Day One: up at 6 AM -leave the house by 7
At Buffalo airport by 8:30 for a short hop to Cleveland.
Small plane (dash 8) and very nice trip.
Cleveland to Las Vegas - not so good.
We found out those of us who book through expedia get the last choice of seating - not good
All 3 of us in middle seats - with her claustrophobia mrv doesn't do middle seats well - it was a long 4 hours : )
When we got to Las Vegas we found that Dollar Rent a Car did not have the full sized car we reserved so they offered us a Dodge Durango - a rather large SUV - which we took.
Our condo unit is great - almost new and very nice.
We had dinner at Fridays, visited the casino at the Sahara across the road from our condo and retired early - a long day.
Day Two: Decided to drive out to Lake Havasu City in Arizona. Its about a three hour drive through the desert and is home to the original London Bridge.
The desert was very interesting to drive through - lots of changes in vegetation and different rock formations to see.
Lake Havasu City turned our to be pretty much of a disappointment - not much there at all other than the bridge stuck on one end of a man-made lake. A saleslady told us all the snow birds had gone home and their season was over.
Stopped at Laughlin - a small group of casinos about 90 minutes outside of Las Vegas. Enjoyed a buffet diner and gambled a bit before heading home.
One problem both mrv and Aunt Barb have a hard time getting in & out of the Durango.
Day Three: Up early & head for the rental place to exchange the car. They give me a Dodge Magnum - mrv is much happier :)
While I'm doing that mrv calls Continental Airlines and arranges to have all three of us sitting together.
mrv is happy she has a window seat. Barb is happy she has an aisle seat. I'm still in the middle : )
We drive out to Primm at the California state line - 2 or 3 small casinos & a large outlet mall.
We stop at a new casino just outside of town - very nice - not too busy or smoky.
Ate diner at a prime rib place - excellent.
Finished the day at the Rio.
7 comments:
Sounds like a lot of fun. You picked the right time to be in a warm climate. We're back down to single digit temperature here. They're talking about 19 degrees by Saturday----but----with rain.
How's the price of gas down there? We hit 1.26 last week-end. Had the monthly intercession prayer to-night---in King Street Baptist---8 of us in attendance.
Did I hear shopping!! Shopping at an outlet mall?! Oh, can I come to Vegas next year Bob!?! I fit in a suitcase!
You're making me hungry, all that fine dining you are doing. I would pass on the gambling part. I'm not very lucky. I would like the shows thay have. If you go to some, let us know how they are.
sounds like a great vacation..!
Yes, warm would be nice - we all got spoiled last week.
Vegas! Sounds like fun! I'd not much enjoy the bright lights and busy hustle, but it still sounds like the place to be!
*laugh*
"I'm still in the middle".
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