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14 May 24, 11:12 AM
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FL CA AZ NV UT NM CO. All in 1 go. Transport by planes, Mustangs, Kayaks, Horses
This trip commences on 03 June 2024 and concludes on 23 June 2024. The trip report will be updated every evening and in effect be a ‘live’ trip report whilst memories are fresh after each days activities.
As is normal, this will be an honest, warts and all account with both triumphs and tribulations detailed throughout. It is placed in the Florida section as this is in fact, the State in which we will be spending most time (6 nights). I will be ‘living the dream’ in the next few weeks and I invite you to come, live it with me! INDEX OF EVENTS. Post #2. Travel from Penryn to LGW, settling in and the Premier Inn. https://dibb.in/16166956 Post #3. A flight to Vegas, getting to the Luxor, eating at Hooters, first stroll up the strip .. and back without Matt. https://dibb.in/16166957 Post #4.Our first full day in Vegas.. An unusual breakfast and later, Heart Attack Grill & Fremont St. https://dibb.in/16166958 Post #5 Kayaking on the Colorado River and then, the Bachanal Buffet in Caesars. https://dibb.in/16166960 Post #6. We pick up the Mustang before visiting 7 Magic Mountains, Bonnie and Clyde’s Car, Lipton, Hackberry Stores and the Roadkill Cafe in Seligman. https://dibb.in/16166961 Post #7. Seligman, Oak Canyon, Sedona and then Sunset at the Grand Canyon South Rim. https://dibb.in/16166962 Post #8. Grand Canyon S Rim trail and then onwards to Gouldings Lodge, Monument Valley. https://dibb.in/16166963 Post #9 Horse riding in Monument Valley, Forrest Gump stops running, Fort Bluff and Mormons, arriving in Cortez. https://dibb.in/16166964 Post # 10 Mesa Verde and the Pueblos, Four Corners naybe and the Wigwam Motel in Holbrook. https://dibb.in/16166965 Post # 11 Holbrook to Tombstone, Drinking in Town. https://dibb.in/16166967 Post #12 A rather exciting bit of fun play that had a predictable ending, Big nosed Kate’s, Bird Cage Theatre and then on to Tucson. https://dibb.in/16166968 Post #13 My day in the Pima Museum and then a drive to Phoenix to preposition. https://dibb.in/16166970 Post #14 Travel to Busch Gardens. https://dibb.in/16166971 Post #15 Kayaking at Fort de Soto, Riding hard at Busch Gardens and terrible injury. https://dibb.in/16166974 Post #16 The big move to Star Island Resort, Orlando.. plus some more Hooters! https://dibb.in/16166976 Post #17 Shopping, Bahama Breeze, Golf and Pickle Ball. https://dibb.in/16166977 Post #18 Discovery Cove, Seaworld . https://dibb.in/16166978 Post #19 Aquatica and ‘Orlandoed out’. https://dibb.in/16166980 Post #20 Our last ever, full day in Orlando. https://dibb.in/16166981 Post #21 Our departure from Orlando, Machine Guns and Busch. https://dibb.in/16166982
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14 May 24, 11:13 AM
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Join Date: Nov 10
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Final preparation and travel up to LGW.
