Took Route 66!
Rowena did mountainous driving. Beverley dealt with border control for the first time (see day 19). Charis handled the dam (a mile of driving) and Jamie battled Las Vegas streets and the rest of us were thankful for this.
We stopped on the way at
(a) A petrol station...which had a huge route 66 sign and a port-a-potty for a toilet.
(b) The Hoover Dam – It was hot walking over it...but quite impressive. We could also see the arch across the river that has been constructed for a new interstate highway, quite a feat of engineering!
Arriving in Las Vegas, Luke was like a child in a sweet shop, his eyes were everywhere trying to see everything all at the same time. We located the parking for the hotel, the self parking rather than the valet parking (we’re too poor to tip)....little did we know this would make for sweaty work, lugging bags from car to hotel check in along the windy streets of Paris. Abandoning our struggles at the elevators, we left Kishan and Luke with the bags whilst we went to located check-in. After conquering the huge line, we were set to make the voyage to the 12th floor to discover the Grail, amazing beds and rooms where everything worked and the free soaps smelt nice.
After chilling for a bit, we gathered our strength to go and find dinner. After Jamie led us North instead of South, we stopped by Bill’s Casino for 99 cents Margaritas, and brought some ‘one dollar water, one dollar water, one dollar water’ On this journey, we also found the seedier side of Vegas....at least a dozen men and women (but mostly men) or more handing out/flicking ‘business cards’ of ‘Girls, girls, girls Direct to you in 20 minutes’
We eventually made it to the Monte Carlo’s Dinner Buffet. We all stuffed ourselves, Beverley more than the others as she needed to return to the hotel for a lie down. The rest headed to gamble, via Flamingo to see the flamingo’s but couldn’t find them, eventually ending up in O’Sheas where Beverley later joined them. She arrived to Jamie having broken a Machine and pathetically waiting for it to give him his 94 cents back. We then wandered on to Caesars, where we were disappointed by the lack of Penny machines! But Charis was happy to win money but not so happy to lose it again.
After this, headed back to Paris, our hotel and gambled a bit more before heading up to our comfy beds and a good night sleep.
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