Today, we drove along the Tellico River Parkway to Bald River Falls in the Cherokee National Forest. The drive is beautiful and winds and follows the Tellico River. After enjoying the niceness of the falls and checking out some cool bikes, we headed back and stopped for lunch along the river. Back to Etowah for some more hanging out, chatting, geocaching, laughing and having a relaxing time.
Day two at Hiwassee/Ocoee Scenic River State Park and the grasshoppers are still chirping. I have never heard grasshoppers go at it like this, my friends don’t even hear them, but man are they loud, so loud I feel like I have to yell to be heard over them when we talk. It rained a bit during the night, and a couple of the tents didn’t prove waterproof, so we started drying things out while making breakfast. While we were playing at the river, the rain started coming down hard, but since we were wet already, no need to stop playing in the water. Unfortunately, the tents got soaked, so we cut the camping trip short and I checked into the hotel that Bonnie and Jim were staying at. We all spend that afternoon hanging out at the Etowah L&N Train Depot, laughing, chatting and just having a good old time doing nothing. And when it got dark, we continued the “just hanging out” at the hotel lobby.
Today, Bonnie, Jim and I went to the Vegas Strip and wandered around a bit and did some gambling and some drinking, just like you’re supposed to in Vegas. The next morning brought the Saturday college football games on 9 gazillion screens in the sports bar. After lunch, I said good bye to Bonnie and Jim and started my meandering back towards home.
I met my friends Bonnie and Jim at the Rio Casino and it was great to see them again. I checked into on of the really nice suites there, got ready and then we all went to dinner at Hugo’s Cellar in the 4 Queens Hotel and Casino on Fremont Street. After dinner, we enjoyed the Fremont Experience and watched the show “Above and Beyond” on Viva Vision over our heads–very cool. Back at the Rio Casino, we went up to the top for a drink at the Voodoo Lounge, the rooftop bar on the 51st floor. It was extremely windy up there, so much that we took our drinks inside and watched the bartender give a fantastic show of making a smoking zombie drink for another customer.
and here’s a little video of the Viva Vision show:
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