Sunday 2 June 2024… Travel preparation.. or ‘Davey’s on the road again’ by Manfred Mann’s Earth Band. Well, this is it! Work finished at Midnight last night and tomorrow the adventure begins. Today has been spent packing and preparing for the tortuous, long, 287 mile journey to LGW. I must start by saying that a week ago, we had to have our faithful Cat, Toby put down after 12 years of great fun and companionship. Those who have read my previous trippies, may remember the fun that we had, putting him in a Catbox in order that we take him to the local Cat Hotel.. He peed all over us and the wall!  R.I.P Toby, a King amongst Cats.😢 Here are mine and Mandies packing, hand baggage only, but of course subject to the very generous 23kg British Airways allowance on both Hand Luggage and Personal Item.  I have no idea what is in the Bags on the right (just like I have no idea what Dan (21 years) and Matt (18 years) have packed. Apparently they are grown ups and know what they are doing. I can list what is contained within my, rather colourful bags on the left, though.. stand by to be astonished 😃 The Cabin bag weighs 12 kg and contains.. A Fleece for the evenings 10 Shirts, mainly Polo. 3 Shorts 8 Underpants 4 Socks .. or rather, pairs. Fatface baseball cap. Swimming trunks. Lightweight travel towel Flipflops Underwater mask and Snorkel that any Discovery Cove visitor may find familiar. The Small day bag personal item on top weighs 7 kg and it contains.. Mandie’s Scrap Book (A5 size) Mandie’s toiletries in the regulation bag with my Shield Soap and Razors added. Satnav, leads etc in a box. Travel Scales. 2 x Olympus Tough Cameras. Waterproof 4” x 6” bag. IPad. 2 Pants. 2 Socks. 1 Shirt. My Magical A5 planning and Document folder!  Money. We have $2691 cash plus £1200 on a Revolut Card that can be further loaded. Of that, $1000 belongs to the boys. This will be evenly distributed prior to travel. Is that enough? Is that too much? Only time will tell.. and anyway I can always put some more on Revolut. I have my BA Amex, as a safe backup. Tomorrow, we will see the Builders who are working on our extension and then move out after briefing them thoroughly. We have all day to reach LGW and difficult decisions had to be made. Even with Handbaggage only, space will be tight. Our Seat Mii FR is clearly too small. It is the size of a kids Skateboard. Our VW Polo GTI is not much better. It has a Trunk that is smaller than an average DIBBER Suitcase. Dan’s VW Golf TDI is 19 years old, but clearly the best option. Thanks for the lift, Dan! MONDAY 03 JUNE 2024. This is it! The Patriotic Pants are out .. possibly for the very last time as they are becoming increasingly worn out and tatty.  And my early morning bath is done.  Better get everybody else up, now… or at least the boys as Mandie is already downstairs, making me a cup of tea. She is well trained! The Car is now packed.. 4 x Handbaggage suitcases. 2 x Personal Item Backpacks. There are a further two backpacks within Dan and Matt’s cases, just in case they buy anything.  And then we were off..  We departed Cornwall at 1128, passing the ‘Welcome home trees’ .. or in this case the ‘see you in 20days trees’. We were on foreign soil! 😂. Dah wheiheyn, Kernow!  And so to my first (of many), Food report.. in Exeter!  I have opted for a rather famous Swedish delicacy.. 12x (I am no cheapskate) Meatballs, served with Gravy on a bed of Sloppy Mash, accompanied by Loganberry joue and 42 Garden Peas.. (my peasant family opted for Chips, rather than Mash). Absolutely delicious as always and a bargain at £25 for the four of us. High end dining at its finest! We then selected (but did not buy), a Lampshade for our new bedroom. And then, it was onwards toward Gatwick on the Glorious A303, my favourite road in the whole World (other than the PCH). We passed Stonehenge..  A place that I loved as a child, when you could walk amongst the stones and heaven forbid.. even touch them. All without paying a dime to the National Trust. We then turned into Durrington in order to view ..  Woodhenge, A poor relation to Stonehenge, but just as old and a place where you can actually walk amongst the history without being fleeced by the National Trust to get within 100 yards and look over a rope barrier.  Next to Woodhenge we viewed..  Durrington Walls, a truly enormous banking that again, is 4000 years old. But of course, all this culture stuff was not the actual reason that we had diverted into Durrington.. It is well known that the only culture I possess is between my toes! This vacation is very much in memory of my Dad, who passed away on 13 January of 2023 and whose ashes were (later) scattered into the River Avon at Durrington Bridge as was his wish.  