My Vegas Trip....

The first couple of days of my trip to Vegas this past week were entwined with some business meetings as the primary reason for the trip was an award trip from the company for which I work. And, as it goes, it was fantastic to say the least. I arrived Sunday around 3:30 or so and had no corporate planned activities for until 9:00AM the next morning so it was off to the room to get unpacked, a quick shower and then down to the casino at Mandalay Bay.

There I met some interesting people to say the least but the casino staff were very helpful and I soon found my way into a $2/$5 No Limit Hold'em game which was the highest $$ cash game they had going. By far, the most popular game was the $1/$2 No Limit. I stayed there till around midnight and then made my way back to the room to get some rest before the next day's planned activities. There were a few distractions between the casino and the room.... I won't tell you exactly what I won at the table that night, but it was enough to cover a wash, wax and lube job according one of the young ladies marketing her skills that night. Sweet!

After the morning meeting, we piled into rental cars and it was off to Lake Mead for an afternoon of tubing, skiing and jet skiing. Jet skiing was definitely my favorite. It was extremely windy! They had actually cancelled all the activities earlier in the day due to the wind, but decided to let us go out since it was calming down a little. A very little! I have been on the ocean when it wasn't as choppy as it was there.

Later that evening, we had dinner at the The Foundation Room, a private club inside Mandalay Bay. It seems the owner of our company has a membership and frequents the club when he is in Vegas. He has seen many celebs there for dinner. Unfortunately for us, none this night though. Afterwards, on Monday nights only, they open it up to the general public for the bar scene. It was fun but I soon my way back down to the casino to see if there was any action.

Tuesday afternoon we had scheduled Dune Buggy Adventures in the desert and it was fun too, but I don't think I've felt that dirty since I listened to Dave talk about his childhood.

We had dinner Tuesday night at Trattoria del Lupo, Wolfgang Puck restaurant, he wasn't there, but it was excellent! We took the tram to a couple of other casinos but it didn't last long and soon I was back at Mandalay Bay at the poker table.....


All in all.... a grand time was had by all!


Part II is coming.....