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- Like our previous trip, Mike received two great offers for free rooms, one from the new Palazzo, and one from Harrah's. The Palazzo offer included $150 in food credit and a $500 slot credit. The Harrah's offer included a free designer purse for Lynn. So, of course, he made reservations for both.
- When we arrived at the airport for our flight to Vegas, there was a huge line to get through security in the Southwest Airlines area we were used to flying out of. It was much longer than our previous trip. Mike got us a place in line while I went to check which gate our flight was leaving from. Turns out we were leaving out of Gate 1, which was in a separate area at the east side of the airport. We got out of line and headed to the Gate 1 security check, and there was literally no one in line.
- The flight to Vegas prior to ours was just boarding when we got through security. Mike checked at the counter to see if we could get on that flight. The Southwest representative told him that if we had paid full fare OR if our flight were delayed even five minutes, he'd be able to switch us. But, we had paid a special Internet rate, and our flight was right on time. No biggie.
- Mike lost $13.00 to me playing Pai-Gow poker on the flight. How can his luck be so bad?
- At the airport, the cab driver asked if we wanted to take the freeway or just take the direct route to the hotel. He claimed the freeway was faster, but a little more expensive. Neither Mike nor I thought the freeway would be faster. We told him to take us straight there.
- We checked in at the Palazzo, but they moved us over to the Venetian. The check-in hostess didn't really say why, but later one of the craps dealers said we were probably better off. The Palazzo had been open less than a month, and they were apparently still having problems with some of the rooms.
- Mike used his $500 slot play and was able to turn it into over $600. That's pretty good, because on average you hope to get back only about $250. Mike took $300 of his winnings and placed the 6 for both of us on the next crap table we played at. The 6 hit twice, so we both got $350. Thanks, Mike!
- Sue just happened to be in Vegas on business, and Dana had come along with her. We met them for lunch and dinner at Harrah's on Friday.
- Friday morning, the Monte Carlo down the street had a big fire on the outside of their top floors. No one was seriously hurt. Dana and Sue got some good pictures.
- Mom had given me $25.00 to bet on craps for her. I struggled with exactly how I should bet it, but eventually I decided that I would put it all on the field when either Dana or Sue was rolling. So, after I had just finished my roll at a table at Harrah's, it was Dana's turn to shoot the dice. She established her point, and I took out Mom's $25.00 in cash and announced, "All in the field, please!" The stickman pushed the dice in front of Dana, and without thinking, I picked them up and threw them! As they were in the air, Dana said, "Don't I get to shoot?" "Oh, no!" I thought, realizing what I'd done. The dice hit the table. "Yo-leven!" I'd doubled Mom's money. Thank goodness.
- We played craps pretty much the whole time, and only at Harrah's, Venetian, and Palazzo. Harrah's just wasn't as fun as it used to be, however we had a real good time at Venetian and Palazzo.
- The craps sessions weren't all that good, except for one shooter on Friday night who rolled a bunch of points, including a couple 10s. "Just roll the damn 10," became our mantra for the weekend.
