THE JAKENESS BLOG

In March I went to Las Vegas with my family and girlfriend. We left Friday after I got out of work. We drove up to Fontana to meet my cousin at his work. I dropped off my car and we left from there in his. It was a long drive with very little scenery so I dozed off for a while. Eventually we pulled off the road and stopped at a little old mine town called Calico. We roamed around the little town and took pictures. After that we followed signs along the side of the road to a little shack called the Burger Den. The food wasn't too bad, but it was such a random ass area to get food with nothing else around. I would get extremely bored living in that area.

We eventually made it to the state line and pulled up to our hotel. We stayed at Buffalo Bills. We lounged around in the room and then hit up the casino. We played video poker most of the night and the bar kept comping my drinks. Unlimited Coca-Cola is amazing. Also, I ate $1 hot dogs that came with free beer. I ate too many and got sick. The rest of my family arrived the next morning. Megan and I hit up the fashion outlets while they gambled. I accidentally rook a wrong turn on got back on the freeway heading home. There were no exits any where and a huge ass mountain was coming up. I was so nervous we wouldn't get off in time, but thankfully we found an exit. After that we actually made it to the outlets.

Later in the day we drove to Vegas. I was finally legal this time! First we hit up our time share to get some information and freebies. After we hit up our hotel at the Sahara. We went downstairs to gamble and look around. Pretty much video poker and some slots. We ate dinner at the Sahara buffet which was completely disgusting. Ew. I also played the tables for the first time. I tried Blackjack and Roulette. I learned a lot about the table etiquette by being scolded by the dealer and cocktail waitresses. The next day we explored the strip. We walked up and down it all day long. We visited all the casinos along the way and took way too many pictures. Paris was by the far the best looking from outside. The inside of the Bellagio (sp?) was beautiful. We made to the Riviera where my family was and we just sat at the slots for the next couple of hours. Eventually we ate at a pretty good little cafe.

The next day Ben left in the morning. We stayed with my aunt, uncle, and cousin for one more day. We went swimming at one of the time shares in the afternoon, the water was freezing. While my aunt and uncle went to a free show I played Dance Dance Revolution with my cousin Stacey. Later that night we went to the Stratusphere with a mission to go to the top. We found out it cost money to go to the top, so we skipped that. We went to downtown Las Vegas to check it out. We mainly chilled at Binion's and ate at their delicious restaurant. My cousin called the cops on a pimp beating up on one of his girls. We also took a picture with a million dollars.

The last and final day we hit up a wax museum. That was a lot of fun. After we visited Binion's again, gambled, and ate at the same restaurant. I hit up a Starbucks and walked around the area. I won $50 at a slot machine. We drove home later that night. We all fell asleep listening to No Doubt's greatest hits in the back seat while my uncle drove. Eventually we got back to Ben's work at about 4:30 in the morning. While driving back home I had to use the restroom. It took forever to find a gas station and when I did the bathroom was either broken or nonexistent. Eventually we made it home around 6:30 AM and passed out.

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