Umphrey Family History
Vegas/ California Trip
So really Las Vegas and Central California is not a sensible combination for a brief few days trip. But, I guess a six-hour drive is really quite close compared to the usual distance Becky is from us. We spent the first days of our trip soaking up all the EMS knowledge and then drove across the desert to visit everyone for a few hours and get the tour of Lindsey.

This is Mom and me in front of our fancy castle that was home for the week. These casinos are all like giant mazes so we spent a lot of time walking around (and through) them all down the strip to get form one place to the other.
At the EMS conference I think the exhibit hall was almost as interesting as the sessions. We saw all sorts of cool equipment that would be pretty fun to have (if our ambulance had an unlimited budget).

Friday night we made it to Lindsay in time for their weekly street fair. It was very cool and a lot larger than I was expecting. The park is right behind Becky and Doug’s house. They had people playing music and a whole collection of vendors selling everything from blankets to jewelry to toys to really delicious Mexican food. I think the food was my favorite and it was so cheap! This probably seemed even more the case since we were coming form Vegas where the soda machines are $3 and you use your credit card. Still, I think $1 for a delicious tamale is a deal anywhere.

The next morning we also got a tour of McDermott. It’s pretty amazing already and they still have all sorts of pieces in the works. Keilana also walked us down to her school so we got a little tour of part of the town also.

On Saturday morning we also went to an Apple Festival at one of the other towns nearby.
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