We paused for a few, poignant minutes in his beloved memory and I am pleased to report that we saw no sign of his ashes. He may even have reached Christchurch by now? Dad learned to use an IPad in order to follow our vacations on the DIBB and this remains the overriding reason why my trips are done live, as he would get up every morning and catch up with the DIBB over breakfast whilst we were away. Having then been ‘live’ , he would then phone and wake up my Brother 😂😂😂 in order to update him on latest events. I see no reason to change my habits and Dad may even be watching… R.I.P Dad, sorely missed. Then it was onwards yet again to Gatwick! The journey actually passed with minimal congestion and without incident. We dropped Mandie and Matt, plus baggage at the Prem Inn furthest from the Terminal (me always being a cheapskate.. and headed to the Summer Long Stay parking… where we hit snags aplenty. Our booking papers and QR Code would not raise the barrier to the Car Park, as we had put the Registration Plate of mine and Mandies Car on it, rather than that of Dan’s. We eventually raised the barrier by issue of a further, small ticket. There was no Staff, no Reception and no Office available to us. Eventually, we located a wandering Staff member who informed that there would be no problem, that we should enjoy our vacation and simply press the intercom on the exit barrier and explain as we left. This did not sound right and so, we tried phoning their Customer Service in order to clarify.. which was shut. A Phone call will be made when they open at 0800 and the situation explained. Eventually a Bus arrived and conveyed us back to the Airport, parking up immediately adjacent to our Premier Inn in order to pick up a fellow Staff Member. When we tried to disembark, the Driver told me that he was not allowed to drop at this point and that we must stay on board until he reached the Gatwick North Bus Stop. I was sorely tempted to step off and tell him to ‘Ram it where the sun don’t Shine’ as I was not overly enamoured with his company by then, but managed to refrain. We then met up and had a rest in our two Premier Inn rooms whilst preparing mentally for our ‘meal deal’ at 1945. You can be assured that a comprehensive food report was to be added later that evening! The meal was good.. very good for a Prem Inn. Whilst my family banned me from photographing their food, they were unable to stop me from photographing my own. As said, we went for the ‘Meal deal, (Dinner and Breakfast), now a rather pricey £29.99pp. When you take into account the cost of a Prem Inn Breakfast and add in the realistic cost of a Pint, Chicken Wings and a Burger, as opposed to the menu prices, then the discount on the multi buy is rather marginal. In addition, many ‘staple’ things, such as Cider now carry a supplement and of course that makes the decision even harder. I went for..  10x Peri peri Chicken wings (£3.50 supplement) and they were very good. The others had Calamari. We all had Strongbow Cider (£1.50 supplement each). To be fair, it was fresh, clear and with just a bead or two of condensation forming on the glass in which heavens nectar was gently effervescing . It tasted of Apples. I had a Chicken Burger as a main..  It was not on its side like in the photo, as clearly gravity would have caused it to fall off (I got an O Level in Physics, back in 1976 and have forgotten nothing in the intervening years). I simply haven’t edited it. It would never fetch £14.60 in a real restaurant, though. Mandie had Peri peri Chicken and I am told that it was real good. I unashamedly stole this image. Sorry the glass was in the way 😟 and Mandie’s scowl when she realised what I was doing..☹️☹️☹️🪿.  Dan had a Burrito (Good but not apparently tasting very Mexican at all) , whilst Matt had a Sirloin Steak that was OK (and that attracted a £3 supplement). A Dessert came at a £2 supplement and I must say that this represented excellent value. Unfortunately, I ate my Ice Cream Sundae so fast that I forgot to Photograph it for Claire NJ, but it had Cadburys Flake (Stolen by Mandie) and lots of Caramel Buttons in it! I then invited Matt, who turned 18 last month to buy us a round. Foolishly, I did not look at the price, merely inviting him to transfer £20 into my account as he purchased his first ever round of drinks… foolish because they came to £26.40! We don’t pay that in Cornwall as locals. Even the Emmits don’t get ripped off that much! I had been done.  Matt looking smug after escaping with just a £20 bill for his first ever round. The total for the evening (and tomorrow morning) was £162 plus a £10 cash tip. Was that good value? I am honestly not so sure. Whitbread had charged us at an average of £90/night for accommodation and also upped the price of the ‘Meal Deal’. They are pricing at a point where they will now be meeting some very sharp competition for my hard earned Lucre. In future, we may stop elsewhere on our way into the Airport, whilst just ordering the Buffet Breakfast next morning. And now to sleep. We rise at 0530 for a 0600 breakfast and move to S Terminal for our flight. 8569 Steps. And it’s goodnight from me. 😃 🌙.
