Las Vegas

May 01     Grand Canyon - Las Vegas, NV    272 miles     5 hours 15 minutes

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.
Our site for the next week
We got settled at Main Street RV park. Full hook-ups for $22 per night. We'll be here for 6 nights. Jan and her husband came over to check out our home away from home. Then we headed to Triple 7 for drinks and pupus. Joe hasn't been drinking on this trip. He made up for the last 2 months in 1 night.

May 02
Gambling at Golden Nugget with Lisa

We met Joe's friend Winky for lunch at 808 HMP on Craig Road. Was good to eat some local food.

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.



Jan & Joel
This evening we went to see Michael
Jan, Carmen, Dawn
Jackson One by Cirque Du
Soleil at Mandalay Bay.


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.









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.


Then in the afternoon we went to

Top Golf, behind MGM. We met Janelle and her family there.

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.








Dinner was with Jan and Joel at Triple 7. No high rollers tonight, Joe went overboard Monday night.

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.

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.
Class of '80

Then off to Triple 7 for dinner.



















May 05

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.

We had such an awesome time this past week in Las Vegas. My class reunion was great but most important was our group of friends that still holds a special bond. Only one missing was Kimi, but we'll get her on board with the next get together. We're already planning our next one!

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

We put the Kia in storage today and walked back to Sunset Station, only 1 1/2 miles to walk so very convenient. On the way back, we stopped at In-N-Out. I don't know what it is, but we really love their burgers.



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....

Our first morning back..this scene never gets old






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