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April 2024 -  Las Vegas NV - Des Moines IA

March 2024 - Paris Casino Las Vegas NV

Saturday March 30 Las Vegas

Steps 10,385

Cold, cloudy, rainy day. We played on our computers in the morning and had leftover pizza for lunch.

We did some more packing up. We changed our strategy. We decided to use my suitcase on wheels as our overnighter bag instead of our usual overnighter. We packed up John's suitcase and the overnighter with stuff we wouldn't need on the drive home. Those two bags and John's workout bag are already in the car.

It is pouring rain at 3PM as we catch the shuttle to The Horseshoe (Bally's). We've been in Vegas in the winter so we know cold weather, overcast, sprinkly rain and snow, dust storms but never constant rain like this and it never let up.

Over to Caesar's Palace. Hell's Kitchen now has it's own building.

In looking back on my posts, when we went to Ramsay's Steak (pictured above in Paris) in January 2013 they had the Hell's Kitchen menu but not a Hell's Kitchen location as such.

It is cold out and raining!

We tried to get a drink in two Caesar's bars, one was Ramsay's Bar and Grill, we got seats but to get served was another thing! And their glasses of wine started at $18!

Since we planned to have dinner at Ellis Island off The Strip and very close to the condo, we said, screw it and went there for a drink before dinner.

Wine was $8 a glass and a beer was $4 a pint compare that to The Strip at $12+!

TOTAL GAMBLING EXPENDITURE = $2 + $5 + $4 = $11

Sunday March 31 

It is John's birthday!! And Easter.

And I am up at 6:40!!!

We are leaving today to drive to Salt Lake City. We made an omelet for breakfast using up the last three eggs, ham, cheese and fried potatoes.

We finished up the last of the packing, triple checked we didn't miss anything. We were in the car at 9:45.

We didn't stop for anything other than gas/bathroom breaks. Click here for the drive.

We got comfy and ordered room service for dinner. We had salads and a side of salmon (me) and beef tips for John.

Monday and it happens to be a holiday here so not much was open.

Steps 9,568

Monday Mural from Las Vegas Art District.

We hung around in the morning, John got Starbucks (Marriot) and then headed out around noon.

It was spitting rain on and off and pretty chilly!

Temple Square was a little disappointing as most of the buildings are under renovation 2019 - 2026!

Bathroom at Temple Square.

Not open.

Lunch

Pork belly.

We got back around 3:30 and it was really raining and then it cleared.

Tuesday

Steps 16,056

Click here for the day's details.

We slept in! I got us Starbucks and then we headed out for brunch at Eggsburough in the Hilton Peery Hotel.

John's Denver omelet and hash browns. I had a fried egg, bacon and toast and ate most of John's fruit.

Time for a beer!

For dinner we walked over to Squatter's Pub and picked up salad and an 11 oz steak with fries to share. Thanks to their delivery/pickup app not accepting our Canadian credit card's postal code to verify our card!

Wednesday we checked out and were on the road by 7:45, lattes in hand. 

We were heading to Cheyenne Wyoming, click here for the details.

Little America, a new to us, pit stop. spotless. 

Popcorn rainbow.

Cheyenne WY we stayed at a new Hilton concept, Home2Stay. This was a great location and the check in desk clerk was perfect.

We had cheeses, meat and crackers for dinner. John has a head cold, I had it last week.

Thursday 

Cheyenne WY to Grand Island NE

We had the good free breakfast buffet at the Home2stay.

Loading up.

We made a stop in downtown Cheyenne before hitting the road at 10.

The Atlas was built in 1887 originally as an office and retail building. From 1887 to 1908, the upper floors of the 1887 structure were used for office space by professional men while the bottom floor was a tea and confectionary shop.

The 1908 addition included the conversion of the first-floor spaces into a penny arcade, a soda parlor and confectionary shop. The original Atlas Theatre operated from 1908 to 1929. It reopened as the Strand, also a theatre, but the upper floor offices in the 1887 structure were modified into sleeping rooms for the Strand Hotel. Later years saw various uses for the building until becoming mostly vacant in 1963.

In the 1970’s the Cheyenne Little Theatre Players used the Atlas for their Old-Fashioned Melodrama. They purchased the building in 1971 with two objectives: provide performances in the theatre and preserve the historic building. The 2020 production was their 64th year of Melodrama performances.

Efforts are now underway to save the building.

Sidewalk.

An interesting pit stop. You can find gambling machines anywhere.

No sale of aalcohol until noon in Sundays.

Ramada dinner - we both sent our dinners back as cold. John got a replacement steak. they shoved my burger in the microwave, you could tell it was the same burger where I had picked pieces of so now it was well done. Sent back again, waited so long I ordered a BLT to go.

Servers were very pleasant.

Friday

Click here for details of our drive.

Up at 8. I thought the breakfast (free) buffet was adequate John thought it was all too cold. 

A quick poke around Grand Island.

Sometimes You're The Bug, sometimes you're the windshield. John cleaning the windshield for the millionth time.

The population was 601 at the time of the 2020 census. Elk Horn is known as an enclave of Danish ethnicity and is home to the Museum of Danish America.

We bought a raspberry kringle and had a snack in the car.

West Des Moines Hilton Garden Inn - great check in.

I checked in while John loaded the luggage buggy and said he was going to get my bag in the front seat. I waited and waited, wondered where he was. He finally came and said he needed my car key as he had dropped his in the car and couldn't find it. We both went out to look, it had to be in the car as he could start the car. Finally found, it was under his seat at the back.

We have another car key saga from Flint TX 2003!

Dinner great server/bartender. We used our Hilton $20 credit towards dinner. The pork chop came with two sides and you could get an additional chop for $5 so the server suggested we share. $25 for two pork chops and John had fries while I had mashed.

This week's travels Sunday - Friday

States - Nevada - Utah - Wyoming - Nebraska - Illinois