Vegas Vacation- Friday

Friday morning we got up around 9:30 and Vickie and I got ready for our spa appointment which was technically at 11:30 but we got thereat 11 so we could take advantage of the steam room and other amenities. The spa was gorgeous!! We met up with Loryn and Toni there.
First thing we did was go directly in the steam room. They had a bucket of Ice towels and cold cucumber slices so we laid for about 20 minutes in the steam. It felt so good. We then went into the lounge and relax on the plush furniture,warm fluffy robes, and had some refreshments that were offered to us. Soon I was called in for my relaxation massage which was wonderful! After I got out I was handed a bottle of cold water and sent back to the lounge where I was soon called into the next room for my facial. It was also very relaxing. The room was candle lit, I was laid down in a warm bed while the steam was put on my face and the old ragged skin was slouched away. After I had my facial I was immediately taken to the manicurist whom did a wonderful job on my nails.

When all of us girls were done we decided (since our men were out on a scooter ride at the hofbrau house view rally photos here) to hang out by The Tank(pool) and have a cocktail.
It was so hard to get a shot with the sharks in the tank.

It was a nice day with sunny weather.

I was so relaxed. After lounging Vickie and I went to a cafe top order some food to take up to our room. Shortly after we got there and I ate Gabe called to tell me they just got back from the Hoffbrau and they were all hanging out in the parking lot and to come join them.

Dirty Greg's Lamby!

We had to pick up our rally packs but the line was HUGE!!! Good thing I pre registered!

We hung outside while old Soul and Mod music was blaring in the parking lot and people had cocktails and beer in hand and cracking jokes and taking pictures. I mingled and spoke to a lot of friends and made new friends.

While hanging out we heard a big Thump and saw these two taxi's had collided. Thought I would take a picture.

I think this was Holly's 3rd or 4th Adios MF and she was getting bored and was starting to burn things from her rally pack. So we decided to go walk around,play some slots,have more drinks before the night event took place. We ended up skipping dinner cause drinking would suffice for now.

It happened to be Nascar weekend in Vegas as well so when we went to the night event at the Beauty Bar we got caught up in a big Crowd of people rocking out to FogHat that played a free concert on Fremont street. I really wish I could have taken pictures of some of the folks that were out there dancing..pure comedy!

We finally got to the beauty bar and mingled and hung out and socialized. It was a pretty cool place. There was even a gal there doing nails! Gabe had disappeared for awhile and I was getting tired so I headed back to the room to go to sleep.

One last photo of the guys before I head to bed. I got back to the room and completely crashed out...not to shabby of a day I must say.

Viva Las Vegas..

So this Thursday Gabe and I are Off to Las Vegas for the infamous Las Vegas High rollers Weekend Scooter rally. We been going to this rally ever since it started and only missed one which was because I was in Labor with Parker..9 years ago! Besides the rally we have a lot of other plans of different bars and lounges to check out .
Thursday we are going to the Liberace Piano Bar.
Friday Vickie and I have reservations for the Spa at The Golden Nugget where we are staying.Friday we also have dinner reservations for The Golden Steer and probably stop off some point in the weekend for some tiki drinks at Frankie's. All in all it's Vegas and who know where the day and night takes us...

I thought I would post up some Vegas photos from trips past.. This one was at The Mondo Atomic weekender..all things retro.
Another shot from Mondo Atomic

This was from Last Year's rally!! Love how you can walk around town with drinks in hand and see Elvis.

I think this one was from the Soul Weekender a few years back.

This is from a few years ago ofcourse another Vegas Rally.

I will be spending tonight and tomorrow planning out my wardrobe..I am sooo ready to go..Hurry Thursday morning and get here already!

Orange Crush Rally

So this is the weekend of a pretty Long Going Scooter Rally...ORANGE CRUSH 15 put on by Hard Pack Scooter Club.
We been going to this Rally for YEARS! This is the first year where we may not make it out cause we have so many other engagements that we will be going to over the weekend.
I thought in homage to the scooter Rally weekend I would post up some photos of past rally pictures (not all of them are Orange Crush).

http://hardpacksc.com/OC15Description.htm
I will post another blog later tonight since I was out late last night at happy hour with a few buddies of mine and got home to late to blog.

