So. Had this trip planned for a while now. My wife's brother had come back from Vegas a while back and had a bad trip so we decided to take him and make up for that. Booked a 1 bedroom suite at the Las Vegas Hilton and planned out what we wanted to do.
I had work for half a day Friday which was kind of detrimental to the entire trip. I work early from 6-2:30 so I usually get up at 4 or so. So I was up at 4 Friday after staying up with my wife till midnight packing and getting everything ready. Get to work and breeze through the 4 hours and then get home to pack everything in the car and we leave to go pick people up.
Hitting the Road:
Make a quick stop off the 15 to pick up one last friend and we take off down the 15. Always traffic around the split with the 215 as it's just a horribly designed freeway. Cruise to Barstow and hit up the McD's for some quick food and hit the road again. Smooth sailing until the 55mph zone with construction. Get past the border around 6:30 and then make that final push into Vegas.
Checking in:
Park in the self parking, we weren't planning on driving much while there, and hit the check-in counter. Not too much of a line and we get checked in in about 10 minutes. Hit the room and wash up to get ready for the Palms. Two Jagerbombs and a Red Bull & Vodka later we are off!
Party time:
For those that plan on hitting the Palms club scene, here's a great thing. The n9ne group offers an all access VIP pass for all 4 clubs and it's cheaper buying directly from them than to goto Vegas.com. We pickup our passes at the Stuff Store right next to Rain after cabbing it to the Palms then head to ghostbar. Kind of a line to get in but we walk to the ropes and show them our wristband and it's straight to the elevator. Get up and it's HOT and not really our age group. Head back down and decide to go into rain. We walk up and notice about 4 different lines. We are confused where to go. We ask and one is general admission, the other is for passes then we see two other people with wristbands like ours. We bundle with them and are escorted in in about 3 minutes flat.
Rain:
Packed. DJAM is insane. Stay till about 2am and then we all gamble and party around. Recommended.
24 hours and counting:
Get back to the Hilton around 4:30 since the line for a cab is CRAZY long at the Palms. The other guys decide to gamble more and my wife is knocked out. I had about 3 Red Bulls on the drive in, 2 Jager bombs and 2 Red Bull & Vodkas. WIDE AWAKE watching TV until 8 when everyone is back and getting ready for breakfast.
I had work for half a day Friday which was kind of detrimental to the entire trip. I work early from 6-2:30 so I usually get up at 4 or so. So I was up at 4 Friday after staying up with my wife till midnight packing and getting everything ready. Get to work and breeze through the 4 hours and then get home to pack everything in the car and we leave to go pick people up.
Hitting the Road:
Make a quick stop off the 15 to pick up one last friend and we take off down the 15. Always traffic around the split with the 215 as it's just a horribly designed freeway. Cruise to Barstow and hit up the McD's for some quick food and hit the road again. Smooth sailing until the 55mph zone with construction. Get past the border around 6:30 and then make that final push into Vegas.
Checking in:
Park in the self parking, we weren't planning on driving much while there, and hit the check-in counter. Not too much of a line and we get checked in in about 10 minutes. Hit the room and wash up to get ready for the Palms. Two Jagerbombs and a Red Bull & Vodka later we are off!
Party time:
For those that plan on hitting the Palms club scene, here's a great thing. The n9ne group offers an all access VIP pass for all 4 clubs and it's cheaper buying directly from them than to goto Vegas.com. We pickup our passes at the Stuff Store right next to Rain after cabbing it to the Palms then head to ghostbar. Kind of a line to get in but we walk to the ropes and show them our wristband and it's straight to the elevator. Get up and it's HOT and not really our age group. Head back down and decide to go into rain. We walk up and notice about 4 different lines. We are confused where to go. We ask and one is general admission, the other is for passes then we see two other people with wristbands like ours. We bundle with them and are escorted in in about 3 minutes flat.
Rain:
Packed. DJAM is insane. Stay till about 2am and then we all gamble and party around. Recommended.
24 hours and counting:
Get back to the Hilton around 4:30 since the line for a cab is CRAZY long at the Palms. The other guys decide to gamble more and my wife is knocked out. I had about 3 Red Bulls on the drive in, 2 Jager bombs and 2 Red Bull & Vodkas. WIDE AWAKE watching TV until 8 when everyone is back and getting ready for breakfast.
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