star trek day

ok i know I geeked out on this one. i spent the day at the hilton Star Trek Experience. i wondered around the strip in the morning. and went to the wax museum. that was a hoot!! I got somevery nice photos.... hoped on the monorail to get to the Hilton. I met a Laura standing in line and at the end of the day we realized we were the only nerds that did all the events.... old people get tired.... and yes to answer all your questions, married. rats she was nice and pretty. BUT I passed Oneils test so way more than 5 min :)

I rode the Borg 4D ride first and the effects in 3D were incredible!!!!

Next was the klingon attack, I fell in love with the actoress that transported us. sigh!!!!

Then it was behind the scenes tour.. i have been sworn to secrecy so na na na boo boo!!!!

They have all these artifacts from the series and models of the ships and all kinds of things to look at.

next was supper at Quarks. good time!!

then i took a cab down to freemount street just in time for the lights to come on. The first show was childish with planes and things flying around you. BUT the next show had Techno beats and phycadelic shapes on it. I saw a few ladies groving and moving to the beats. Ella you would have enjoyed it. Too bad they didn't have an all night rave under that canopy.

I hoped on the Duce, a bus back to the strip and saw the Sierns of TI one more time, a bit better spot to watch the ladies, photos didn't turn out so well. Got a Mararita and enjoyed the show.

I got back to my room and put on this icy hot patch on my back. to day feels much better.

I got some discount tickets for tonight phantom of the opera. and I am going on my tour of the hover dam later this afternoon, they opened up the gates and are flooding the down stream to rebuild sand dunes or something. they are making a big deal about it on the news.

well I am off,

Day 2 Lost wages

Well now what a day.. I have walked and walked till my back is sore.

I hoped on the monorail to the end of the line and watched a TV Piolet show at the Testing Center, the copons they gave you were kinda lame but it killed time untill the Lions came out... I start my day way too early I find :) Or not staying up late enough LOL!!!

Orsten I found the Sharks at Mandalay... tough to find but I found a few signs to start (south end of the propery) The Luxor was amazing but so far the best hotel in my mind is still the Venetian. I have almost all the things on my too do list checked off and some extras. I didn't get the Tat at this one place because they lady was just plain rude when i asked a general question, How was I suppost to know what the average price of a tatoo is???

The Titanic experiance was amazing I bought a poster of it in drydock that will remind me of how small we all are. I had my first drink at Paris I got one of the glass baloon drinks... oh crap I was buzzed off it and had to dump the last little bit as I watched the Fountain show at Bellagio.

Somebody at work tell Becky.... "the buffet" was amazing!!!!! I got to try all the fish that I have heard of but never had the opertunity to do so. I don't remember what I had but I loved it. Wanda tell Dad he was right, King crab much better than that lobsterfest that we all went to.

Oh the show of the night Zumandi.... if your a couple you need to go, solo not so great. Highly errodic. I had almost tried to chat witht this increadable red head that was clearly WAY out of my leauge, to see if I could hold a conversation for 5 min as per OW's rules for me. Glad I didn't becuse she was one of the dancers and she ended up pulling a guy up on stage for the finallie. It was a great show!

I have been spending money like crazy but it's vegas isn't it. Today off to Hilton for the Star Trek experience. Today it's shorts and sandles because my sneakers gave me a bit of a heat blister. Less walking, hopefully more sitting and drinking :)

Day 1 in vegas

Well, I didn't realize as I drove out to the airport that Park'n'Fly and Park'Jet are two different companies... took me a moment to figure out which my copon was good for. Step one done.

I got through the checked in and had to call DCOM just to tell someone I was past the potential probing of security... I don't know why but I can't relax till I pass that point. Thanks Cerina for putting up with my babble of the moment:) Off to Vancouver, got a window seat so I was taking photos like crazy. Domonika don't worry I'll show you lots of photos of planes etc :)

So we get to Vancouver and the connection is late, wise choice I made the people on the 7:00 plane were sitting there upset. Oh there were 5 of us connecting to vegas so west jet had a cart ready to wisk us off to the international gate. Mental note when the guy tells you that you need some blue form... ask where to get it. I got sent back to get that form... sent back again to fill in the form... hassaled by the homeland folks because I put vegas instead of Las Vegas and he couldn't read my handwriting. Sigh...

As we fly to vegas I noticed two planes pass by in my window, talk about airspace full!!! So as we come into land I finaly see the strip.... then I got excited!!!! WHen I fly there are two stages of excitement for me... past the probing and landing at the destination!!!!!