The Hard Pack Scooter Club Boys (and honorary members)

A picture of Gabe's bomber jacket with some rally patches on it

CNP Rally

Gabe riding

Las Vegas rally...years ago

My Vegas Trip

Well I got home from Vegas early Monday afternoon but I got very ill and been in bed the past two days recovery from a horrendous cold/flu I developed Sunday.
Anyway I did not take too many photos cause I just did not want to walk around Vegas with a Camera that after a few drinks could easily be lost. The weekend was nice. We did a LOT of dining this trip. We did not do as much scooter things as we had planned but all in all it was a nice trip. I did begin missing the baby after the first two days. We were checking in on her all weekend. She was sick all weekend as well.
After checking in to the Paris Thursday night Vickie and I went to get a bloody Mary at the bar down in the casino..the drinks were rather pricey there..We decided to walk over to Bill's gambling hall to check out the Big Elvis show but it was cancelled all weekend due to March Madness So we had a few cheap drinks than walked over to the Tropicana to catch up with the rally meet and greet

Not all was lost on the walk over to the Tropicana we did get a shot with Elvis

We met up with everyone at the Tropicana..

It was actually pretty mellow that day after catching up with everyone we went over to the Hard Rock for dinner..we had the un advertised Gamblers special..Steak and shrimp and all you can eat Prime Rib

We went to our room to relax..we were on the 20th floor at the Paris with an amazing view of the bellagio water show..this is from our window

The next day we rode on our scooters over to the peppermill for breakfast and met up at the rally day event..I grabbed a quick shot of Josh and Vickie at the red light
After scootering around all day Vickie and Josh had tickets to see Tom Jones..We managed to go to dinner at Ah Sin Sushi at the Paris

They left and Gabe and I relaxed at the restaurant for a bit. I was enjoying my Jasmine Ice Tea..the view of the strip was nice too

Gabe and I napped in the room until Josh and Vickie came back to the room after Tom Jones and than we all freshened up and took a cab to the rally night event at the Aruba..I saw a lot of people I have not seen in Years

The Love Me Nots played..they are awesome..I just love them

Saturday the guys went out for the scooter event and me and the gals all went to have our Spa day. Vickie and I took a long steam and than relaxed in the lounge while they called us all for our massages. We all got deep tissue massages except for Holly who got the prenatal. Afterwards we all went to Sephora cause ..How can you not it is right there..and than we went over to Trader Vics for a little happy hour and festive tropical music...This is where I came across a strange admirer..the gals teased me about it for awhile..apparently some guy came up to me knew my name and said I met him at a party several years ago and than came back to give me his number on a match book....I had not one single idea who this guy was..it was rather creepy

Maria and Giselle got a little smashed by the scorpions

Saturday night we all met up again for dinner reservations at Emerils restaurant at the Palazzo called Table 10. It was pretty pricey but Oh man what an awesome dinner I had..I think we all enjoyed our meals..dinner ran a little late and by the time we headed over to the night event we were all a little food coma and missed the band but mingled a little with friends

Sunday is when I started coming down with my cold. We slept in late and had lunch at the Paris and than met up later at the Venetian to Eric and Holly's room for a cocktail and than hung out in a really cool Italian lounge having appetizers and wine and lemoncelllo. We walked over to the strip for some in and out gambling but I had no jacket on and it was pretty cold. That night I did not sleep I could not breathe and was coughing and feverish and stuff was leaking out my nose. I than also felt like throwing up and laid in the bathtub while everyone slept to try and get the steam to help me breathe..I was packing my bags before the sun came up cause I knew that the drive home would be torture and I wanted to just be home ASAP.

Gabe and I went to the Tropicana where I was hacking yellow crap out of my lungs the whole time. We had to go to load up the scooters. Sluggo gave me some Mucinx to help and I took those and vitamin c tablets and Advil..it was the longest trip ever. I came home and been in bed ever since. I hate missing work but I really felt like death has been at my door. Gabe has been sick too and Ava..It would have been the greatest vacation if I did not end it on this bad note.