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2005 onwards.. lots of times! Index of all my Trip and Pretrip reports..https://www.thedibb.co.uk/forums/sho...6#post15662196 Edited at 08:23 AM. |
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4 Jun 24, 06:51 AM
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Location: Essex
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Hoping you’ll improve your skills as the trip goes on 👌 I look forward to daily updates with my breakfast Enjoy yours & have a safe smooth flight today 🇺🇸❤️ |
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14 May 24, 11:13 AM
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Join Date: Nov 10
Location: Falmouth
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Flight day 04 June 2024… or. ‘Wind beneath my wings’, by Bette Midler.
As is normal, I struggled to sleep before a flight and as a result we were all at Breakfast by 0600, had walked round to the North entrance, had caught the Monorail to South, had cleared Security and were seated in Departures by 0715. Not bad for a 1015 flight ☹️. A quick call to Long stay North Customer service.. who confirmed what I had been told in the first place.. “enjoy the Holiday and use the intercom at the exit gate, quoting my order number and the gate will be raised at no further cost”. Good service! .. I hope. Back to Departures. We are not Duty Free Shoppers in any way at all (other than Matt and I am holding his 💰 in any case, as a sensible precaution). Thinking about it, the truth is that we are not Shoppers at all. I detest shopping.. and people.. and queues and spending money. Dan, meantime chalked off Wetherspoons pub no 336 on his list, purchasing a Bumbu Single with Pepsi..at £7.40!  Boarding was simple and the Aircraft, a B777 200, 95% full. Exit row seats 33a,b,c were duly occupied, along with 33d across the aisle. Mandie is clearly looking somewhat smug as the two middle seats in her row of four are to remain unoccupied.   Mandie looking smug in her capacious pair of seats. And then we waited… the pushback from the gate was delayed by 15 minutes to 1030, due to some snag with the Irish. I can live with the disappointment, having had a few snags with the Irish in my far distant, Military past.… we are going to Vegas!  The flight was long, 10.5 hours long and interspersed with Food.. typical Economy Class Airline Food. After take off, it was Pretzels and Orange Juice. I have spared you an evidential photograph on that one! After a couple of hours, came our first hot meal..  Dan, Matt and I went for the Cottage Sludge, accompanied by a rather rough 🇨🇱 Chilean Sauvignon Plonk, a tough, chewy Bread Roll, some Jacob’s Crackers that were broken, and some cheap Cheddar that cut like a rubber car tyre, when using the wooden knife. There was also a Tub of Chocolate and Rasberry Compost that was rather delicious and also a Tub of Cusscuss that remained unopened by any of us. Not great, but adequate by outbound Airline standards. 6/10.  Mandie however, went for the Vegetarian Lasagne and she rates it as 10/10. I then settled down to Angry Birds, but soon passed every level at 3 stars, not by skill, rather persistence and boredom. Then I had a nap.. only to be woken by some raucous Martians who had clearly hammered the free drinks and were in their multiple dozens. I expect this on a flight to Magaluf, Khavos or Sunny Beach, but surely not one to Vegas? One miscreant (30th Birthday Girl as evidenced by a Badge), visited the Toilet next to us 11 times, each time seemingly in a more inebriated state. It was time to play who wants to be a Millionaire. I got to the $1,000,000 question on one of my many attempts.. but blew it! Around 2 hours before arrival, a second meal was forthcoming. We all went for the Chicken Option with a Barley Side plus Carrots… because it was in fact, the only option that they still had. This was rather good!  It came with a Strawberry Cheesecake in a pot that was also nice and in addition a pot of seasoned, cold Barley, which we all gave a miss. Dan was by now settled with his rather fascinating book..  And time was quite literally flying by 😄😄😄 (I apologise for that one).  We passed over the Grand Canyon (I think)  Shortly before finals and an uneventful landing at Las Vegas! Immigration took an hour and was manual, rather than the new, fancy passport readers. It was also seriously under staffed. We were then out with our Handluggage, pausing only briefly to watch the entertaining scramble at baggage reclaim, that we no longer partake in. We were soon out in the sunshine.. I love mild, temperate climates and at that moment, this whole day had been worthwhile.  