Day 152

Saying Goodbye Again

Oct 5, 2013, 8:36 PM

I hate the goodbyes!!!!! We picked up daddy and Sandy and got them to the airport it worked out just perfectly. Then back to the Golden Nugget to get Kim, Robert, and Alex so they don't have to pay a late checkout charge. We got them and their bags and we brought them to the RV. We still had a couple things we wanted to try to do. I wanted to get a picture of the Welcome to Las Vegas sign, I wanted to drive by and see if the chapel we got married in was still there, and we wanted to go to the Neon Boneyard, we also needed lunch but you saw that coming didn't you? So we headed out to the Neon Boneyard and we went to get lunch somewhere close. Well there really wasn't much close, but we found something and then went back to the boneyard. You aren't going to believe this, but they were full for the day. Who knew that a field of old signs from casinos would be such a hot spot, but there was no way we could do the guided tour today. I felt so bad for Alex, he wanted to see the signs and I'm sure it would have been cool to get photos, but what are you going to do?

After that we went in search of the Vegas sign. Oh you won't believe what a popular spot that is. Oh and I love this, there is a long line of people waiting to get a photo by the sign. There is a woman organizing the flow of people going up to the sign. She asks where you're from, she offers to take the photo for you so that the person with the camera can be in the photo too, but she doesn't work for the city or anything. There is a sign saying that there are no city approved vendors at the welcome sign. She is just some woman taking tips and putting herself out there like she has an official position. I don't hand my camera equipment over to anybody, but I do think it's funny, if these street photo op people and this person would put half as much energy into something productive they would be highly successful people but they take the easy/lazy way instead and I think if analyzed they probably work twice as hard in the end. 

After the sign photos we drove down the strip to where the Candlelight Wedding Chapel was supposed to be, but there is construction going on there now. It's gone! That is kind of sad, lots of famous people got married there, beside Steve and I of course. Well now what? We went back to the RV and just chilled for a while. Alex and Steve were playing Scrabble, Robert was on his laptop so Kim and I stole the opportunity to go play some roulette. We went to The Main Street Station across the street, but the table didn't look like they were having fun. The Croupier didn't look very friendly so Kim and I moved on. We went to the California Casino. We liked the California as soon as we crossed the bridge over the street into the California. The casino was on the first floor and as we got to the bottom of the escalator we were looking right at their roulette table. We figured this was meant to be. So we watched for a few minutes, there were a couple people at the table already. The one person we really were watching was this one woman. She had pink chips so of course this caught my eye, we noticed she was slamming down the chips on the table and she was covering the table with chips. I mean there were maybe six numbers she didn't have chips on. She just kept grabbing another stack of chips and slamming them down. The ball went around the wheel. Kim and I were asking each other what she was hoping to accomplish. Only one number can win, she can't possibly win here. We thought she had to be pissed at her husband/boyfriend and she was getting rid of his money. Believe it or not she DIDN'T WIN!!!!! The ball dropped on one of the very few numbers she didn't cover. She stalked away from the table and that was that. The other couple at the table made the same comment that she must have been pissed at her husband and she wanted to lose all his money. Of course that sent Kim and I into bouts of laughter and the couple at the table insisted we should stay at the table because they liked us and our happiness. Well we sat down and went through $20 a piece but we had a great time doing it. We found out the couple, that by the way was going through much more money then we did, by hundreds, are from only minutes away from Kim and Robert near Lancaster, Pennsylvania. When we were finally done we went back to the RV, just as the guys were going to come looking for us. They wanted dinner. We ate at a great buffet and then drove to the airport. We said our goodbyes, I cried, of course I missed Kim as soon as we drove away. We heard from daddy and Sandy, they got home safe and sound. So all is back to normal. Steve and I will be leaving for Flagstaff tomorrow. Goodnight everyone!!