Okay, here is what happened on my vegas trip. I picked Kat up and we took off around 11am. Surprisingly, traffic was light and we made it to Primm (stateline) at 3pm. We planned to stay one night at Buffalo Bill's and then head into Vegas the next day. Check-in was a snap so we quickly got into our swimsuits and headed to the jacuzzi. Ah...it was nice and hot to soothe our tense muscles. Kat had to jump into the pool to cool off...well, she actually crept in because the water was COLD! I tested the pool myself and got only half a foot in before running to the hot tub. Oh and their pool is in the shape of a buffalo! A very big buffalo.
Kat's parents and great-aunt met up with us for dinner where most of had the prime rib dinner for $6.95 and it was pretty good. After that we began to gamble and chant our mantra,"I am so lucky"...they've been reading The Secret. It worked for me because I won $150 some odd dollars on video poker and then some more playing a slot machine. Yeah!
For being such a long day we turned in kind of early but that didn't help. Kat's back started bothering her so she got up gamble around 4am. I woke up when she left, dozed and woke up again at 6:30am when she got back. Kat went back to sleep and I went out to gamble where the casino decided to test their fire alarm system at 8 am. It wasn't quite the restful night we were expecting.
Well, it was on to Vegas and we stayed at The Golden Nugget (downtown). Last year when we were here at the same hotel, the pool was being renovated and boy, it is so cool now. It is in a courtyard so they couldn't expand out so they created a nice pool area by building up. There is a 3 story water slide with 2 levels of private cabanas and a shark tank where the water slide goes thru. That hotel/casino is the busiest of all in the downtown area and it is a nice place to stay too.
One day we took a break from gambling to drive out to Red Rock canyon about 20 miles out. We drove the scenic loop for another 13 miles and took lots of pictures. The weather was perfect, lots of puffy clouds and a nice 86 degrees. We took Kat's parents car which is a Cadillac SRX and I squeezed into the 3rd row seat. Ugh..that didn't work out too well for me in the long run. I started to get a bit nauseous back there so we had to arrange the seating so I could sit in the 2nd row. Soon I felt better so it all worked out great. There are some places to hike if one chooses too but this is really a nice diversion to gambling. I'm glad we did it.
We returned to our hotel and we spent an hour relaxing after our drive. Gambling usually took place in the evening after dinner. Kat and her parents were winning all sorts of money at various slot machines. I was doing okay but nothing big or major. On Thursday night we all had dinner at Vic and Anthony's steakhouse inside The Golden Nugget and it was excellent. Filet mignon, au gratin potatoes and dessert ( a huge scoop of vanilla ice cream rolled/covered with pecans and toffee with chocolate sauce).
Overall, the trip was great. I did a little bit of everything...gambled, shopped and wined and dined. Well, not really wine...Kat and I hit Fat Tuesday's where tasty slushie alcoholic drinks are served into a very big souvenir mug ( we bought them a few years ago). I had a Hurricane with an extra shot and I could only drink half! Next time we're going to buy one drink then split it.
We all went to the outlet mall where I got a new Fossil watch, Revo sunglasses and spent the rest of my gift card on a Coach umbrella. I didn't come back with extra money but I had a great time!
Kat's parents and great-aunt met up with us for dinner where most of had the prime rib dinner for $6.95 and it was pretty good. After that we began to gamble and chant our mantra,"I am so lucky"...they've been reading The Secret. It worked for me because I won $150 some odd dollars on video poker and then some more playing a slot machine. Yeah!
For being such a long day we turned in kind of early but that didn't help. Kat's back started bothering her so she got up gamble around 4am. I woke up when she left, dozed and woke up again at 6:30am when she got back. Kat went back to sleep and I went out to gamble where the casino decided to test their fire alarm system at 8 am. It wasn't quite the restful night we were expecting.
Well, it was on to Vegas and we stayed at The Golden Nugget (downtown). Last year when we were here at the same hotel, the pool was being renovated and boy, it is so cool now. It is in a courtyard so they couldn't expand out so they created a nice pool area by building up. There is a 3 story water slide with 2 levels of private cabanas and a shark tank where the water slide goes thru. That hotel/casino is the busiest of all in the downtown area and it is a nice place to stay too.
One day we took a break from gambling to drive out to Red Rock canyon about 20 miles out. We drove the scenic loop for another 13 miles and took lots of pictures. The weather was perfect, lots of puffy clouds and a nice 86 degrees. We took Kat's parents car which is a Cadillac SRX and I squeezed into the 3rd row seat. Ugh..that didn't work out too well for me in the long run. I started to get a bit nauseous back there so we had to arrange the seating so I could sit in the 2nd row. Soon I felt better so it all worked out great. There are some places to hike if one chooses too but this is really a nice diversion to gambling. I'm glad we did it.
We returned to our hotel and we spent an hour relaxing after our drive. Gambling usually took place in the evening after dinner. Kat and her parents were winning all sorts of money at various slot machines. I was doing okay but nothing big or major. On Thursday night we all had dinner at Vic and Anthony's steakhouse inside The Golden Nugget and it was excellent. Filet mignon, au gratin potatoes and dessert ( a huge scoop of vanilla ice cream rolled/covered with pecans and toffee with chocolate sauce).
Overall, the trip was great. I did a little bit of everything...gambled, shopped and wined and dined. Well, not really wine...Kat and I hit Fat Tuesday's where tasty slushie alcoholic drinks are served into a very big souvenir mug ( we bought them a few years ago). I had a Hurricane with an extra shot and I could only drink half! Next time we're going to buy one drink then split it.
We all went to the outlet mall where I got a new Fossil watch, Revo sunglasses and spent the rest of my gift card on a Coach umbrella. I didn't come back with extra money but I had a great time!
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