Dan took this screenshot. A taxi from the Airport to the Luxor was $22, fixed rate and then we entered to find that the Computers had crashed, the queue to check in was huge and we were joining the end of it.. or rather I was, whilst Mandie, Dan and Matt relaxed in the Lobby and ‘observed’. After an hour, a very apologetic staff member came around and offered a $25 pp Dining Credit note as well as a tiny bottle of Peckham Spring Water to all in the queue and I duly took 2 such notes to a value of $100.  Here is one of them. These should cover breakfast tomorrow morning.. I hope! Eventually, I got to the front of the queue and was dealt with by an extremely apologetic (or even apoplectic and stressed out) Receptionist who was booking in manually. In fact, she was so apologetic, that she then gave us another $25 Dining Credit pp. The poor Lady intimated that when she got home, she would be having an extremely large drink.  I would have looked extremely rude, had I declined her generosity and besides.. that will pay for another Breakfast 😂😂. I guess that $200 is fair recompense for the inconvenience, particularly as the first vouchers were not allocated by name or room number. Additionally, our rooms were upgraded into the towers. Even better, whilst Mandie and I are in the Gold Tower, Dan and Matt are in the Silver Tower.  Our room.  Dan and Matt’s room. Now to see the Strip.. The temperature was now a mild, temperate and balmy 39 degrees C, (102 degrees F). The Air was also very still. Perfect weather for a nice, long stroll 😅. Firstly, we were somewhat tired and somewhat hungry. Hooters is just a couple of blocks from the Luxor and so it came to pass that it was the favoured choice of all 4 of us.  The place looked real nice, clean and respectable. The girls had scrubbed up just fine. Their shorts were.. short and their T Shirts… Tight! Dan had Sliders.. Matt had a custom Burger..  Mandie and I opted for the Grilled Chicken Burger..  We all had bottomless Diet Coke. When presented with the $97 bill and ever mindful of frequent assertions that this joint is guilty of misogyny and sexual exploitation, I questioned our rather ‘ hot’ Hostess, Darlene at length about her working conditions, potential career progression and other such sundries .. before giving her a tip, just so that this in no way influenced the ‘Tottie’s’ replies. All DIBBER’S can now rest assured that I detected no sign of any exploitation whatsoever in her replies. Darlene smiled, said thankyou and then shoved the ‘20’ in her Bra, before walking off, wriggling her Orange clad backside in appreciation as she went. I would have recorded this event for posterior (sorry, posterity), but Mandie prevented me. In modern pricing terms, I would describe this as a really good, budget meal and as always, great, clean fun. I am an unashamed ‘Hooters fan’.. as are my Son’s. Time to move on, and we were all incredibly tired by now. We took a stroll up as far as Caesars in order that I could do a ‘recce’ for our forthcoming ‘Bachanal Buffet’. I felt pretty stoned from the Cannabis fumes by the time we got there, yet alone by the time we returned to our Hotel. I just hope that none of those ‘partaking’ , intend driving. Here are a few of the somewhat familiar images (to most), that we took. I apologise to those who have been here before.  ‘Paris’.  ‘Bellagios without fountains’ (a much rarer shot than ‘Bellagios with fountains’).  Caesars Palace.  ‘Blackpool Tower’.. (I tried to trick people, there). It is really another shot of ‘Paris’.  ‘New York New York’.  ‘Home’. We had a slight ‘issue’ with Matt. Like many 18 year olds, particularly one who joins the Army as a Vehicle Mechanic on July 7 (We are very proud), he has an independent streak, frequently striding off ahead, but with no real sense of direction… a commission possibly beckons! We turned at Caesars in order to return down the Strip and as usual, Matt set off ahead, retracing our route, including crossing on an overpass near the ‘Aria’ to the opposite sidewalk.. out of our sight, but continuing South. He had effectively ‘disappeared’ , no great issue for Dan or I, but to the consternation of Mandie. Unaware of where he was and initially failing to answer his phone, we eventually met up with him when he crossed back over by Newyork Newyork. We were in our room for 2100.. and now for what will hopefully be a good nights sleep… only I am typing this at 0340… Stand by for tonight’s thrilling, innovative and imaginative update. It may involve a bit of pain… but I am prepared to go through that barrier in order to objectively continue this report for the entertainment of my fellow DIBBER’s . 14937 Steps.
