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Scumbag Bicycle Thieves & Saying Goodbye to the Kids (Main Street Station RV Park – Las Vegas, NV)

No post yesterday (Thursday) because I was at the police station first thing in the morning reporting the theft of our bicycles 🙁

We did a lot of running around all day with the kids to various places in Las Vegas and when we got back to the Coach late Wednesday night we found the bicycle lock on the ground between our Coach and Steven/Cheryl’s Class-C.  Some scumbag(s) cut the chain.  We could clearly see the tell-tale signs of bolt cutters on the tumbler portion of the lock.

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Our bicycles used to be here 🙁
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Cut bicycle chain on the ground where our bicycles used to be.

We flagged down one of the security vehicles that occasionally roamed the parking area here at the Main Street Station RV Park and the guard went to get his supervisor.  When they returned, they took my statement, a couple pictures, and left again.  They returned later with a copy of my report.

I also called the police to report the theft of our bicycles and was told to go online to fill out a report.

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As you can see from the screenshot (above), that didn’t go too well… so I called the police again and was told I had to come to the station in the morning to fill out a report.  Luckily, the police station was only a few blocks away, but it took a while and then we still had to break camp to check out by noon.  We were scheduled to leave and convoy with my Mom, Stepdad, Aunt Kathy, and brother Steve & Cheryl to visit my brother Ronald in Westley, CA.  He was waiting on us.

Unfortunately, I only had paperwork on my bike.  I couldn’t find a receipt or serial number for Stilla’s.  Another lesson learned!  I also quickly came to the realization that I didn’t have good photos of the bikes.  I had to browse through my photo albums for a long time to find the following ones:

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Older photo (earlier this year) of our bicycles on the bike rack.
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Old photo (last year) of our bikes on the bike rack.
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Old photo (circa. 2 yrs old) of our bicycles.

So, if anyone sees these bikes running around Las Vegas or on the road somewhere, please let someone know…

They were both Specialized™ bikes:

Mine was a “Rockhopper 29er”, Black/Grey color.  Ser # WSBC602362842F, It had a Topeak rack on the back and a “Criterium” sticker near the neck.  This sticker was the logo (it looks like a Colorado license plate) from the bike shop in Colorado Springs where it was purchased in 2011 for ~$1,300.  Another identifying feature is the rear-mounted kickstand.

Stilla’s was a female bike, primary white color with purple and green accent stripes.  We think it was a “MYKA” model.  It had a removable  metal mesh basket on the front that we used to transport little Coach in (below):

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Anyway… we still had a lot of fun with the kids and my relatives here in LV with the exception of the bicycle thefts and the stingy slot machines 🙂

The kids did the haunted house thing at Circus Circus and we all met up there to say our goodbyes late Wednesday night.

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(L to R) Dylan, Joleen, William, Jasmin, and Stilla.

Some of us even toured the lower part of Fremont Street later where the Container Park (←link here) is located.  Here’s some more pics of that:

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A giant praying mantis mounted on a truck spewed flames at us in front of the Container Park.  Pretty cool…

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And our time here in Las Vegas has come to an end.  William & Jasmin took their rental car and headed back to Colorado Springs (COS).  They will stop at Grand Canyon on their way back and will still have a few days in COS before they have to fly back to Germany.  Joleen & Dylan rode back with their friend, Dalton.  We heard they made it back to COS late Thurday evening.

And oh, by-the-way… we never went back to the Neon Boneyard Museum.  We found out that tickets are ~$25 and you have to schedule far in advance for the hour-long tour.  Maybe another time…

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We convoyed straight through to Westley, CA from Las Vegas yesterday (Thursday) with my Mom, stepdad, Aunt Kathy, Steven & Cheryl.  We got here at 9:30 PM.  I wrote about our last visit here in this post.  I’ll update you on our visit here in my next post.  Stay tuned…

Alpines & Buffets (Main Street Station RV Park – Las Vegas, NV)

We got to meet Larry Lewis and his wife Rita from the NorthWest Alpine Coach Association (NoWACA) Chapter.  It’s always good to meet other Alpine owners 🙂   Larry & Rita did an overnight stay here at the Main Street Station RV Park on Tuesday and Larry came over to introduce himself after they pulled in.  I got the chance to talk with them more this morning (Wednesday) before they pulled out for the Phoenix area.  Larry showed me the really cool MCD shades they had recently installed in his 2007 Limited SE.  I really liked the electrically operated shades on the inside of his windshield.

