Sunday morning rolled around. We decided to try the Hash House a Go Go for breakfast. It was right there in the hotel so easy to get to. The menu was well rounded. You could add a huge pancake to one of their breakfasts so we had to try. I made mine cinnamon apple.
It was huge all right. No way was I going to be able to make much of a dent and between you and me, my apple pancakes are better anyway. Then it was back to the room to await my call for the sales presentation.
You may wonder why I bother with it but there were some really good perks to make it worthwhile. After a little back and forth the cab ride was arranged. The presentation was for a Vacation Club which was a little bit different from the time share and less expensive annually. It was very intriguing. I hadn’t heard of them before so I said no to the offer even though they offered me a $6000 credit for my time share. I wanted to do some checking. The club is “World Wide Vacation” and the comments online were a mixed bag. Any of you had any experience with them?
Anyway I left with a handful of vouchers for dinners and shows and the promise of a week long vacation at an RCI resort of my choice. (that voucher to be emailed separately).
Back at the room I hooked up with JR and we looked over the promotions.
We picked Vegas the Show for tonight and Divas for Monday night.
We’d be gone on Tuesday. There were so many shows in town (as always). Elton John was playing, Olivia Newton John, Donny and Marie to name just a few. They weren’t part of the promotion (of course) There were several Beatles themed offerings. We needed more time and more money! 🙂
Once that big decision was made it was off to the monorail.
We decided to ride it to the end and then explore stop by stop back up the line. At the SLS station we walked past a huge souvenir shop, the kind that sells tacky T-shirts 3 for $10.00. We didn’t stop as I was finding that the walking/ standing was still difficult from my never going away shingles. Instead we made our way to the Stratosphere.
The Stratosphere reminded me of the Space Needle in Seattle.
One big difference was that you could bungee jump or take a thrill ride here in Vegas but not in Seattle.
While I’m thinking of similar structures we can’t forget that even Gatlinburg, TN has a space needle.
We spent a lot more time here than either of us expected. The views were awesome.
By the time we were finished with all the sights it was time for lunch.
We had a coupon for a slice of Pizza and a beer at the Stratosphere so that was our lunch.
We had wanted to get to the Freemont Street experience which was a bus ride away from this stop on the mono rail but time was passing and we needed to get back to the hotel to change for the show. Joe did eventually find his was to Freemont Street which is the old Las Vegas. He said he wanted to see Feathers!
It was near the bus station so he got to go there on Tuesday after I left for the airport.
