October 13, 2003

• I'm back my friends. Before reading this, please note that when I reference days, it begins at midnight, which is why an entry may overlap into the next day.

  Friday

  I picked up Esther around 12, and headed on our long trip to Vegas.  We stopped at the outlets in Barstow for a bit to check out what stores they have there.  My advice: don't waste your time. There's not a damn thing to look at there; just a good place to stretch and grab some grub, gas and whatever else you need.   From there it was on to Vegas. We checked in at the Las Vegas Club (LVC is what I'll refer to it from here on out) and got settled in.  We watched some television and headed out to Luxor.  My parents gave me some tickets that were supposedly good for the Blue Man Group but apparently they weren't. The tickets were a gift from a friend to my parents but I guess they weren't valid. It's all good though.  Since we couldn't see the show, we headed over to the buffet for grub.  Quite pricey at $17.50 + tax and not even worth it.  Only go there if you love salad because their salad bar was loaded.   After our meal, we headed over to Circus Circus.  Man, when I was little I came home with bags and bags of stuffed animals.  So here we are, years later and how did we do?

  Brett: 0 stuffed animals 

  Esther: 1 stuffed animal
  

  Saturday

  After a couple hours of futile attempts at various games, we headed back to downtown where LVC was. We went up to pick up some money and it was time to gamble.  Let's just say I made no money at all this trip. I won a few times but it was quickly put back into the great city of Nevada's economy. We walked around, hitting up various hotels in downtown before calling it a night. 

  Once we woke up, we headed over to the Mirage, and dropped the car off.   From there, we used our chevro-legs to get us where we needed to go.  We stopped at Harrah's for lunch and began our day. The Coke store was the first place we hit up.  I was in heaven. So much coke, so little time.  Then we went to the M & M store. There are so many colors but at eight bucks a pound, I'll just  stick to the bags for 50 cents.  From there we hit up various casinos. Esther got me into this game called Texas Tea. It's a five-cent game so you can't go wrong with the price.  I ended up playing that and video poker this trip. No pai-gow like I thought. The tables were too pricey for me. I found some cheap ones but eh, I felt intimidated. I think I'll wait for Jen to go so I can get some tips.
  

  Anyways, after we gambled, we went to Caesars Place and rode on this IMAX motion ride called "Race to Atlantis".  It was pretty nice but my neck hurt from trying to cover the entire IMAX screen.  Once that was over, we ate at a buffet in the Mirage. I have concluded that the buffet there is a reward to all the gamblers who walk all day and come yearning for a good meal.  The price is good too. A bit more expensive than Luxor but way better. After our meal, it was back to downtown for more gambling. 
  

  Sunday
  

  We gambled until about 2:30 and went back up. We went to sleep and woke up at 11 so we could get ready to check out. We checked out at 12, went to California for lunch and gambled for a few hours.  Around 4, we hit up the outlets and bought some clothes. I purchased some shirts from Nike Town. Esther bought a bag from there as well. She also bought some shirts from Pac Sun. I ended up buying a slice of pizza because I was hungry again.  It's now 5 pm and it's time to go home.  See you again Las Vegas.   We were making really good time. I was in Barstow by 7:15. Surely we would make it back by 9.  Nope!  The I-15 was backed up for an hour.  We got to SGV about 10:15 and stopped at JR's for food.  Finally, I dropped her off and went home.

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