...are sitting here at my desk, bought and paid for to use between tomorrow an mid-October. That's only three-and-a-half months -- I'm gonna be busy! While it isn't unusual for me to have 6 or 7 plane tickets stacked up for future use, 12 is a record for me! This year has been a little brutal with booking flights. I'm flying to Pittsburgh next week, and I couldn't find a flight for less than $399! Frontier flies from Denver to Akron/Canton, not too far of a drive to Steeler town. I was short 4,000 flyer miles on Frontier from a free flight, so I bought 4,000 flyer miles for $135, only to find out that no seats were available on any flights close to the dates I needed. Sheesh! At least I was able to get a freebie for a R/T flight to Atlanta further down my schedule, but I would have rather gotten the Pittsburgh flight for free...

The one I'll be using tomorrow is to Vegas baby! Knowing how heavy my work schedule will be this summer, last Saturday I checked out the travel and airline websites for a good deal on a flight to Vegas (gotta get your ya-ya's out occasionally or you'll go crazy). Found one at decent price, then went shopping for hotels. Nothing in Vegas that was cheap was particularly desirable to me, so I looked at Laughlin. I haven't stayed there (Laughlin) since 2000 or 2001, and the Edgewater had rooms for $23/night, so that's where I'm going! I've had good luck gambling at the Edgewater in the past, and am looking forward to having the same type of luck again.

I do plan on looking around the casinos within walking distance of the Edgewater for good examples of house chips and maybe a few LE's, and since my flight home Tuesday is an evening flight, I'll probably spend a better part of Tuesday in Vegas casino hopping. I'm gonna have some fun!

Bob