Date: 2015-04-14
From: The Grand Prix Motel

To: The Grand Prix motel 
Miles today: 0.0
Weather: light rain

I woke up and was slow in getting up. I had Chobini yogurt,A Naked Fruit Blueberry drink and a Breakfast Bowl before going downstairs for free coffee. I rested all morning, drinking coffee and using the hotel's computer and wifi. I ran into one of the hikers that I knew sponsored safety meetings and asked if he had any to spare that I could buy. He didn't but after awhile he sent a friend of his over and I bought a bag of safety material, which at the rate I used it would last quite a while for $80.00. I caught a cab and watched the new "Fast and the Furios" movie, sad that the actor had died during the filming. It was a great sequel to the movie and his brother filled in well. There was a touching tribute at the end to Paul Walker. Soon after I ran into the Bionic Woman. We decided to walk the strip and try all of the free samples that we could find. First off we started with wine tasting and got 7 samples of wine from sweet, dry, sparkling and frozen. We continued to a Ben and Jerry's where we had a cone. I was talked into a 3d movie/game were you sit on a saddle with a gun, an interesting version of lazer tag, and alternate between shooting dead pirates on the ocean, and outlaws in the old west. We had fun and at a discounted price of $5.00. We had a blast and thought it was worth it. Then we hit two moonshine distilleries and at the first there was also many samples of salsa and BBQ sauce to try on chips! Outside of the place there was a bluegrass band playing around a covered wagon so we sat for a song or two as it was good music. After that the Moonshine samples came in many flavors. At the second location I cried "uncle" and took a break from the shine samples as I didn't want to end up drunk. The server and the Bionic woman soon became involved in an argument as the server tried to tell the people how people drank in Europe. Bionic woman called "bullsh*t" and told it like it was - being from Germany. He apologized and was fascinated by her story, calling other servers and employees to hear her story. I saw a grand chance to "yogi" and told the server about how many people read her blog, facebook page, and other media and that it was a good opportunity to get their distillery some positive attention from around the country and from the hikers coming behind that followed her story. I told them that if they offered Bionic Woman a quart of her favorite shine - Apple Pie, that she would put in a good word for their company on her Facebook page and blogs. He asked his boss and soon she had a quart of free shine - A $27.00 value for a yogi, was presented graciously in a gift bag.The Bionic Woman did put it out there and has been telling all the hikers about the company and their fine shine. We were walking further when we were summoned to the Bask & Robbins for a free cone which, of course, couldn't resist and it was wonderful. Then it was a distillery where both whiskey and shine were made. It had been awhile so I tried a few more samples and we started our way back sampling more food along the way. She stopped at Walgreens and we were both limping by the time we got back to the hotel and I was exhausted so we said goodnight. I returned to my room and was soon asleep after sponsoring my first safety meeting with some of the hikers on the porch.