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Larry & Rita Lewis’s Coach at the Main Street Station RV Park in Las Vegas.

Safe Travels Larry & Rita!  See you in Quartzsite next year 🙂

The big event for the day on our Tuesday here in Las Vegas was a visit to the Bacchanal Buffet at Caesars Palace (←link here).

According to the website: “Leave it to Las Vegas to revolutionize the classic buffet concept. Using a $100 million budget, Bacchanal completely reinvented the traditional buffet in 2012, with modern food presentations and an upscale setting.  Approximately 15 daily chef’s specials are added to the daily menu, and they change depending on products, season and chef’s whims.  Can’t choose between the truffle scalloped potatoes and sweet potato tots? Try both! Mini salads such as the watermelon and feta let you try several separately dished items at a time.  Fill your plates to the top with prime rib, chilled king crab legs and roasted South Carolina shrimp and grits, or oak-grilled lamb chops, hand-made dim sum, pho and baked-to-order soufflés.  Read more about Bacchanal Buffet on Total Vegas Blog.”

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Entrance line to the Bacchanal Buffet at Caesars Palace.
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Sample of a serving line at the Bacchanal Buffet at Caesars Palace (I think there were about 10 of these!)
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Waiting in line at the Bacchanal Buffet, Caesars Palace LV.
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(L to R) My Stepdad Jim; my brother Steven; my youngest daughter Joleen’s boyfriend Dylan; son William; and myself)
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(L to R) My Aunt Kathy (my Mom’s sister); our youngest daughter Joleen; my Mom; Stilla;. and my brother Steven’s girlfriend Cheryl.

Man was it good!  But, also pricey… we paid ~$95 for two people after they tacked on an 18% gratuity since our party had more than 8 people.

Afterwards we hung out with the kids at Caesars Palace and supported the slots and electronic BlackJack table for a while.  Later on, the kids all came back over to Fremont Street to close out the night.  Fun times for all 🙂

Check back later for more LV adventure…  We’ll have to say goodbye to all the kids tomorrow (Thursday) and then we’ll convoy with my brother Steven, Cheryl, Stepdad Jim, Mom, and Aunt Kathy (in their Class-C) on to California to visit our brother Ronald.  We have a 90th birthday celebration for an Uncle to attend at his place there in Westley, CA.

In other news:  my IPhoto Library got corrupted somehow this morning, so I had to perform a work-around to get a few pictures on today’s post.  I had to email myself pictures from my iPhone.  Hopefully, I can get it fixed again for tomorrow… because as usual – I always have lots of pictures to share 🙂

 

The Gang’s All Here ! (Main Street Station RV Park – Las Vegas, NV)

On Monday morning we said goodbye to the new friends that we met at the Saint George, UT Elks Lodge (Don & Fannie France).  I mentioned them in a previous post HERE.  They were also here with us at the Main Street Station RV Park, but unfortunately we didn’t find time to get with them again due to the kids arriving and all our other activities.  Maybe we’ll see them sometime down the road in the future.  Safe travels Don & Fannie!

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Don & Fannie France’s HDT and 5th Wheel.
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Don France.
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Don & Fannie France’s HDT and 5th Wheel. (Notice the Smart Car on the back of the HDT.
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Don & Fannie France’s HDT and 5th Wheel.

We just hung out at the Coach most of the day and waited for the gang to arrive from Casa Grande.  My Mom, Stepdad Jim, Steven & Cheryl left the “dirt farm” at 6 AM and stopped in Phoenix (Sun City Grand) to pick up my mom’s sister, Kathy.  They finally got here in the late afternoon and parked next to us 🙂

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(L to R) Cheryl, Steve, Jim, Mom, Aunt Kathy in front of their ‘new-to-them’ Class-C.

