day 1 - left indy at 1205 on frontier airlines. decent flight with directv on all the seat backs.
i watched some bruce willis flick where he takes some prisoner to testify in court and has trouble
getting him there. i fell asleep so wasn't impressed. 4 hour layover in denver then the last leg to vegas
arrived on time. our luggage was one of the first ones out and outside into the 'muggy' 100 degrees we went.
"we" are me, the wife, my 15 year old stepdaughter and 9 year old stepson. i grabbed a limo instead of
standing in the huge cab line and the kids loved that. $60 including tip. wtf.
check in went smoothly at monte carlo. i never stayed there before and wouldn't have chosen it but pokerstars
was picking up the tab for wearing their chit so can't beat that. very basic room with 2 queen beds, it was clean
and we had a decent view from the 30th floor looking at the strip. we were here 15 minutes and the wife and kids
were on the way to the pool while i tried getting my email with this cell phone, mini computer POS that i'm
returning to verizon as soon as i get home. i was basically without internet for one week, the longest in
9 years but we stayed so busy i wouldn't have had much time anyway.
after an hour or so i went down to get the wife (she wanted to go) so i could go to the pokerstars 'welcome suite'
to pick up our bad of clothes. christ! you should see the chit they expected us to wear. big hockey shirts,
sleeveless shirts, thin tees, a nice jacket but so loaded with ads i;ll never wear it, some sweat shirts but
too hot to wear here, 3 caps, a 1 ounce silver bar for card protector, a baseball?, wsop promo cards, a nice carry
bagand a few other things i can't think of right now. overall a pretty nice package of stuff but things i just
don't wear. i decided on wearing the tees with a pokerstars cap.
we took that to the room and went back down to the brew pub for a couple beers before i headed over to rio to meet
nolan for a few minutes while they stayed at the pool.
the cab ride to rio is usually between 7 and 10 bucks and i give them 15 unless i get a prick and he'll get 10.
i stayed a few hours looking around, met up with terry ray, drank a few while playing video poker at the bar
at the rio sportsbook. had a nice visit with terry then headed back to MC for a good nights rest getting
ready to start the ME the next day at noon.
day 2 report when i get the time. memory, at times, will be foggy but i'm determined to give a good trip report.
to be continued....
i watched some bruce willis flick where he takes some prisoner to testify in court and has trouble
getting him there. i fell asleep so wasn't impressed. 4 hour layover in denver then the last leg to vegas
arrived on time. our luggage was one of the first ones out and outside into the 'muggy' 100 degrees we went.
"we" are me, the wife, my 15 year old stepdaughter and 9 year old stepson. i grabbed a limo instead of
standing in the huge cab line and the kids loved that. $60 including tip. wtf.
check in went smoothly at monte carlo. i never stayed there before and wouldn't have chosen it but pokerstars
was picking up the tab for wearing their chit so can't beat that. very basic room with 2 queen beds, it was clean
and we had a decent view from the 30th floor looking at the strip. we were here 15 minutes and the wife and kids
were on the way to the pool while i tried getting my email with this cell phone, mini computer POS that i'm
returning to verizon as soon as i get home. i was basically without internet for one week, the longest in
9 years but we stayed so busy i wouldn't have had much time anyway.
after an hour or so i went down to get the wife (she wanted to go) so i could go to the pokerstars 'welcome suite'
to pick up our bad of clothes. christ! you should see the chit they expected us to wear. big hockey shirts,
sleeveless shirts, thin tees, a nice jacket but so loaded with ads i;ll never wear it, some sweat shirts but
too hot to wear here, 3 caps, a 1 ounce silver bar for card protector, a baseball?, wsop promo cards, a nice carry
bagand a few other things i can't think of right now. overall a pretty nice package of stuff but things i just
don't wear. i decided on wearing the tees with a pokerstars cap.
we took that to the room and went back down to the brew pub for a couple beers before i headed over to rio to meet
nolan for a few minutes while they stayed at the pool.
the cab ride to rio is usually between 7 and 10 bucks and i give them 15 unless i get a prick and he'll get 10.
i stayed a few hours looking around, met up with terry ray, drank a few while playing video poker at the bar
at the rio sportsbook. had a nice visit with terry then headed back to MC for a good nights rest getting
ready to start the ME the next day at noon.
day 2 report when i get the time. memory, at times, will be foggy but i'm determined to give a good trip report.
to be continued....
the bill for 4 was about 125 including the tip.
