Street Car Super Nationals

The Street Car Super Nationals event is coming to Las Vegas November 14-17 and a number of participants are staying here in the RV park. On my after dinner walk, I came across this beauty...

I suspect that paint job cost more than my Jeep

700+ horsepower

Memento Database App

While looking for an app that would make creating a home inventory list easier, I came across a terrific program called Memento Database. It allows you to record and retrieve all kinds of information right on your smartphone.

It comes with a home inventory template which can have you up and running in a very short period of time. You simply photograph your asset and it is automatically inserted  into the database. Then you enter whatever information you wish such as date of purchase, value, condition, etc. If your priceless Slim Whitman record collection is ever stolen or destroyed, you will have documentation for the insurance company.

In addition to a plethora of templates for almost any occasion, you have the option to design your own "libraries/tables" with whatever "fields" you wish to include. Best of all, it's free!

Contact QR Code

QR codes are two-dimensional barcodes containing information that can be viewed using a QR code reader. You see them in stores, magazines, etc. It is a great way to store data in an easily machine-readable format.

As a full-time RVer, I am continually meeting people that I want to share contact information with, particularly, the url of my blog. I have some calling cards that I can hand out but there are occasions when I do not have them with me. However, I generally carry my smartphone wherever I go so I created a barcode that contains my name and blog address using a QR code generator...

I keep the above image on my phone so that it can be scanned by others with smartphones. It's a quick and easy process that, hopefully, you can use.

Unique Las Vegas Attractions

I suspect visitors to Las Vegas spend most of their time and money on The Strip & Downtown Fremont Street which everyone should do at least once. However, in the six months I have been in the area, I have discovered some other attractions within an hour's drive that do not get as much publicity but are worth seeing...

• In the downtown area, I would recommend Container Park with its giant, fire spewing praying mantis and the Neon Museum.
• East of The Strip on Tropicana Avenue is the Pinball Hall of Fame.
• Just west of the city is Red Rock Canyon.
• Northeast of the city is Valley of Fire State Park.
• Southwest of the city is Seven Magic Mountains and the Pioneer Saloon.
• Southeast of the city is Nelson Ghost Town.

Photo Editing Apps

I have been playing around with photo editing apps for smartphones. You can do something really cool things including making dull, boring photos look interesting...

Varnist app using "Sketch" at 50% intensity

Dublin Gulch

Just outside of Shoshone, CA is Dublin Gulch, an area where in the 1920’s miners carved residences into the sides of clay embankments. They remained occupied up until the 1970’s...

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Those are old tin cans in the foreground (must have eaten a lot of pork n beans)

Along the way, I discovered another lonely road...

And another boat abandoned in the middle of the desert...

Pioneer Saloon

The Pioneer Saloon in Goodsprings, NV is another opportunity here in the Vegas area to step back in time. It was established in 1913 and has changed very little since then.

My neighbors, Brad & Liz (rumored to be notorious outlaw bikers)

The interior and exterior walls are of stamped tin and manufactured by Sears and Roebuck. It is thought to be one of the last in the United States.The legendary bar was manufactured by the Brunswick Company in Maine in the 1860's. As you belly up to wet your whistle, you will rest your foot on the original brass foot rail installed when the bar was built and where Clark Gable waited for three days for word on his wife of less than two years, Carole Lombard. She was lost in a plane crash near Mount Potosi. 

For $15 you can join the Asshole Association complete with official membership card
They currently have over 63,000 members (that's a lot of assholes)

On July 3rd 1915 during a poker game, a man named Paul Coski was caught cheating and during a scuffle between him and another man named Joe Armstrong, Mr. Coski was shot several times and killed. The bullet holes are still in one of the pressed tin walls of the Pioneer Saloon.

Unique part of the saloon's history

The latest in HVAC technology in the early 1900s

You can even have your own locked keg out back of the saloon