We all went over to Circus Circus to get some food and meet up with all the kids, who were expected to be there.  You may remember from my last post that our son William and his girlfriend Jasmin took a room at Treasure Island with our daughter Joleen and her boyfriend Dylan.  The kids showed up and everyone got to see them for a short while before they headed over to the Stratosphere.  We finished a good meal at the Circus Circus restaurant, Vince Neil’s Eat•Drink•Party and spent a little time checking out the slots before we headed back to the RV Park.

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(L to R) Jim, Mom, Aunt Kathy.
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My younger brother Steven and his long-time girlfriend Cheryl.

Once back at the RV Park, Steve, Cheryl, and Aunt Kathy turned in early while Stilla, I, Mom, and Jim walked over to the Fremont Street Experience which is only a couple blocks from the park.  We left a little more change in the slots and had a late-night snack before turning in ourselves.

Check back tomorrow to see what we get into next…

Willi Moves Out & Haunted House Visit (Main Street Station RV Park – Las Vegas, NV)

Stilla went shopping this morning (Sunday) with William and Jasmin while I finished up yesterday’s blog post.  When they got back to the RV Park, Will & Jasmin packed up their stuff to move over to the Treasure Island Hotel & Casino.  They will share a room with Joleen & Dylan for the next several days.  For those of you just joining the blog – Joleen is our youngest daughter and Dylan is her long-time boyfriend since high school.  They flew in from Colorado Springs while William and his girlfriend Jasmin drove their rental car to get here.  William & Jasmin are on a three-week vacation from Germany.

Here’s their view of the strip from the 34th floor of Treasure Island (TI):

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After moving Will & Jasmin into their room at TI, we all drove over to Dylan’s grandparents house on the outskirts of Las Vegas.  ‘Mike & Karen Early’ invited us all to their house for a quick visit and then dinner at a small local pizzeria.

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Dylan’s parents were already at Mike & Karen’s house when we arrived after going through the stringent security at the gate.  Mike gave us the nickel-tour of their beautiful home that backs-up to the 18th hole on the golf course.

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Mike treated us all to a great dinner.  Thanks Mike & Karen! 🙂

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After a great meal of pasta, pizza, salad, and more, we said our goodbyes to Mike & Karen and the rest of us drove over to a haunted house.

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The Trilogy of Terror is rated as the best haunted house in Las Vegas and according the Freakling Bros. website; the “4th Best Haunted Attraction in the World.”

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We chose to take the ‘scariest’ of the three haunted house tours.  And it was definitely well done – if you’re looking for a scare, go on this one 😐  The cost was $15 pp and the photos afterwards were an additional $15.

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Here’s the photos we bought after taking the tour:

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Fun times !  We said goodbye to Dylan’s parents Kelly & Jeff.  They’re flying back to Colorado Springs on Monday.

We went back to TI and spent the rest of the evening with Will & Jasmin, Joleen & Dylan, and their friend Dalton.

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The Treasure Island slots weren’t very friendly to us and we called it a night after a few hours.  Stilla and I drove William’s rental car back to the RV park and we turned in for the rest of the night (early-morning).

My Mom, her sister Kathy, my Stepdad, and brother Steve, along with his girlfriend Cheryl are on their way here from Casa Grande, AZ this morning as I finish up this post.  The ‘Find My Friends’ app on the iPhone reports them as being near Wickenburg, AZ right now.  Yoo Hoo!  More fun-times to come…

Just Another Day in Vegas! (Main Street Station RV Park – Las Vegas, NV)

We had another busy, busy, day running around checking out the sites here in Las Vegas with our son William and his girlfriend Jasmin.  Later on we met up with our daughter Joleen and her boyfriend Dylan, among others 🙂  Follow along…

After Stilla made omelettes in the Coach for us, we plugged Rick’s Restorations (←link here) into the iPhone to get directions and drove William’s rental car to their new location.  Yup, that’s right – Rick’s Restorations recently (6-wks ago) moved to a new location.  It’s a good thing I used the iPhone and didn’t try to navigate there from memory 😐  Check out my blog post from our visit last year, (HERE).

