Stardust
I got to Las Vegas around 9 in the morning and drove around getting the lay of the land. I started by going to where Santa Fe Sally and I are staying and then made the trip out to the airport’s cell phone waiting area, where she and two other friends were flying into. I drove over to take a picture of the iconic “Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas” sign and cruised right on by. There was a line to take a picture of it about 20 people deep; I’ll buy a postcard.
I made the circuit one more time, and by then I needed to be waiting in the cell phone lot for their 11:30 arrival. I thought that even with my large suitcase in the back of the GTI, I could get Kevin and Beth’s carry-ons in back too (Sally just had a backpack,) but only one fit back there, so poor Kevin had to hold his on his lap for the 20-minute drive to the hotel.
Kevin and Beth are staying in the Cosmopolitan, and their room is on the 40th floor, and their balcony overlooks the Bellagio’s fountains; that’s the picture below. Sally and I are staying at an adjoining property, The Jockey Club, and our room is on the third floor facing the fountains as well. Hover over the below image, and you can see our view.
The four of us had lunch together in the very loud food court of the Bellagio and then retreated to our separate corners. After chilling for a couple hours Sally and I headed out to go to the Neon Museum, and Kevin & Beth went to a fancy Italian restaurant, Scarpetta, in their hotel.