Preparations for M’s bar mitzvah continue. Trish and B spent most of the day at the Rabbi’s house, using the kitchen to prepare the lunch for the 100 or so congregants and guests we expect to be having in shul on Shabbos.

Trish has also been experimenting with sculptable frosting to make edible tefillin for the tops of cupcakes:

Meanwhile, M has been practicing his Torah reading and pshetl, and I’ve been rebuilding the shelving we had to remove from the bunkhouse when we split it into two separate bedrooms.

The rest of the week will no doubt be increasingly hectic!

The repair of the broken RV cabinet door continues. Zaidy glued it all together and is holding it all together with clamps and bricks:

The kids worked together to disassemble our broken inverter before we throw it away:

Trish did most of the shopping for the bar mitzvah today, and M has been practicing his torah reading, so I think we’re in good shape for this coming Shabbos.

Today I rode a 44 mile bike loop that took me to Lake Mead and back. Some was on road, but much of it was on a bike path that meandered through the desert. The headwinds were harsh down by the lake, where I noticed a red flag was being flown at the marina. On the other hand, I had a corresponding tailwind at the end of the ride which had me maintaining a 35mph average for the last half dozen miles.

Great views of Lake Mead were had for much if the ride:

Yesterday a storm blew in and we actually had a bit of rain. It was the first day since we’ve been here that I could go outside towards sunset and not immediately start sweating, which was nice.

Zaidy and B worked on fixing a cabinet door from the RV that had been damaged when we opened the slides and the door got stuck between the slide and the wall:

Tonight we move to an RV park on the East side of town which is only $13.50 a night thanks to our new Passport America membership. We will be here for the rest of the week getting ready for M’s bar mitzvah this Shabbos.