Winter Trip 2010 #9

Our second week in Las Vegas started off pretty restful. We caught up with laundry, cleaned the motorhome and watched movies and of course a little gambling. But by Thursday all peace and quiet went away. Jim's brother, Mason and his wife, Judy arrived in Las Vegas. It was their first trip to Las Vegas so we tried to pack in everything for them to see in 4 days. We had so much fun but we kept staying out later and later each night. Thursday afternoon we took them by one of our favorite sights to check out -- a neurosurgeon's house. This man collects carnival and Las Vegas memorabilia such as signs, statutes, boats, airplanes, etc. and it all covers his rooftop, backyard and front yard. It is quite the site to see. Of course I forgot my camera. Then from there, we went to Hard Rock Casino to pick up a rental car. Then we took them down the strip so they could see all the lights and fancy hotels. We later met with Audria and had dinner at Buco de Peppe's, then back to the strip to tour the Bellargio and watch the water show. Friday, we went out to Terrible's Casino for breakfast and then went to Hoover Dam. As you can see from pics above we had a beautiful day for touring the dam. Judy, Mason and Jim also took a helicopter ride over the dam. That trip really watered their eyes. Neither had ever been in a helicopter before. They did get some great pics though. The middle picture shows the new road they are building to get traffic off the dam. As you can see in first pic, the water level is down really low. After the dam tour, we went back to Boulder City and had an early dinner, late lunch. That evening we took them to the Freemont Experience (Old Las Vegas). We had a ball. Judy and I hit the slots and Jim and Mason people watched (or should I say "girl watched") under the dome. Saturday, we did breakfast at Terrible's again and then took them to the Sahara Casino where we taught Mason how to play Black Jack because the Sarah has a dollar table. Mason really took a liking to the game and really caught on pretty good. I played Black Jack with the guys for a little while and once I got $20 ahead I joined Judy at the slots. I was playing the penny machines with my $20 winnings when all of a sudden I hit on the bonus and the machine gave me several free spins and it kept hitting the bonus over and over. I must have sat there for 15 minutes and watched my winnings go higher and higher. I thought the machine had broken and was just going to keep going until it was empty, buy finally after reaching $562.00 it ended. I was so excited. I cashed out and found Judy and showed her then went to Mason and Jim and showed them. I spent the rest of the evening watching Judy - she did pretty good too. She ended up winning $100 that night. We also went to the Blue Man Group show (thanks to Audria) at the Venetian. It certainly was a wild show. We really enjoyed that. By this time it was getting late but we took them to one more casino that we like to play Black Jack over in Henderson. This is a $2 Black Jack table and Mason and Jim played til 2:30am. Mason was having a ball and he had really caught on and was playing really good. I think he ended up $100 for the better. Judy also had a good night there and won another $100. We actually didn't get to sleep that night til after 3:30am but boy we sure did have fun and all of us ending up making a little money so we were all pretty happy gamblers! Mason and Judy left on Sunday and we left for San Jose, CA on Monday,