February 17th we are traveling again and this time we are on the way to Bakersfield, California to visit Wayne's Aunt and Uncle. We took I-10 and as we were going we took pictures of the mountains around us. They are so beautiful and we realized what the song, America the Beautiful met. The mountains truly are purple. We stayed the night in Palm Springs, Ca. We found a very nice Motel that is pet friendly.

The next day we headed out for Bakersfield. Wayne's aunt and uncle lives in a beautiful area of Bakersfield. The area has beautiful flowers and shrubs blooming. We had a very nice visit with them. They have a dog named Trevor. We went to the dog park a couple if times and Kratos really loved it. Trevor liked running and getting Kratos toys that Wayne would throw. The second day they took us to Buck Owen's Crystal Palace dinner theater. We really had a great time. There were statues of a lot of country singers like Johnny Cash, Garth Brook, and Dwight Yocun just to name a few. There was pictures of Buck Owen when he first started singing and several outfits he wore. It was very interesting to see all the stuff that was displayed.

We left Bakersfield on Friday and headed to Las Vegas. When we got there we drove down the strip. Boy, the resorts and casinos are really out of this world and they are still building them. There is a lot of walking and Wayne's knee was acting up. We took several pictures of some of the casinos. We did eat in a nice restaurant that night. The next day we started back to Gold Canyon, Arizona. We took Route 93 and drove through Hoover Dam. They are in the process of building a new four lane road through the area. We had a nice trip back.