February 6 through 8, 2010

Saturday 6~~~~Bob and Jan are supposed to arrive in Vegas at 9:30 AM this morning so we were leaving here early to get checked in and set up, about the time we were to leave, Jan called and they were still in Denver and wouldn't be in Vegas until 7:30 PM. They got to Denver late because of weather, missed their plane connection the airport was socked in with a terrible heavy fog, she said she would keep us updated as things got better. We left for Vegas and the rain started, what a dreary day it was turning out to be, it takes about an hour to drive from Mesquite to Vegas so we arrived there early and waited for their phone call. About 9:30 PM they called, they were checked in and heading to bed as they had been up since 4:00 AM and we would see them in the morning. Our friend Gary drove up to watch the Super Bowl with us tomorrow, so he slept on our hide a way and he and Kent went over to the casino while I stayed home and read a book and fell asleep early. I feel a cold coming on!!!! Sunday 7~~~~ We drove to the Luxor Casino this morning where Bob, Jan and their friends were staying, the guys were playing the slots, Kent and Gary went to the Red Rock casino where they could play Keno. Jan and I found a sort of quiet lounge and we sat and visited and exchanged pictures on our kids and grandchildren. Then she caught me up on our classmates in Kimball, South Dakota from our graduation class of 1960 as our big 50 reunion is coming this year. I hope to go back home for it if anyone is going to be there. We watched the game in their friends Suite the casino compted for them. It was a little cozy but we had a large flat screen and a smaller television in the bedroom , 2 bathrooms, one with a television. We had a lot of fun and no smoke or Casino noise, lots of cold beer and some snacks. After the game we went back to the casino where Jan and I played $10.00 each on the same slot machine together for 2 and 1/2 hours. We didn't win anything, but we had fun talking and drinking hot Kahlua and coffee to help my voice from my cold I seem to have caught. We went home about 11:30 PM Monday 8~~~~We slept in later today and we didn't join the Nebraska gang until afternoon. On the way there, we stopped at the Pawn Shop that has the reality show that is on the History Channel. We watched it in Salem all the time, Billy and Tress got us hooked on it. They were taping a TV show while we were there, so we didn't get to see Rick, but we did see the old man (picture) and the two goofy helpers who make the show funny. It was so full of people , you could hardly move, we went single file (picture) through the store and out the door. I wonder how he sells anything with so many people like us in there to see them and the store. He sure has an inventory and his collection of NFL Rings were sure interesting with it being Super Bowl Weekend. I wonder why anyone would sell their NFL ring!!!! It was another fun day with may sister, catching up and enjoying the slots. Jan had lots of money to spend and I didn't, as they are on vacation and this is my life style everyday, so I helped her find some fun machines and watched her play and cheered her on as I enjoyed my Kahlua and coffee. ha The slots were so tight, I spent my allowance real fast, I don't think anyone won anything on them, but Vegas is always fun to go to and you know when you go there the odds of winning anything is slim!!!! We had another great buffet dinner at the Mandalay Bay Casino, they had to pack to be up by 4 AM to catch their plane to head home in the morning, so we went back to our Suite on Wheels tired and tuckered out from all our fun.