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2005 onwards.. lots of times! Index of all my Trip and Pretrip reports..https://www.thedibb.co.uk/forums/sho...6#post15662196 Edited at 08:20 PM. |
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5 Jun 24, 10:05 AM
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 I must admit I had to Google Bumbu haven’t got a clue that was pricey though 😬 I ❤️Mandie’s Smug face think she was happy with no one next to her as well as being across the aisle from all the boys Bed looks huge in the Luxor we stayed here & though it’s not as fancy as most Vegas hotels it was nice & we walked to most things Did Matt finish all his burger it was MASSIVE 😳 Enjoy your free breakfast later hopefully the $200 will be enough 
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14 May 24, 11:14 AM
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Location: Falmouth
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First day in Vegas 05 June 2024.. or ‘Waking up in Vegas’ by Katie Perry.
I write this at 0130, local time and for reasons that will soon become apparent. I must also add that it is in probability, not very ‘PC’ in parts, so you have been warned! Rather predictably (in Vegas terms), the day dawned bright and there was not a cloud in the Sky. As we left the Luxor at 0830, it was still relatively cool at 33 degrees as we headed the half mile or so to the famous, Las Vegas sign.   We were soon passed by the local Fire Brigade, double marching in a squad of about 20. They were marching to music, but strangely, it was recorded. Times have changed because in my day and after having done the Nijmegen March, I expected any American squad to be singing the songs themselves (badly). It was clear and rather reassuring though, that to a man, these guys were very fit indeed, muscles a bulging and all that, whilst Testosterone and sweat was coming off them by the bucketload. Sorry ladies (and possibly Gents), I felt it strangely inappropriate to photograph semi naked Firemen doing exercise. You will have to simply use your imagination. Even at this ungodly hour, on arrival at the sign, we found ourselves in a queue of 20. However, after 10 minutes or so, the deed was done and we were headed back to the Luxor.   On the way, we passed the internationally renowned Pinball Hall of Fame, but could see no reason whatever to enter, particularly as it was clearly closed. I cannot name a single famous Pinballer in any case 😀. Other than maybe Tommy, the ‘Death Dumb and Blind Kid’ in the song ‘Pinball Wizzard’ by the Who, who as I recollect “Sure played a mean Pinball”..  0900 and we were back in the Air Conditioned luxury of the Luxor. We had Credit Vouchers from yesterday and it was time to use half of them in the Pyramid Cafe. It was a strange breakfast menu, but we chose some traditional, British favourite dishes.  I went for the Nachos topped with Chicken … and a glass of Pineapple juice. M  Matt opted for a Double Cheeseburger with Fries .. and a Root Beer. Dan had with Fries, something with Avocado .. and a Coke.   Mandie had a Ham and Cheese Omelette with Pineapple Juice.. but wouldn’t let me Photograph it, as she gets hacked off with my taking images of her food. The bill came to $112 (minus our $100 of Credit) and as such, I felt that $20 including the tip was rather reasonable. The food was actually, excellent, which came as a surprise. A quick swim for Matt and I in the Resort Swimming Pools and we were ready to take a stroll in to town. Whilst the New York New York looked resplendent in the sunshine.  The Tropicana clearly did not.  They started tearing it down in late April and the site should be flat by October. It is to be replaced by a Basketball Stadium, great if you want to watch Basketball. A part of LV History, lost. It was time to catch a Deuce Bus to Fremont Street. The Deuce buses run the Strip every 15 minutes or so and within the bus stop area there is a ticket machine. $8 gets you a 24 hour ticket and this is what we did.. x4. It was a simple process.  The Bus soon arrived, ticket swiped and we took the top deck for the 50 minute journey to Fremont Street. It should be shorter than this, but there are continuing delays traversing the Strip, due to building work at the North End. As we headed North, it was becoming clear that things were getting a little seedier. Fremont St is clearly an Arts area, sprinkled with Casino's, Nightclubs, Street Performers and a smattering of Down and Outs with clear Mental Health/Drug related issues. Out of sensitivity (I have some), I will refrain from any reference to their apparently practicing to audition for Sean of the Dead 2, but I spent many years of my Police career in Drug type Squads and as a result, have little sympathy for those that partake. The whole place also stank heavily of Cannabis. Whilst vibrant and colourful, Fremont Street was not an area where I would want to depart from the main, lit areas at night. It was just a little seedy.  