We are finally leaving Las Vegas.

Devie's last day at that shithole casino was last week...mine is tonight. Everything is off the walls, the POD is fully paid for and will be here monday, Dev's car will be sold monday, all our doctors appointments are done, we have a downtown apartment secured in Rockland, Maine (considered the lobster capital of the world and home to the North Atlantic Blues Festival), Devie already has a job at the hospital there, cats have all their shots and shaves and are ready to travel, the route is all mapped out, the final packing will be done early this week, among many other things on our long list. We will be on the road thursday evening, headed for Kingman and the 40 East...its go time! :-)

Its been years...like, 30 years for me, 16 for Dev. We will never come back to Vegas, but we do plan on coming back out west for trips to places we like, namely Encinitas (maybe catch up with Carl finally), Flagstaff/Sedona (visit with Eddie), NoCal to see the redwoods, New Mexico, etc...just no more Vegas! A new life begins now.

I will miss the caliber of musicians i play with, they have been my family for 8 years now and i dont think i will find people like that again soon, but a promise is a promise. I said i wouldnt turn 50 in THIS place. Promise kept.

Ill take a lot of pictures and try to check in as soon as i can as we will have our laptops with us. Plus, ill be doing the 'check-in' thing on FB for those of you also on there.

So here it is, off we go!