Las Vegas Travbuddy Reunion

Returning to Las Vegas two weeks after we had been there was much too much for, Mark. He confessed he would rather have gone to San Diego or somewhere new. "I feel like I have come to Las Vegas too many times, I'm not a party guy" he said. Of course this is only his third time in Las Vegas in 9 months (smile!) I reminded him that the people he was going to meet, he had not met before with the exception of three. I had talked him into coming with me, only because I did not want him to spend his weekend gambling away our fortunes (smiles). Initially we had agreed I would travel with Desire, Mark would have a weekend all to himself; he had therefore planned to meet a couple of gamblers to gamble with on Saturday, then watch the game on Sunday. Nevertheless, he agreed to come with us; he rather sleep in a warm bed, than a cold one with his pockets empty (smile!). Well, Friday came sooner than later. I worked four hours (06:00 am - 10:00 am). I was back at the apartment by 10:30 am, Mark had gone for a massage between 9:00 am - 10:00, putting him back home fifteen minutes after ten. We left the apartment at a quarter after 11:00 am. It has been a little over three years since my very first meet-up, which happened to be the Las Vegas Travbuddy Meet-Up.

Our road trip was pleasant. We listened to Brandon Sanderson's acclaimed book "Elantris", which I absolutely enjoyed. I had previously read his other Sci-Fi novel the "War Breaker", equally engaging and imaginative (both are science fiction). I recommend them both. The audio discs were borrowed from our local library and had a total of 24 discs. We did not of course finish all 24 discs, but managed 12; 6 on the outbound and 6 on the inbound. We made fewer stops than we normally do as I wanted to make the scheduled 5:30 Friday pre-meet-up at the Rock. Mark made excellent time. We were inconvenienced once we were in town; first by the unexpected delay due to an accident, and second, by the hour long wait at the hotel check-in. We reserved 2 nights at the Imperial Palace hotel.
We managed to get checked in and even make it to the meet-up in time for dinner. It was exciting to see Eric especially since I had last seen him at the Kansas City Travbuddy Meet-Up. Mario from Canada was in attendance too. After three years of chatting on Travbuddy, I finally met him, quite a cheerful and fun guy. Sven, Sal, Mark, Melanie, Sue, Alicia, I had met before. Alicia and Sue I meet way before they ever became Travbuddies, through the Southern Arizona Adventure Company on Meetup.com. The PBR Rock bar was a great meeting place, it offered us the convenience of a restaurant and bar all in one. I should like to be there during the day to people watch and enjoy the great food and service.