Peter T

05FEB11 - Head for home. (Apologies - No photos on this last day (or is it two days?)) We wake pretty early this morning, but the late nights have caught up with me. I close the curtain, stopping the streak of light coming through, and quickly fall back to sleep. Heather wakes me with a start at 1030, as we have an 1100 check-out. First thing we do is ask for a late check-out. No problem, we now have until 1200. We pack, check-out via the menu system on the television and then pack the car. Instead of walking the strip again, we decide to drive out of the car park and away from the strip to find a place to eat. I'm sort of stripped out. As we drive up the strip, away from the ... read more

03FEB11 Another late morning this morning. Tried to update the blog with the missing several days, but failed. The GSM mobile connection is very iffy. I tried to save the pages a couple of times, but failed. Gave up after two hours of trying. I'll just have to update the blog as soon as I get home. FYI, I am actually writing the blog in a text file in real time (ish), because if I don't I'd forget things. In the early afternoon we leave the Flamingo to explore the other side of the strip, which we hadn't got to yesterday. First was the Paris hotel and casino. The front of the Paris is over shadowed by an immense Eiffel Towel, towering over the complex, and well as a fair sized Arc Di Triomphe off to ... read more

31JAN11 - Travel to Hoover Dam Got up, and a "turkey bacon" and eggs breakfast, just like yesterday. Packed up all my stuff, as I will not be returning to Phoenix on this trip, and got the car truck ready for the road. We hit the road at about 1100 headed to the Hoover dam, on the border of Arizona and Nevada. The trip was relatively uneventful. Stopped at a truck-stop to have a Quiznos, as we may not see another on this trip. Still yummy. This time I had a steak and cheese variety, as I thought I'd try something other than chicken for once. We stop along the highway to take pictures of cacti and Joshua Trees. For the final leg to Hoover Dam, Heather let's me drive. The section that I'm driving is ... read more

28JAN11 Wake up, have breakfast at the motel, as it is included in the price. Not a bad little continental breakfast, consisting, for me at least, of cereal, bagel with cream cheese, fruit and yogurt and orange juice. We head off to see some of the items of interest as advised by the guy at the motel reception when we arrived. First stop, the Chapel of the Holy Cross. This is a beautifully simple chapel set high on a rock. Very nice, very simple. It has an awesome shop (see website) that O'Mama would be proud of. Website: https://www.chapeloftheholycross.com/store/ As we drove into town yesterday, we noticed a shopping strip which seemed to have some interesting looking shops. We decide to check them out. To cut a long story short, we spend a couple of hours ... read more

25JAN11 I thought I slept well, despite waking up a few times during the night. I think I was nervous about making my flight to Phoenix as the alarm clock was not working in the hotel room. I left a wake-up call for 0600. The second time I woke during the night, I looked at my watch to find it was 5:55am. Okay, no point waiting for the call. Get up, finish the last few items of packing (I knew it would be tight this morning so I planned ahead (good boy!). I'm ready to go, check my watch, it shows 4:15am. WT??!!! I ring the desk to check. Yep, it's 4:15. It must have been 3:55 not 5:55 when I checked my watch. The analogue hand was in the way, so I was unable to ... read more