Looking back!

The final posting of another road-trip and one we take fond memories from. We covered several thousand road-miles, exploring old haunts and some new ones ..... from ocean to desert; city to small town, and staying in a range of accommodation ranging from swanky hotels to one humble (but friendly) abode in which our room had a bare concrete floor! But the parts all contributed to the journey's totality and on our final day the weather held ........ and with a sunny sky and temperatures in the eighties, we headed out to the Strip on the hotel shuttle, docking at Harrahs, and then making our way to Caesars Palace, to meander its blingy malls.

At midday, as prearranged, we met with an old Uni friend of mine and his wife and youngest son. (Despite having corresponded by email, we hadn't met since 1971!!)

After a quick lunch at Planet Hollywood, we went our separate ways and we headed for the Bellagio (very nice!) and then towards the MGM ....... where we hit the cinema, again ('Sicario'; a good but sobering tale about the Mexican drug cartels) we resurfaced on the Strip at 6:00 pm and retraced our steps until we stumbled on Bubba Gumps and couldn't resist! Following dinner, we headed back to Rio on foot and just about caught the Bellagio's fountain show, on the way.

Back in our room we discovered that the TV remote problem remained unsolved, but at least we got the Resort Fee waived! So what to choose for a final music track? I was taken by Queen's 'These are the times of our lives' or possibly Springsteen's 'Glory Days'; but our visit to Bubba's swung it with Bryan Adams 'Best years of our Life'!