I have never seen a Disco for Cats, though! Much of the street was covered by a several hundred yard long roof onto which was projected a swirl of moving images that were difficult to photograph, but awesomely impressive.  Fremont Street and it’s difficult to photograph roof.  Another, equally poor effort. We had visited this area for a reason. This was in fact, Dan’s big moment, namely an appointment with some very pretty and some might say, inappropriately dressed Nurses at the Heart Attack Grill! “Some might say”, however does not include Dan, Matt or Myself.   The rather forbidding entrance door left you in no doubt what you were facing.  Being a Medical Establishment, we were firstly ordered to ‘Gown Up’ by one of the Nurses..   I must say that Nurses Uniforms are rather different in the USA to those in the UK. Perhaps they are specialists? Perhaps this is the future of Nursing? Food in this place consists of Burgers and Dogs… with Lard. The Burgers range from a Single Bypass Burger to an Octuple Bypass Burger of 19,000 calories, all ‘cooked’ with less than no consideration to a low calorie count. There are scales outside and should you weigh in excess of 350lb, then you eat for nothing.  Mandie and I sensibly ordered a Single Bypass Burger, whilst Matt went for a Single Bypass with Fries. Dan, ever greedy, opted for a Double Bypass, Fries and with an injection of Vodka Jelly.    Whilst Mandie seemed very keen to eat her food in very short order, regrettably Dan Matt and I all failed miserably and in my case deliberately (In order that I could provide a comprehensive, rather than abridged food report to the DIBB ). The things that I go through for you guys!  I am ashamed to report that this was my own, personal, deliberate and abject failure 🥲. In this place, failure has consequences. Matt, Dan and I duly were punished with a ‘Paddle’ for failing to eat all of our food.  Dan’s ‘paddling’. (I will spare you, mine). It can fairly be said that the Nurse went about her task of administering 3 ‘whacks’ for each of us with great ‘Relish’ 🤣🤣🤣. (I apologise for that)… and yes, they hurt! The bill was $120, not bad at all for what can only be described as an unusual experience. However, I have a sneaking suspicion that these girls may not in fact be ‘real’ Nurses. They didn’t have those pin on, medical watches on their Chests.  Real Nurse.  Fake Nurse. It was time to catch ‘The Deuce’ and return to a stop, right outside the Luxor. I am afraid that there are no Photos, as the Bus had an external ‘wrap’ that made it difficult to see out. And this is where we made our big mistake of the day. At 1800, we elected for a ‘Power nap’.. that ended in my case when I woke up at 0130. My body clock is all over the place! 14261 Steps. Tomorrow, we go upmarket and cultural.
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6 Jun 24, 09:29 AM
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Join Date: Apr 19
Location: Essex
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Great pics at the iconic Vegas Sign & Matt certainly loves his burgers 🙈with one for breakfast too 😋
At least you’ll have all the lovely aircon to help with the excessive heat 😳🥵🥵 |
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6 Jun 24, 02:58 PM
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Join Date: Nov 10
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6 Jun 24, 12:08 PM
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Join Date: Apr 19
Location: Essex
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At least the boys & you have their moment of fame with a Whack in the Heart Attack Grill Fremont is certainly a little different we visited to go to the Mob Museum Hope the jet lag improves 👍 |
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6 Jun 24, 03:01 PM
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Join Date: Nov 10
Location: Falmouth
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Fremont St was interesting, but I am simply not of a ‘bohemian’ nature, given my previous upbringing and occupations. I am in fact, what many would describe as a traditional, law abiding conformist… in most things.
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