What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas....unless you write a blog.

A series of complete and utterly unfortunate events lead my lovely and I to a most adventurous (and to us a somewhat disastrous) vacation. He he. As I look back and told my mom about the experience it really wasn't meant to be at this time. I am not one to always believe in the fates of the world, but it helps as it is said and done and I must continue to 'carry on'. He he.

It started when I misplaced my wallet and left it in the waiting area for pre-boarders. Luckily someone caught it and delivered it to the unaware me when I was on the plane. But the boarding passes were missing. Aw. Just a little reprint no issues at all in Vancouver.

Cut to Vegas and the rental car. Our mind lapses left us with no rental as I had a credit card and an expired license and my lovely had a license but no credit card. Note to self, in most all circumstances one needs both. Quick thinking called the bank. Nada. Called my brother as I know the location of the card. Dearest brother of mine - who I love so much - and has proven to be great in these kinds of silly circumstances - spent his Saturday trying to locate a mailing agency to deliver the card by Sunday or Monday. Unfortunate for all of us no luck as most were closed on Sundays and with New Years no card would come till Wednesday.

Now you may be wondering. Why a rental in Vegas? True true. But we never intended on vacationing in Vegas. First world problem I know. The truth being we wanted to hike the Grand Canyon and thus packed for that kind of trip, and most importantly budgeted for that kind of trip. ;)

Thus brings the next possible solution. People go on tours all the time. Surely we could take a bus there. Nope, they did not want our luggage. Sigh. Nor the helicopter rides and the greyhound would not go far enough.

Was there any rental company we could go through. Two. One much better than the other. But alas no cars. And the other....well you can check out the reviews. Lets just say we wanted to be alive after this was all said and done.

So what does one finally do when all has failed. Get a bit angry at self, maybe cry a little. Then set sights on a solution, cancel previous bookings and look into having fun in the one day we would be there. Remember tight budget for this vacay so we had to make the short stay count.

What did we do:
Soak in a hot pool, devour a buffet, walk the strip, admire the various people dressed as: showgirls, cupids, chewbacca, Winnie the Pooh, Spider-Man, batman, bane, religious protestors (they probably were not dressing up), dance to the bellagio fountains numerous times, people watch and read numerous signs, absorb the lights, see a cirque show, drink from a cup that may have 10 oz. of alcohol, play the horse races by betting on horses named after your pet and husband, win money, play penny slots, lose money, laugh with your husband as he is the only one in the world that you want to be with in any moment let alone that moment, lean on husband and love him as his vacation dreams were shattered too. Make vow to try again. Say good bye to Vegas and bring in the new year at home in comfort.

Hoping and wishing next year will have continued good fortune, learning, and growth for all of us.

Love