SO I think I checked into the hotel at 3:00 off I go walking... and shopping. I got pulled in by a BEUTIFAL lady for Isrial selling skin products... I got a photo with her because I ended up buying some stuff and have buyer's remores allready, but I will have better skin and least I got myself out of a timeshare opertunity all ready. Time is valuable and I learned from my sister. Wanda btw I think I got the stuff you requested I showed a lady at the shop your email and if it's not what you needed too bad you got what she found :)

I ended up walking from Imperial Pallace to the Win (to sit in a Ferrari with a phot... Bruce I saw the most amazing collection but no photos big dude watched me) and back. Then to Venetian for BLUE MAN!!!!! Chris your right they F***ing ROCK!!!! What an experience, I even got my photo taken with one but it's blurry (shit) I sat next to another Solo ticket holder. It was fun to share the moments with someone, before you all ask no she's married :(

SO after the show I walked all the way to New-York, had a few offers form working girls and a guy that said he could have a limo to the gentalmans club in moments.... what to do when your back is killing you.

I have realized that I did not eat as much as I should have today... this morning I went to Denny's before I realized my hotel has a breakfast buffet for about the same money.

I learned how to play the game with the #'s and the spinning wheel this morning, a dealer explaned the game to me so I played 2 hands. I won $7 on the first hand but then lost it all on the next hand. Crap that could have paid for my breakfast... oh well.

The mexicans are not very aggressive on the flyers and hands as you all have warned me about.

I have fallen in love with the Venetian it is so Italian it's amazing. Carolina you should do some searchs on the web about this place you'll love it.

Well Iam off to explore the southern part of the strip today. That's all for now

T-12 hours

Well I am packing all the things I took out of the pile yesterday. and pacing to and fro.
I have got the plan from Coach for my workouts that I am going to "attempt" to do while in Vegas.
Think I have all that I need... I feel like I went to France for a month with less. but it's all good.

now I have to get some sleep.... like that's going to happen, it hasn't really hit me yet but it will shortly that I am off to Sin city. It will hit me when I get on the plane to take off and then look out I will be excited. I always thought when I did a trip like this I would be sharing the experience with somebody, anybody. Oh well, this could be the trip that transforms the old Randy to what my coworkers have been calling me "Randizzal". All I know is the training in Tri and life I have been doing lately has built up alot of confidence in me and I might actually earn the nickname :)

next entry after I land... later all!

Vegas Baby!!!!

A funny thing happened when I asked a Travel Agent, how much to Vegas.
I got a great deal and I fly out on Monday.

It kinda sucks I have to pay Double Occupancy with nobody to travel with me... Now if one of the ladies I have been hitting on over the last few months happened to show up wouldn't hurt my feelings. But let's be honest they couldn't say yes to a cup of coffee so it's time to change venues.

A trip on my own may be exactly what I need to reset.

Rough week ending on a good note

Well I knew going into this week it was going to be heavy. Mike had 10.7 hours on the books planned for me and I got most of it done. I have to find a pattern for the daily stretching as that hasn't gone well, one day good, two bad. There was a run planned after a night shift and OH man that was wild... the body and mind were having a Battle Royal as to staying awake or passing out. I slept real good once I got home... I missed my turn and took the long way home. I got up that same day and tried to go swimming and dumb college kids were being punks in the lanes so I left and got to work early and had bites of my second breakfast in between my co-workers asking questions.

So I thought it was one bad day out 7 but other people had a different perspective. I guess they think I am mad when I am quiet. OOps onto another week.



Year to date training Swim 6:09 / Bike 7:10 / Run 5:41 / Weights 4:23

Kamloops

So I took off a while back to go skiing at Sunpeak's Resort outside of Kamloops. The hill is not as tall or steep as Sunshine but it had very nice wide runs that were great for cruising on. I spent the day with my younger Cousin who is going to school there. We had a good day, I had the only crash on the day. There was "the easy way out" cross the run that we were on and I didn't realize until it was too late that it formed a bit of a jump. Those that ski with me know I haven't figured out how to stick the landing yet. So yep I landed almost caught myself but a tip or edge grabbed and took me for another ride. I landed on my hip and my head bounced off the packed snow and dazed me for a bit. Lets just say the rest of the run I thought about that helmet that was sitting on my boot rack in calgary.... dumb I say dumb.

I had decided to get there by Greyhound might as well let someone else do the driving so I can catch up on my sleep as I was going on nightshifts when I got back. Well it was a good thing I did because on the way back the snow over the mountain pass was insane. The snow plows had not come out yet but the bus kept going, at 80kph though and an hour late... but least I didn't have to drive :)