MIKEY’S VACATION

MIKEY AND I LEARNED TO DEAL BLACKJACK TOGETHER IN THE SAME CLASS AT THE MISS MARQUETTE, MANY YEARS AGO.  WE SPENT 80 HOURS TOGETHER IN THAT CLASS, WORKED TOGETHER ON THE BOAT, TOOK THE 40 HOUR ROULETTE CLASS, AND FINALLY SPENT ABOUT 250 HOURS IN A CRAPS CLASS.

MIKEY SPENT A LOT OF TIME OFF WITH MARY AND I DRINKING, NIGHT FISHING, GOING ON ROAD TOURS, AND CAMPING OUT AT YELLOW RIVER. LOT’S OF GREAT CAMPFIRE STORIES COULD BE AND HAVE BEEN TOLD.

IN 1999 REX CAME WEST, AND MIKEY LEFT THE CASINO IN THE YEAR 2000 TO WORK ON THE RAILROAD, WE LOST TOUCH.

TEN YEARS LATER WE WERE HAVING A DRINK AT THE SAWMILL SALOON IN PRAIRE DU CHEIN, WI AND VISITING WITH ROBBO THE BARTENDER.  WE ASKED IF HE EVER RAN INTO MIKEY?  HE SAID HE THOUGHT HE HAD MIKEY’S CELL PHONE NUMBER AND WE CALLED MIKEY UP FOR SHOTS AT THE TOP OF THE HOUR.

TEN YEARS OF CATCHING UP, A HELL OF A HANGOVER THE NEXT DAY, AND WE WERE CONNECTED AGAIN.  MIKEY BECAME A FAITHFUL BLOG READER AND WE PLANNED TO GET TOGETHER AGAIN IN 2011 WHEN WE VISITED WISCONSIN.

WHEN WE GOT TOGETHER IN OCTOBER OF 2011, MIKEY ANNOUNCED THAT HE HAD SOME VACATION TIME AND MONEY SAVED AND WANTED TO DO A NEVADA VACATION! ARE YOU KIDDING ME? LET THE GOOD TIMES ROLL !!!

MIKEY AND HIS FRIEND JERRY FLEW INTO VEGAS ON SUNDAY AND WE SPENT SUNDAY, MONDAY, AND TUESDAY IN VEGAS. WEDNESDAY THRU SATURDAY THEY RENTED A CAR AND DID A NEVADA ROADTRIP, MARY I WENT BACK TO WORK FOR FOUR DAYS, AND THEN WE SPENT SUNDAY AND MONDAY IN LAUGHLIN.

IT WASN’T LONG AND MIKEY DECLARED THAT FREEMONT STREET WAS HIS FAVORITE PLACE ON THE PLANET!!

 

OUR FIRST STOP AFTER PICKING UP MIKEY AND JERRY AT THE AIRPORT AT 9:08 AM WAS THE HARD ROCK CASINO. EVEN THOUGH IT WAS EARLY IN NEVADA IT WAS NOON IN WISCONSIN AND MIKEY PROUDLY ANNOUNCED THAT HE WAS BUYING THE FIRST DRINK IN VEGAS !!

MIKEY STEPPED UP TO THE BAR AND ORDERED THE FOUR DRINKS AND PULLED A $20 BILL FROM HIS WALLET.  MIKEY’S EYES GOT AS BIG A SAUCERS WHEN THE BARTENDER LOOKED AT THE $20, SCRATCHED HIS HEAD, AND SAID, “THAT WILL BE $38, SIR”.

WELCOME TO LAS VEGAS MIKEY !!!

 

(THE CURRENT “DOORS AND DRAWERS” SCORE: 21 DONE, AND 29 TO GO.)