Category: Life in Progress

I am not sure if I have flown Spirit before, but I know that I would not make a habit of it. They were courteous and it was not a bad experience at all. Well the second stop landing was a little rough. My issue is once you pay for everything else, such as baggage fees and window seats, you are paying the same amount as you would for any other airline. Now if you got a $50 – $100 ticket I can see it being worth it. This trip I have sat on the same seat both flights, Seat 27D. Which happens to be an aisle. When I don’t have a window seat I feel like a beggar. Hungrily peeking across the other passengers trying to get a glimpse of the view out the window. So tragic. Lol. Now they changed my seat for some odd reason. I am not complaining though. This seat is the 4th row in on the plane. Still not a window seat but I will be one of the first to get off. Yay!! Welcome to Las Vegas.

This 3 day weekend is for a wedding of a good friend of mine, Steve Parker. I am happy for them. I am always happy for anyone who finds their life partner. It is also cool because I haven’t been to Vegas in 16 years. I am excited to see the changes and have new memories and experiences. Steve and Joy are getting married at Caesar’s Palace which is also where I am staying. I have not stayed in this hotel/casino before. On my previous trips to Las Vegas I stayed at the Luxor and the Mirage, respectively. Planning on a new album in my photo gallery dedicated to this trip. I am sure I will be taking an excessive amount of pictures. Way back when, there was not cellphone cameras to take pics. We had those disposable daddies. And if you didn’t get them developed, those memories were not preserved for future reference.

I forgot my sunglasses. Just realizing this. Well thank God I brought a hat to protect my precious face from the sun. It is going to be hot as hell all the days I am here. Still looking forward to getting outside and walking the strip. I know some things have changed since I was last here and some things have stayed the same. I don’t remember paying resort fees back in the day. Personally, I think the fees should be on an as needed basis. If I don’t plan on using any of the amenities that are covered with the resort fees, I should be able to be pardon from the extra cost. Alas, it doesn’t work that way. I did ask and was shot down. Oh well what can you do.

This is the view from my room.

I had a great view. Waking up looking at those beautiful mountains and the lights in the evening was a definite bonus to my stay.

I am so delinquent because this was the first post that I created but I am just now posting it well after the vacation/wedding is over. I had to finish it up and share. It would have been really ghetto to never publish it. Lol. When was the last time you were in Las Vegas? Where did you stay? What did you do? Please leave a comment. Continue to be well and whole.

I must be honest. I have been overdoing it, a lot. My legs are like jelly. I have walked, rested in my room, got back up and walked some more. A couple of things about the Las Vegas strip I don’t like. One, they do not have any fucking benches on the strip. I did not see a single one between all my walking Thursday and yesterday. I did see a couple in the alley between the Linq and Margaritaville. That doesn’t count because it is a section that takes you off the strip. I guess they think that people are going in and out of the casinos so why bother. And I get that, kinda. But to get into some of the casinos is a pretty far walk. Give us a place to rest and recharge for a minute, dammit!

The second thing I don’t like is you can smoke in the casinos. Ugghhh!!! No offense smokers, but if you don’t smoke the smell is disgusting and overpowering to the senses. That truly threw me for a loop because I had no idea. I appreciate that the restaurants do not allow smoking. It gives a reprieve for the smoke. Now, I did appreciate the cigar bar. It is a closed in area so you are not smelling the smoke. Next time I will take advantage of that. I don’t mind smoke in that setting because I am voluntarily exposing myself and partaking as well. I am not just walking around being bombarded with smoke in the face. Lol.

As I mention I did a good deal of walking and picture-taking. Here is few pics.

Ok last one.

Ok I lied, one more lol

The highlight of my day was ziplining at the FlyLinq at the Linq Hotel and Casino. They have morning and evening ziplining. I picked an evening time due to the heat and the sun, which are both not my fans. Also, I love lights so the evening time really worked for me. There was a few different ways to go across the zipline. You could go across sitting down facing frontwards or backwards. Or you could go across in the Superman pose, laying flat, frontwards or backwards as well. I chose the seated position facing frontward this time. Next time, I will do the Superman pose. Not sure if I will choose front or back. This was the one thing I definitely wanted to do this trip and I am happy that I did. I can cross it off my bucket list.

Now, here is a bit of information for those who are interested in this attraction. All of your belongings need to be able to fit in a bag that they are going to attach to your person. I had an issue because my walking stick didn’t go down far enough to fit in the bag. I had to leave it with the people who checked me in. This also meant I had to walk all the way back to get it. Lol. Yea, I probably just looked drunk walking so I fit in with everyone. The other thing to note is once you have completed your ride there is not an elevator to take you back down. Lots of steps. Lots! You can of course purchase pics of yourself on the ride and the ones they take before the ride. I didn’t at the time but I may later off the website. Only if they are cute though 😂😂😂.

The other thing I would recommend is purchasing your tickets online. It saves you $5. Have you been to Vegas and ziplined on the FlyLinq? What way did you go down? Would you do it again? Please share your experience in the comments. Continue to be well and whole everyone.

I am bass ackward. I have a post labeled Vegas Baby Pt. 1 but I haven’t finished it yet. This one however is complete so I’m posting it first. Lol. Y’all know I’m different.

I am such a loner. Last night I headed out on the Las Vegas Strip all by myself. It may sound unsafe but it was not. It was fifty million people. And the majority of them were rude as hell. I do not use my walking stick in my day-to-day operations, but I always have it with me when I am traveling. You would think that when people see me walking with it that they would have a little courteous, not so much. They were walking in front of me, on top of me and one even stepped on the back of my shoe. I had to dig deep into my reserve of politeness not to whack a person with my stick. I really thought about it seriously. Actually I was itching to do it. Yeah, I am not even a violent person, but I have my limits. I can proudly say I did not hit anyone with my stick but I did elbow a couple of people.

I didn’t make it to far down the strip. I stopped at the Cosmopolitan to rest my legs. I had to weigh my options at that point. Walk down a little further or save the leg strength I just gained to make it back to my hotel. Commonsense prevailed, back to the hotel. I walked back by the Bellagio and purchased a beer from a street vendor. Watched the water show again. I took the escalator up. When it was time to take one down, I wasn’t so confident. Yea I was a little buzzed off that beer. Lol. Thank God for elevators! At the bottom it was a ledge for me to rest again. I caught this sight.

Yes that is a dog 😂😂😂.

I did get a couple of good shots of the strip and the water show.

I happen to run into Steve, the groom, and a couple of other guys back at Caesar’s. The ladies and gentlemen were partying separately. If I wasn’t being so antisocial, I could have hung out with the ladies. There is always tonight though. And of course the wedding, the reception and  the after party. The plan for today is solo strip walking again before it gets too hot. It is supposed to be 96 degrees today. Too fucking hot for me.

Vegas in its grandiose is beautiful but I am not cool with all this rudeness. I know times have changed but manners should be eternal. I pray that you continue to be well and whole.