Road Trip-A long drive to eat all I could- Sunset Station Las Vegas- and visit the Pinball Hall of Fame.

mmm-yoso is the blog.  The bloggers are Kirk and friends.  Kirk is on vacation.  Cathy took a short vacation also and here is her accounting of a day in her life.

Before I start this post, I would like to take this opportunity to thank whomever thought up/invented the money losing proposition called Satellite Radio.

So, my brother (hereafter referred to as "Mr. Bally", because he asked me to) was going to be in  Las Vegas for some sort of business trip two weeks ago.  He told me like three days ahead of time.  This has happened before.

I asked what day he would be free from business so that we could have lunch together and Tuesday was the day.  I left Santee at 9 a.m. , just after traffic had cleared.

I drove. Yes. Here is the usual view when almost out of Escondido and into Temecula, just past Lawrence Welk Land.

I drove, stopped at a Starbucks someplace for coffee and then just drove.

I was alone and so I didn't want to stop and eat.   Besides, we were going to have a late lunch.  Mr. Bally was staying at a company paid hotel (read: Holiday Inn Express) and I met him there.  

We drove to Sunset station.  It is one of the Station Casinos that are popular with the locals in Las Vegas.  I  do prefer the luxurious Green Valley Ranch casino out of all of the ones Station has to offer when I travel to Las Vegas and stay overnight.  Then again, I don't have an expense account and usually do not bother to stay overnight.  (It was a 4 1/2 hour drive one way).

So, anyhow, we ate. Here are photos:

 

The buffet was $12.95 each (it was dinner time by the time we got there) and there is an option of an additional $6 for your choice of a steak, pound of crab legs or pound of chilled shrimp.  We opted for the shrimp:

You will notice there are no dessert plates.  I was tired, we were full and I had a long drive ahead of me.

But, there was one place we *had* to go to- Pinball Hall of Fame- It is run by one of the brothers who ran the most popular Pinball Arcades (Pinball Pete's) in Ann Arbor and East Lansing starting back in 1970.  It was very nostalgic for Mr. Bally and I.  There are about 200 pinball machines in the building in a sort of run down mall just off Pecos, out of his 1200 machine collection. Photos:

There is a great article in the May 21 2007 edition of Forbes Magazine, describing the operation and its costs and that the Hall of Fame is a 501(c)3 organization (a non-profit) that donates all of the money made from the machines to The Salvation Army.

It was just a fun place to go, re-live some great memories and I got to spend time with my brother and then drive home. 

There it is.  Another day in my life.  If some of you are taking Friday off, I hope you have a nice Memorial Day Holiday and weekend.  For the rest of us, I'll still be posting about something.

Sunset Station Casino website

Pinball Hall of Fame Museum 3330 East Tropicana at Pecos website

Comments

[clayfu]

insanity, driving from san diego to vegas and back all in the same day. Couldn't meet you half way could he? in LA? haha *tsk tsk*

[Cathy]

Eh,I'm the older one, Clayfu, so I have to make the effort (or Mom would know). He was technically working also. I have done this with him before...it is kind of fun, in a horribly exhausting way. Halfway is those outlet malls near Barstow, fast food heaven. Actually, on this trip, I did crash in his hotel room and napped for a few hours before driving back.

[nhbilly]

Geesh! You're crazy! But been there and done that but crash at a busy rest stop. Those days are over for me!

[Cathy]

Eh, it was fun, Bill, and I have done it before. This time I got to blog it though...oh wait until Thanksgiving this year...We couldn't do what we usually do because my wrist was broken and I had to get a new cast(to my shoulder)(a total of seven casts) every few days...that will be a series of *extremely* interesting posts... ;)

[Cindy]

Um...did anybody else notice the 4 1/2 hour one way from Santee part???

[nhbilly]

Oh I recall your little accident that was bad.....