Jackie and I just got back from a quick trip to the USA. It was her birthday and on the day before, her daughter’s birthday, so where could we go for a joint birthday celebration? Why, Las Vegas of course!
As it was a family holiday with Jackie and myself, son Jeremy, daughter Mish and her husband Des, along with their son Talon, we rented a house in south Las Vegas and treated ourselves to a week of fun and Oh Boy, did we have some fun!
Never having been to Vegas before, Jeremy seemed to enjoy himself mixing with the locals....
We rented a 1959 Cadillac Convertible, which sadly after just 24 hours developed a huge gas leak. It was great fun driving it around for that first day, although, well lets be polite and just say it was well worn....
I didn’t realise kitty litter was a fantastic way of soaking up leaking fuel! There was so much fuel coming out of the car, the gas station called the fire service!
The house we rented had a putting green in the yard....
Jackie watching the majestic fountains at the Bellagio...
I adore these fountains and could stand there and watch them for hours. Instead, I took a video of one of the shows.....
The Paris hotel, seen from the Bellagio.....
Caesars Palace is a spectacular hotel inside, especially the shopping areas....
Curved escalators, an engineering wonder (as in, I wonder how they work)....
What is this a picture of?.....
I hope you said a parking garage, or something similar. Actually it isn’t, it is a model car shop....
Me, standing in front of the famous Las Vegas sign, holding a headlight that I collected for a pal of mine (you cannot buy these LED headlights in the UK)....
Hoover Dam, with a shadow of the new bridge we were standing on....
We went to see a classic car collection at the Imperial Palace Hotel. I fell in love with this 1955 Chevrolet Bel Air Convertible. Some of the cars were for sale and this Bel Air was in immaculate condition although the $145,000 price tag turned as many heads as the car....
Do you remember the film American Graffiti? Richard Dreyfuss played a young guy who fell in love with a mysterious blonde driving a white Ford Thunderbird. Here is a 1957 T-Bird that was for sale at the car collection. I was VERY tempted to buy this car.... it was a truly beautiful car....
Mish wanted to go zip lining on her birthday, so we trooped off to the Nevada mountains and went to Bootleg Canyon. The zip lining was bloody marvellous! Here is a short video....
Of course the main event of the trip was Jackie’s and Mish’s birthdays. Happy birthday girls!.....
We crammed a lot into a week’s trip and I think it is fair to say, everyone had a great time. Now, were shall we go next year....?
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