We left Grand Canyon around 7am. Wanted to get an early start just in case the wind picks up. Kind of excited about getting to Las Vegas. Jan arrives this morning and Lisa comes in tonight.
The drive to Vegas went really well. Little bit wind but nothing Joe couldn't handle. We gassed up in Kingman and continued on.
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| Our site for the next week |
May 02
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| Gambling at Golden Nugget with Lisa |
In the afternoon, caught up with Lisa who came in late last night. We were in Golden Nugget and Carmen found us. Everyone's slowly arriving.
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| Jan & Joel |
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| Jan, Carmen, Dawn |
Electrifying fusion of acrobats, dance, and visuals that reflects the dynamic showmanship of the King of Pop. Excellent show, tickets were $150 but worth every penny.
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| Lisa, Jan, Leslyn, Dawn, Carmen |
We were eating a late meal at Market Street Cafe in California Hotel and ran into Coco and her family. So fun to see everyone.
May 03
This morning we ran into Coco and Lance so we had an early lunch at Main Street Buffet. Nice catching up and talking story with them, its been awhile.
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Was lots of fun. We played boys vs girls and of course...girls won!
We had a great discount from Janelle's nephew but our final bill was still up there $445 plus tip! But that's okay, we had so much fun and everyone chipped in.
After dinner we went walking to the Cal because the Waialua Jubilee was just finishing up. Ran into more classmates there. Kind of "make ass" because I didn't recognize a few people. Hung out playing Keno at the Cal making big noise and laughing at everything. So fun to get together with friends.
May 04
Winky told us about this good place to eat breakfast called Cinnamon's out in Summerlin. They have a restaurant in Kailua and Waikiki but we've never tried it. Of course we had to try it here...pretty good. Trader Joe's was right around the corner so we bought some goodies.
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| No, I didn't win |
We had our class reunion tonight. First was a slot tournament at Main Street, good fun. I'm guessing about 30 classmates in attendance.
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| Class of '80 |
Then off to Triple 7 for dinner.
We met Winky and Leslie for breakfast at Cinnamon's. Was so good yesterday, we went back. Always a good time with these two.
Dinner was at Main Street, seafood buffet tonight...so good. I think I ate for 1 hour.
Since coming back to Vegas, we've been overeating big time. Feeling so fat!
May 06
Joe got up very early this morning and did some work on the rv. We need to get it ready for storage. Our trip is winding down. We're ready to go home, miss the kids.
We walked over to Fremont, did some gambling then on to the Jerkey Store to buy some goodies. As usual, we overbought so we had them pack a flat rate box and ship it home to Waialua for us.
Dinner was with Leslyn, David, Lissa, and Carmen at Tony Roma's. We had a nice "farewell" dinner. Carmen leaves tonight and Les, David and Lissa leaves in the morning.
May 07 Main Street Station - Henderson 13 miles
We put the RV in storage today. Lots of work to do that so we spent most of the morning there.
We'll be staying at Sunset Station for the next couple of nights. This is our first time here. It's pretty nice. I think we'll be staying here in the future because our storage is close by.
May 08
Today we had lunch at Thelma's. They're located right on the outskirts of Sunset Station's parking lot. Was so good to have filipino food but I ordered lumpia on the side and it was junk. As soon as it was put on the table....ugh!!! Very old oil...I should have just returned it.
The pool at Sunset Station is very nice. We spent some time there today just relaxing.
May 09
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We did some gambling today then got ready for our flight home. The cab fare from Sunset Station to the airport was $30 plus $10 tip. Not too bad because when we catch the cab from the storage facility it's usually around $50 total.
In closing.........We had a wonderful 3 months vacation. We put over 2700 miles on the RV and saw some awesome sites. We spent about a month in Arizona and a month in New Mexico. We've been to both before but this time we took our time to explore and find new adventures.
Ending our trip in Las Vegas with my class reunion was great but spending time with our exceptional group of friends made it outstanding. We talked, we laughed, and we made special memories that will last a lifetime.
Time to go home....we miss our family and friends back home....
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| Our first morning back..this scene never gets old |
