Steam Engine Museum is hosting a big auction this weekend and we want to help out. It's 300 miles one-way to get there, and at least 100 miles are scooting around the Riverside area so there will be traffic. The GPS estimated 6 hours on the road and it was right, even with the awful traffic. They were doing work on Interstate 15 and 215 but the workers made sure there were plenty of open lanes. Didn't make any difference - traffic just stopped. We crawled along for at least a half hour before we got past the construction. 

We have only been gone from the Antique Gas and Steam Engine Museum for about 6 weeks but we instantly felt nostalgic as we drove into Vista. We had some really good times here, with some really good people. And apparently they were glad to see us - when Randy got out of the car to say "hi", Dan and Ken immediately handed him a beer! 

Before we settled in for the weekend Randy went out to fill the Jeep with gas, and while he was running around he was able to get some water filters he's been looking for. Pahrump has a Home Depot but it doesn't have as much stock as we are used to. It's pretty funny when Vista seems like the "big city"!

We visited for awhile, then went with Ken and Patty, and Ashley's family, for dinner at the Pepper Tree. I hadn't been there before; the Pepper Tree turned out to be a good place to get burgers, fries, shakes and malts place. 

We are staying in a friend's 5th Wheel, so we didn't have to bring our RV. Early to bed!