Whats up everyone. Been absent for a while but here is my first attempt at a TR. Probably won't compare to most of the awesome TR's that are normally on here but I'll give it a shot.
First let me set up the trip. There was about a total of 20 of us that made this trip, most all of us are CSU Alum that went to college together and we made the trip for the CSU-UNLV football game.
Thursday(Arrival and randomness)
My wife and my flight did’t fly out until late Thursday(9pm) so I worked a partial day. Man work can drag on Friday’s but not near as much as that Thursday. I ended up leaving an hour earlier than scheduled because I wasn’t getting anything done. Raced home threw the luggage in the car, picked up my son from school and headed down to Colorado Springs. We flew out of Springs because my inlaws live in southern Colorado and they were watching the kids plus I got a sweet buy one get one flight for the trip. We drop the kids off, grab a bite and are off to the airport. This airport is small, we blow through security and are heading toward our gate and pass an airport bar. I point over and tell my wife “this is where vacation starts”. So we head over and have some beers and bourbon’s before our flight boards. We have a few more on the flight and as soon as the flight lands we jump up and are the first ones off the plane(we were sitting in the 4th row, speed walk out and grab a taxi to the Flamingo. We get to the Flamingo and are discussing whether or not to sandwich and decide not to this time since we had already booked a GO room at the BOGO rate. Walk up to an empty counter(it filled up to 10 deep after we got our keys) and make small talk with a nice younger woman. I ask about our room and was told our room number was pre-assigned(which she said rarely happens) and our room had an awesome view. Get up to our room and yes it is a good view, we are right across from Caesars and can see the Bellagio Fountains(hey KC our room was behind the Donnie and Marie screen your room had the view of). Due to us as well as a lot of our group getting in so late Thursday I didn’t reserve any tables(we didn’t get out of the room and onto the strip until 1130ish) and there was no way I was going to try and get in to a spot with 10 guys. I call my boys and they are prepartying in their room at the Palazzo so we break out and head over there stopping to grab a couple drinks for the walk. Get to the room and they are working on a handle of Kettel One. I pour me a strong Vodka/Redbull and catch up with the boys. We cash the bottle in about 30min and decide since we are rolling deep with sausages and don’t have a table reserved we will just head to Carnival Court. We get there and post up on a bar table just off to the side of the stage. Most of us head to the bar and grab a round of shots and a shit ton of Corona’s, that bar table was nearly full of Corona cans and near everyone was double fisting. The beers were flowing a little dancing was done before we decided to walk the strip and check out what was going on at O’Sheas. Side note, there were a couple of guys break-dance fighting at Carnival, they were pretty good but someone got their undies in an uproar and it turned into real fighting, funny as hell. Security swarmed like a pack of rabid dogs on a lost pussy cat in a back alley, this poor guy was slammed, thrown in a choke hold and got tossed like an Olive Garden salad. So we head to Oshea’s and damn, talk about flashbacks of old college house party. Decide that when in Oshea’s do as the… and grab a couple pitchers and a beer pong table. Drinking straight out of the pitcher and completely missing the cups as well as slipping and falling all over the beer covered floor. After about 45 min we are beer ponged out, it’s about 4 and hungry so head over to Bill’s for steak and eggs before calling it a night.
Carnival Court
First let me set up the trip. There was about a total of 20 of us that made this trip, most all of us are CSU Alum that went to college together and we made the trip for the CSU-UNLV football game.
Thursday(Arrival and randomness)
My wife and my flight did’t fly out until late Thursday(9pm) so I worked a partial day. Man work can drag on Friday’s but not near as much as that Thursday. I ended up leaving an hour earlier than scheduled because I wasn’t getting anything done. Raced home threw the luggage in the car, picked up my son from school and headed down to Colorado Springs. We flew out of Springs because my inlaws live in southern Colorado and they were watching the kids plus I got a sweet buy one get one flight for the trip. We drop the kids off, grab a bite and are off to the airport. This airport is small, we blow through security and are heading toward our gate and pass an airport bar. I point over and tell my wife “this is where vacation starts”. So we head over and have some beers and bourbon’s before our flight boards. We have a few more on the flight and as soon as the flight lands we jump up and are the first ones off the plane(we were sitting in the 4th row, speed walk out and grab a taxi to the Flamingo. We get to the Flamingo and are discussing whether or not to sandwich and decide not to this time since we had already booked a GO room at the BOGO rate. Walk up to an empty counter(it filled up to 10 deep after we got our keys) and make small talk with a nice younger woman. I ask about our room and was told our room number was pre-assigned(which she said rarely happens) and our room had an awesome view. Get up to our room and yes it is a good view, we are right across from Caesars and can see the Bellagio Fountains(hey KC our room was behind the Donnie and Marie screen your room had the view of). Due to us as well as a lot of our group getting in so late Thursday I didn’t reserve any tables(we didn’t get out of the room and onto the strip until 1130ish) and there was no way I was going to try and get in to a spot with 10 guys. I call my boys and they are prepartying in their room at the Palazzo so we break out and head over there stopping to grab a couple drinks for the walk. Get to the room and they are working on a handle of Kettel One. I pour me a strong Vodka/Redbull and catch up with the boys. We cash the bottle in about 30min and decide since we are rolling deep with sausages and don’t have a table reserved we will just head to Carnival Court. We get there and post up on a bar table just off to the side of the stage. Most of us head to the bar and grab a round of shots and a shit ton of Corona’s, that bar table was nearly full of Corona cans and near everyone was double fisting. The beers were flowing a little dancing was done before we decided to walk the strip and check out what was going on at O’Sheas. Side note, there were a couple of guys break-dance fighting at Carnival, they were pretty good but someone got their undies in an uproar and it turned into real fighting, funny as hell. Security swarmed like a pack of rabid dogs on a lost pussy cat in a back alley, this poor guy was slammed, thrown in a choke hold and got tossed like an Olive Garden salad. So we head to Oshea’s and damn, talk about flashbacks of old college house party. Decide that when in Oshea’s do as the… and grab a couple pitchers and a beer pong table. Drinking straight out of the pitcher and completely missing the cups as well as slipping and falling all over the beer covered floor. After about 45 min we are beer ponged out, it’s about 4 and hungry so head over to Bill’s for steak and eggs before calling it a night.
Carnival Court
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