Vegas: The Beginning

I’m at least somewhat rested I guess its time to talk about our incredible vacation to Vegas. I couldn’t believe it had been over a year since I went to Vegas, over two for Pretty Bird. That is just unacceptable; the Vegas Gods require a penance at least every twelve months. For almost a year we’ve been planning where to go on our 10 year anniversary vacation. I really thought Pretty Bird would want to go to a beach somewhere but she picked Vegas instead. Vegas it was, for a week! I’ll ramble on about the vacation in general and then eventually get to what everyone wants to hear, how I did gambling.

I used points for part of our trip which meant we had to spend some nights at the Hilton but that was only half the trip. The other half was at a casino we’ve never stayed at, City That Never Sleeps Inside Sin City, The New York, New York. Other than a complete lack of a poker room I’ve always really enjoyed the NYNY. It’s on the right end of the strip, has a nice casino, and some pretty good places to eat. Plus a rollercoaster! We got a room with a strip view on the 35^th floor of the Empire Tower.

We planned on doing more of what I call tourist stuff on this vacation, stuff like riding the rides, the pure tourist traps. We did do more tourist stuff but not near as much as I thought we would. We had way too much fun doing other things.