Awake: 6:44am Temp 49 sleep 5+58 sunny overnight @ Las Vegas, NV.
Early morning, we Skype with Nick, Eriko & Jerry; Eriko’s mother & younger sister have been visiting then all week from Japan. We cut our Skype time short as they were getting ready to visit with them @ their hotel this morning.
Ray & I have some Skype time; with his new upgraded camera, he shows K & me the cist removal area on his arm.
Kathy calls Grace @ the Circus-Circus hotel; they talk about their plans for the day.
Then we motor downtown & repeat the process of parking & walking as yesterday.
Gary & I continue our sightseeing program, only today the expo officially closes @ 3:00pm. By myself, I probably covered over 3/4’s of the displays & equipment; Gary however, @ best, covered less than 1/3rd. With his yrs of operating & dealing in this environment of heavy industry, he has many contacts, knows oodles of brand names & therefore, made conversation with a lot of the sales personal along the way. Plus he arrived late & had a mere (2) days to see it all.
Tomorrow, being Palm Sunday, K & I agreed to meet @ the Guardian Angel Cathedral just off the Las Vegas Strip for 4:30pm vigil Mass. Easy for me as it was a mere (2) blocks from the Con-Expo. I left Gary talking about Cranes & arrived early @ church. Quickly the pews filled up & no Kathy. Mass began & still, no Kathy…but I did save her a space if & when she might arrive which she finally did.
She reported that she & Grace decided to take the bus to the point on the Strip where they left off yesterday and then continue their Strip search. They watched (1) of the (2) free animatronics fountain shows in the Forum Shops of Caesar’s Palace and continued on to New York-New York where they stopped for an Asian lunch. It was then on to the Excalibur, Luxor, & Mandalay Bay Hotel/Casino. They missed the 3:30 bus across from the Luxor by seconds and wound up waiting 30 min for another bus and then got involved in very slow traffic and long bus stops as many people boarded the bus.
G & G invited us to join them for dinner @ the Stratosphere tonight after Mass. The 4:30 Mass time was perfect as they had reservations for 6:15.
After Mass, we were shifting our feet into high gear upon leaving the church when suddenly; this magic Hyundai rental car stopped, swept us up & delivered us to the Stratosphere building lickity split. Yes, it was G & G. What a team! 840 feet & 108 floors later, we walk out to a sight to behold; Las Vegas, not yet dusk, was before us. A 360 degree view as the restaurant took 1hr 20 min to make the complete circle. Sunset & night viewing were fantastic; actually better than an airplane ride. K & I would not have treated ourselves to this sort of dinner but Gary likes to surprise the good people on occasions.
We started the meal with wine and a delicious selection of breads and Lavosh crackers. Kathy & I share a mixed green salad with candied pecans, a filet mignon steak with potatoes au gratin and ice cream & berries for dessert. After dinner, we went up to the observation deck, reviewed the nighttime Las Vegas scene, & observed the thrill rides above. We can't thank you enough G &G.
DVR movie: “The Pumpkin Eater” with Anne Bancroft, Peter Finch, James Mason, Cedric Hardwicke, etc. Intelligent if overlong drama chronicling the plight of the mother of (8) children, who discovers her 3rd husband has been unfaithful. 1964. A little sad but good entertainment.
Lights out: 12:38am
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