Apopheniac

We've been back almost 2 weeks now and have had a chance to sample the aftertaste of our Vegas trip and come up with some remembrances and lessons learned. The trip was thoroughly delightful and just about the right length. We have discovered that 48 hours is just about the right amount of Las Vegas for us. Less left us wanting and more left us burnt out.

The biggest lesson from this trip was that it significantly improves our experience if we stay at a hotel with a casino on the strip. We last did this at the Mirage. Our two most recent trips we have stayed at Marriott hotels off the strip. We lived at a San Jose Marriott for a year while training and determining where we would be locating in the bay area and accumulated a gazillion Marriott stay points. This has allowed us upgraded free stays on all of our trips for over three years. But this trip drove home how convenient it is to just make a quick elevator trip to freshen up or take a nap or to just zip down for a show or a brief run at the slots or the tables. Our current plan is to make our next stay at the Bellagio with a room overlooking the dancing waters.

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We just got back from a delightful roadtrip to ring in Jean's 64th birthday in Las Vegas.

We stopped off at the meteor crater before overnighting in Flagstaff. We then drove on to Vegas. Jean's sister Gerry met us there and the ladies went off to gamble.

Kirk and I took in the Amazing Johnathan's show and Kirk was chosen to go up on stage. He was up there for over half the show and had a ball.

He even danced with Psychic Tanya.

The next morning we toured some of the casinos starting with the grand canal at the Venetian and moving on to Treasure Island and the Mirage. Then back to check Gerry in at the Riviera. While the ladies played the slots, Kirk and I took in the Star Trek Experience at the Hilton.

Kirk had to leave the bridge to take care of some business.

This was also where I saw my first Ipod vending machine.

The evening included the Arabian bazaar at the new Aladdin . . .

the Brooklyn Bridge and a ride on the roller coaster at New York New York

the dancing waters at the Bellagio . . .

and wound up at the Paris.

We gambled briefly Sunday morning and started the drive home just after noon. We got in to Albuquerque about midnight and were back on the road by nine. We pulled gratefully into the driveway about 2:30 this afternoon.

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