Friday the 13th? (OK so that's a film not a song)

Welcome to Friday the 13th's Blog!

Went to the pool pretty early but within about two hours it was raining - yes, raining in the desert!! So headed out to one of the malls as we thought there was an Old Navy and an American Eagle but there wasnt - need to check out the internet again to find out where these are. As the evening came in so the sky got darker and darker and as you are in the middle of a valley here you can see all around and it was obvious a storm was coming. So we head back to the hotel and something I have never heard or experienced before. On the TV, blotting out all the TV naration was a severe weather warning telling us that a big storm was heading our way and to keep away from windows and unplug non-essential electrical gear - amazing. Anyway, the storm is coming, with this large full room size window we can see over towards Henderson easily and my God is this a storm!!

We'll have to see how this evening pans out but Californian Pizza Kitchen was going to be our choice for tonight and it's only over the road at Mirage but if it rains heavily we may have to stay in the Flamingo. Then off to one of the tables to find a number thirteen, after all it's Friday the 13th and I was born on the the 26th (double 13) so it's gotta be worth a flutter.

Coming back to the hotel we sat up and watched the storm. I have never seen anything like it. Watching an amazing storm right the way across the Valley, lighting up the mountains - something I didnt expect to see in the desert - and the rain - boy did it rain!