We return to Las Vegas

We so enjoy having Todd with us in the Black Hills. Unlike Mace - who was happy to sleep on the floor in the RV - Todd has his own bedroom in Ron's house at the Lake. He sleeps in a few mornings but also goes for a run several mornings. He runs the same route that I walk each morning. I want to tell him that since we left Sheridan Lake, young Trevor has seen a good sized mountain lion on exactly the same road we both walked and ran!

Todd's flight!

Todd joins us for breakfast  - later! We do something different each day; thanks to Ron we have the use of his truck.

On Friday 2 August the three of us fly to Las Vegas. Because Todd will fly on to San Francisco after  Las Vegas I have booked him on United. Trevor and I have a return flight and hotel package with Allegiant. We will return to South Dakota. We are all staying at New York, New York hotel.

Todd's flight leaves an hour before ours. Our flight is delayed by 4 hours!! We arrive in Las Vegas about 2.30am; at our hotel at about 3.15am!! Todd has gone to bed. We let him sleep!!

We all catch up at breakfast the next morning.

Bellagio Hotel

Las Vegas is very hot - 106F each day! We rent a car and drive out to the Hoover Dam and Memorial Bridge.
We visit the Outlet Malls so that Todd can do some shopping.
We spend an evening on Fremont Street in Old Las Vegas to see the light show.
Then we are all leaving Las Vegas and going our separate ways!

We have done most of the things we did with Kim, Mace and Finlay when they visited Las Vegas with us in April. I think Trevor and I have probably done Las Vegas!

Todd's flight to San Francisco is a short one. Our flight leaves on time - thank goodness. I think we all get to where we want to be about the same time in the evening on Monday 5 August.

We stop in at Three Forks Tavern on our way back to the lake. We think of Todd finding his way around the BART (public transport) to Fisherman's Wharf where he is staying for 3 more days to watch some of the Louis Vuitton Cup sailing.

We hear from Todd. He has a great time in San Francisco; he watches 3 days of sailing; catches up with some friends; probably stays up late?? Anyway he returns to Melbourne safe and sound. Charli's boots are too small so we are on a hunt for a larger size.