2nd part of our quick trip. Adam visits for a long weekend. Ken's cardio appointment :) Happy Anniversary Eric and Christina

 Sunday March 2nd after our smaller Champagne Sunday we headed for Old Town Butte, MT. A beautiful area. Lots of old beautiful brick buildings. Kind of sad though. So many empty businesses. There are signs all over that say "Believe in Butte". I did a little research after getting back to the room. It appears that in 2020 (COVID) the little businesses in Old Town had hard a really hard time staying open. Alot closed. Town council got together and bought these signs to cheer up the businesses. Of course they had no idea how long they would be shut down. Even our motel has the sign on their lighted sign out front. 

Butte, MT 

We walked a several blocks, but nothing that interested us to go into. The new Taco Bell had the most people there I hate to say. 

Butte, MT was a mining town until they closed in 1982. 
Lots of cool stuff to look at in that town. 

This was so tall and it said "Mile High Mile Deep"

A pretty cool looking drag bucket

Once we were done with our walk we headed for the car and took a drive up the hill. Butte was a mining town until the mines closed in 1982. 

Then we headed for Sparky's Garage. It was a really cool bar and grill. We didn't eat as we were going to get pizza from Butte Brewing Company to take back to the room. The food looked amazing though! 

An old Chevy long bed right in the middle of the 
restaurant

All kinds of Americana throughout! 

Lunch in the back of the pickup..Loved it! 

Gotta love the old oil cans as lights! 

Wyoming IPA for Ken 😁

I enjoyed 2 glasses of wine and Ken two draft beers and then we headed on. 

Butte Brewing was on our list once more. We ordered our pizza and had another drink. Once it was done, we headed back to the room. If you're ever in Butte, Sparky's and Butte Brewing are worth the stop! 

The tip jar! 😂😂

While we waited for our pizza 

Pizza was pretty darn good and reasonable! 

Monday morning we headed out headed for Lewiston, Idaho for the night. A beautiful drive for us. We stopped and had lunch in the Rest Area along the way. 

Tuesday we headed out for Pendleton, Oregon to have lunch. We found Mazatlan Mexican Restaurant. Oh so good. Fast service, good food and good prices. After we were stuffed we headed for Burns, Oregon to spend the night. 

Cute little guy on the wall 

Beer and wine were darn good pours

We were driving through John Day, Oregon. Just as we were leaving the low tire pressure light came on. Ken got out and checked the tires and it seemed the driver's side rear tire was low. We went back through the town and found they had a Les Schwab Tire Store. As soon as we drove up a really nice man headed out the door to greet us. Ken explained the problem and he got right on it. Within minutes he had changed the tire out, fixed it and put it back on. No charge. Ken tried to tip him $20.00 and he wouldn't take it. Told him to use it on gas for our travels as gas is expensive. Now that's customer service! 

Wednesday morning we headed out and had a great drive mostly in the desert. We saw all kinds of weather from clouds, snow and rain. It's a different desert than what we have in Yerington. 

We stopped in Lakeview, Oregon at another Mexican Restaurant for lunch. Really good food. I had nachos (haven't had in a hundred years) Ken actually had a burger and fries. He's eaten a lot of my leftover Mexican so he was ready for something different. 

This was the small nachos! 

After that filling lunch we headed out with a goal of Susanville, CA. We got there around 1600 and got checked in. A great room. Plenty of left overs for dinner. 

 Thursday we headed for home.  We stopped in  Gardnervile to pick up prescriptions for Ken and then linner at Sharkey's and then home. Talked with Adam and he's coming to visit for the weekend. 😁

Well, now it's Monday. How the time goes by. Adam got here Thursday evening and spent the weekend with us. He did a few hikes and then just relaxed. It was so nice! Anytime grandkids come to visit it's great in my opinion! Our kids too LOL. 

Adam and Lila next door at John and Karen's

Adam made himself a pizza one night. 

Champagne Sunday 

Ken cooked up a good mess of food yesterday! 

Felt like spring yesterday 

We left early this morning for Carson City and Ken's cardio appointment with the cardiologist (Dr. Jeffery Turner) that did his ablation a year ago. Best appointment yet! Ken's on a trial to see if he still needs the lasix and potassium for swelling of his legs and feet. He's stopping them for now. We'll see how that goes. He also halved his blood pressure med as his heartbeat is on the slow side. We'll see him in a year! 😁 We will see his PA Jennifer in June or so at the same office. 

Adam left sometime today to head for Amador County to take a look at an apartment with Erin. We've seen videos of it and it seems perfect for them. A lot closer to his new job and hers. 

Yesterday was Eric and Christina's 23rd wedding anniversary. They enjoyed a trip to Monterey to celebrate! 💖💖

Finally going to get this posted. Looks like we'll be having some more company this coming weekend. 😃 Have a great evening.