I spent the week before last on vacation. Mom, Dad and my little brother JC came out from Florida and we did a bunch of fun things together. We went to Vegas and stayed at the Flamingo for a few days. Things done in Vegas: visiting every casino from Wynn at one end to Mandalay Bay at the other, tequila shots at Isla, vodka flights at Red Square, and various gambling pretty much everywhere. Once again we DROVE to Las Vegas, something I keep telling myself I will NEVER do again, because I hate driving for almost 6 hours to get there. However I fully expect to do it again at some point…
After Vegas we drove to Laughlin for yet more gambling (and just to check it out). Laughlin, Nevada, for those who don’t know, is about 40 miles north of Lake Havasu City and is home to Las Vegas for retirees. I’m not joking. JC and I were easily the youngest people in the hotel other than a couple of children. The median age had to be 50, easy. However, it was still fun and interesting because the roulette wheel outside bets were only $2 and I could try out my roulette strategy.
After we got back to Phoenix, we mostly hung around the last couple of days. We did go to the Festival of the West at the new Rawhide, which was interesting, if only for the quick draw specialist.
Anyway, it was all great fun and I was very glad the family came out to see me. Hopefully they had a good time too.
We had a wonderful time, son! Florida is great too, but we do miss seeing your mountains!