I am back home in Minnesota! We had another great trip to Vegas. We left Monday at 7:00 at night and drove for 25 hours before stopping for the night in Flagstaff AZ. This year we went with another couple, Larry and Connie White. We loved the Grand Canyon. We spent around 4 hours there and it was not nearly enough time! We both hope to get back there again and to be able to spend more time. It was just so beautiful and awe inspiring. We took a ton of pictures.
We got into Vegas around 6:00 on Wednesday.
Thursday is a free day. Rick did a little practicing. We got to enjoy the warm weather and sat outside by the pool sucking up the sun. It felt so good to be in a little heat. Thursday night Jane, Paul, Connie, Larry, Rick and I all went to Ballys on the strip to see Jubilee. It was an old school Vegas cabaret show. Of course the women are topless. It was pretty cheesy but still fun to see. I had to laugh because at first I was looking at all the boobs and pretty soon you did not even notice them. The costumes were really the best part of the show. It is hard to believe those women can dance around with those huge head pieces on.
Friday was Rick's first day of shooting. He did not shoot until 10:30 so it was nice that we got to sleep in. He was not real happy with his shooting so after lunch at the Mexican restaurant he went to practice again and went back to the release he had been using for the last two years. Practice went much better for him. Friday night we went to the BCY party. BCY is one of the biggest bow string makers in the country and every year they put on the party for all the archers. It is all the free food and wine or beer that you want. We always have a great time! This year the owner of the PSE bow company and the producer of the new archery show Nock Out sat down with us at our table. It was really fun to hear all the stories they had to tell. The PSE guy really had lots of stories to tell us about the Vegas shoot and the history of the bow companies.
Saturday was a fun day! Rick did not shoot until 1:30 so we slept in and then went to the Steak and Shake and had lunch with Jane and Paul. Rick shot really good shooting a 298 22X. He was much happier with his shooting. We all went to the Colosseum at Caesars Palace to see Rod Stewart. He was so good! We had a a lot of fun.
Sunday Rick woke up with a bad head cold. He had been a little stuffy all week and on Sunday it came on full blast. I felt so bad for him, his ears were all plugged and he was so stuffed up. He shot again at 10:00. He was not as happy with his shooting as he was on Friday. But I think being so sick had a lot to do with him not shooting as well. I had to point out to him that even if he did not think he shot as good as he wanted to that he really did do good. He was in the 3rd flight and got 79th place out of 600 shooters. I think that is really great! The rest of Sunday we just hung out watching the pro shoot-off, and doing a little gambling. We went to the buffet for supper.
Monday we left for home at 7:07. We took the north route home, going through Utah, WY and South Dakota. We only drove to Douglas WY because the roads were icy from a storm that had gone though on Sunday and it had gotten foggy.
We got up at 4:30 and were on the road at 5:39 on Tuesday. Rick was still feeling pretty bad with his head cold so the ride home was not very fun for him. We got back to Waseca at 5:30.
As soon as we got home and got unpacked we started talking about how we were going to drive there next year....
Later Sharon
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