Las Vegas Day 1- Nov. 27/07

I left for Edmonton Monday night- Real and kids took me to the airport as we had checked flight times- all seemed to be on schedule. By the time we got there, however, there was already an hour's delay. They sat with me for a while, but left to facilitate a reasonable bed time. I wandered into the bar, got the staff to change the TVs to the Oiler game as it began, and settled in with a beer. There was a table of eight guys behind me quite happy to see some hockey- I assumed correctly that they were on the same flight. Turned out they were extremely tired, coming home from the Grey Cup, and still had to drive to Grande Prairie so they could all go to work Tuesday. Made me feel better about the delay as I was in much better shape!

Mike came to pick me up once I arrived in Edmonton, got back to their place and settled in for a quiet night.

Tuesday morning Len and I got our stuff together, puttered around a bit, saw Nolan off to preschool, and headed back to the airport.
One small item was overlooked:
Lynora looked at me in absolute panic in the parking shuttle as we pulled up to the terminal. She called Mike and calmly gave instructions to leave work immediately, race home, retrieve the document, and drive to the airport as quickly as possible as the flight was departing in less than an hour.

We checked in and made it through security- no Customs as we were flying to Vancouver first. Mike came through admirably, gave Len's passport to the efficient and helpful Colleen at Air Canada check-in, and she ran it through the back way to our gate as the boarding announcement was being made. When Lynora saw her coming our way, she gave a little jump for joy and smothered the poor woman in a hug. Thank you, Colleen!

The rest of the journey paled in comparison to the start. Arrived at our hotel, settled in, and wandered about.

We eventually made our way to one of the many restaurants in NYNY for some burritos and Dos Equis. Yum!

After dining: more wandering. Slithered over to MGM Grand to check it out. Missed feeding time, though.
Then basked in the neon ridiculousness of the strip before calling it a night.