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Rick’s Restorations (new location in LV)
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Rick’s Restorations (new location in LV)
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Rick’s Restorations (new location in LV)

We took the $5 tour and got to see Rick himself running around the shop several times.  I like this TV series/reality show – one of my favorites.  This new location is certainly larger than the old one, but the tour seemed shorter for some reason.  Still cool to see tho 🙂

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Old vehicles at Rick’s Restorations in LV awaiting possible possible resurrection.
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William showed Jasmin this 1960 Cadillac… he used to have a ’62 for a short while when he still lived with us in Colorado Springs.

After our tour of Rick’s Restorations – we drove down Las Vegas Ave in North LV to the site of the Pawn Stars (←link here) TV show.  I also wrote about our visit to this place last year (HERE).

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We took the free tour which really just consists of a quick walk through the Pawn Shop, elbow-to-elbow with all the other tourists.  I personally don’t watch this TV series/reality show very often – if at all.  But it was fun to see.

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Will & Jasmin posed with a cutout of Rick at the back of the store.

And then we drove over to Count’s Kustoms –  the site of the TV series/reality show ‘Counting Cars.  We also visited this place last year, click (HERE) to see that posting.

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Will & Jasmin in front of Count’s Kustoms; site of the TV show Counting Cars.

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This tour was also free, but we didn’t get to see any of the TV personalities or the shop itself, -just the cars on display along with the gift shop.  I got the T-shirt last year.  I also like this show and will watch it and/or record it when it’s on.

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William & Jasmin at Count’s Kustoms in LV.

Here are some of the cars that you might remember from the TV series if you’re familiar with it…

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After our tour of Count’s Kustoms, we met up with our daughter Joleen and her boyfriend Dylan at the Luxor Hotel Casino.  Joleen & Dylan flew in from Colorado Springs on the 22nd and are staying at the New York-New York Hotel Casino next door.

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Stilla, Dylan, and Joleen.

We bought tickets for a couple of the exhibits on site at the Luxor.  Click HERE to learn more about Bodies and the Titanic exhibit.

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We couldn’t take any pictures inside either of these exhibits.  They ask everyone to turn their cell phones off at the entrance.  I’m guessing they don’t want people posting pics and videos to youTube, otherwise no one would pay for the tours.  Both were pretty cool exhibits… I’d recommend them.  The prices were a little steep tho 🙁

We went back to the Coach in North LV to get refreshed and check on little dog ‘Coach’ who was enjoying some alone-time in the air-conditioning.  Then later on, we drove back down the strip (whew-what a long drive) to New York-New York and valet parked the car.  Here we met up again with Joleen & Dylan.  Their friend, Dalton also joined us… he drove straight through from Colorado Springs the day before.

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(L to R) Dalton, Jasmin, Joleen, Dylan, Stilla, and William inside New York-New York Hotel Casino in LV.

We spent the evening together casino-hopping and walking (way-to-much) from casino to casino.

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(L to R) Dylan, Joleen, William, Jasmin, Stilla, and self on the LV strip.

We caught the water show in front of the Bellagio.

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Stilla, Jasmin, and William at the Bellagio water show in LV.

We had a chance encounter with Dylan’s parents (and their friends) while walking down the strip.  They flew in on a different flight than Dylan & Joleen and are here to catch some shows, etc.,  Dylan’s grandparents also live in LV, we might get a chance to visit with them later.

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Dylan’s parents: Jeff on the right, and Kelley in the center.

After a few more casino stops, one tram ride, and much walking… we ended up at the Linq Hotel & Casino.

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(L to R) Stilla, Dylan, Joleen, Jasmin.
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(L to R) Stilla, self, Joleen, and Jasmin.

A fun day… albeit a long one 🙂  After we recover from all the walking, we might go check out Hoover Dam today (Saturday).  Check back for a full update 🙂