50 Birthday Trip to Vegas 2007

I arrived on Sunday September 9 and was amazed at all of the people in the airport. I had to wait in the luggage claim area until Lola arrived. Kathy and Denise were meeting her flight. We caught a shuttle to our hotel and dropped off our stuff in our room and went back downstairs to stand in line for at least 45 minutes to an hour for a champagne brunch. It was worth the wait though. After that, we walked around for awhile and met Kathy's boss and her husband at Bally's for a drink. Monday we were up and running. We had breakfast by the pool. Then we decided to walk down the strip. After a short time though, Lola decided that wasn't a good idea for her. So Denise and I went walking down the strip to see the rest of the hotels along the way. Denise had planned on putting a dollar in a machine at every hotel, but that didn't work out. We got to the Excaliber and found that they were having instructions on how to play roulette. We wanted to learn but wanted to see the Lexor also. We ran over to Lexor and then couldn't find our way back. We missed the first 10 minutes of the instructions, but it was interesting. We did learn something about the game. Never got to play it though. We were supposed to meet Meredith's step uncle Eldon, Lola's step brother, for lunch at the Bellagio. So we had to rush back to meet Lola, Kathy, and Eldon and his wife Kathy. We had a lot of fun on our short jaunt of the strip. We had stopped at a couple of shops along the way and I found a T-shirt for dad, but decided to just take a picture of it. If I bought it, he probably would wear it, and we couldn't have that.

That afternoon, after lunch, we went to the spa to get massages. I had a Raindrop massage. It was based on 9 essential oils that they drop on your back along your spine. If your body is lacking in that certain oil, it will just pour out of the bottle. If your body has enough, it will have to be shaken out of the bottle. I had a couple of oils that just poured out. Before she started she put a piece of paper on the wall and marked how tall I was. After the massage, she had me stand up there again and marked my height. I was 1 inch taller. I haven't measured myself since I've been home. I just couldn't tell dad that I was an inch taller since I went to Vegas.

That night we went to the Mirage for the show Love which was based on the Beatles' career. It was a cirque de soleil show and was awesome. There was so much to see. I really enjoyed it and knew every song they played except one I didn't think I recognized, but it sounded familiar.

We walked back to our hotel and had dessert and Denise and I did a little more gambling. I lost what I had won the day before and she wasn't doing too well either. She had already won $200.

The next morning was time to get ready to leave. We packed our bags and then went down for breakfast. Kathy had extra charges on her room bill. When she found out that whenever you pick up something out of the little store in your room, it is charged to your room. We never took anything but were charged $28 for three items.

We headed for the shuttle to take us to the airport and on arriving at the airport we checked in and headed for our gates. We had three separate concourses to go to. So, we said our goodbyes and went to meet our planes. I spent the next 2 hours in Vegas airport and then flew to Denver and spent another 3-4 hours there. I got almost finished with my book.

Someday we should all go there. I would go back. But we need to save our money. It is very expensive there!