HI EVERYONE,

MY MOM GAVE THESE VERY COOL LAS VEGAS ITEMS THIS WEEKEND. SHE HAD THESE PUT AWAY FOR THE PAST 50+ YEARS.
UNFORTUNATELY, SHE WROTE THE YEAR ON A COUPLE OF THESE ITEMS WHEN SHE GOT THEM BUT THEY ARE STILL A PART OF MY FAMILY HISTORY. MY MOM AND DAD USED TO TRAVEL TO VEGAS WHEN THEY LIVED IN ILLINOIS TO ENJOY THE GAMBLING, FOOD & THE AMAZING SHOWS. I WAS NOT EVEN BORN YET.

AFTER WE MOVED TO CALIFORNIA, MY BROTHER AND I WOULD ALSO HEAD TO VEGAS WITH OUR PARENTS. IN THE LATE 70’s, MY DAD USED TO GIVE ME A $20.00 BILL SO I COULD SPEND HOURS PLAYING THE FUN GAMES AT CIRCUS CIRCUS WHILE HE AND MY MOM WOULD GAMBLE.
MY DAD SPENT MOST OF HIS TIME ON THE BLACKJACK TABLE (AND SOMETIMES SLOTS) AND MY MOM DID THE SAME. I ALSO REMEMBER STAYING AT THE OLD MGM (NOW BALLYS) A FEW MONTHS BEFORE THE HORRIBLE FIRE.

LOOKING BACK, I CAN STILL SEE MY DAD GAMBLING AND PLAYING BLACKJACK @ THE CIRCUS CIRCUS WHILE I WAS PLAYING THE MIDWAY GAMES. SOME OF MY BEST MEMORIES OF MY DAD AND CHILDHOOD WERE FROM OUR FAMILY VEGAS TRIPS.

MY DAD PASSED AWAY THE NEXT YEAR AND I NEVER WENT BACK TO LAS VEGAS UNTIL I WAS 21 YEARS OLD. TO ME, IN THOSE 10 YEARS, LAS VEGAS HAD REALLY CHANGED BUT IT WAS STILL A PLACE I ALWAYS FELT VERY CLOSE TO.

MY 13 YEAR OLD SON LOVES TO COME WITH ME FOR SOME OF MY VEGAS TRIPS. I ALWAYS SMILE AT THE THOUGHT OF MY DAD THINKING THE EXACT SAME THING ALMOST 40 YEARS AGO.

I ONLY WISH MY WIFE LOVED LAS VEGAS AS MUCH AS WE DO!