Laura has been to this casino/resort many times and has lots of points - so she got comped rooms which she gave to me and Jacque (as well as herself, of course) and could comp two meals at a time, so she would take turns treating one or the other of us to a meal (starting the previous night for dinner).
We then went to the Bowling Center, got our bags and shoes, and got ready to bowl. Jacque, Linda and I bowled on the pair of lanes, 43 and 44. Laura was bowling singles on a different pair of lanes.
We were bowling singles. I elected to spend $10 on brackets.
The games began. Jacque was scheduled to go first, then Linda, then me.
In the first game, I started with a strike, and then had two splits in a row. But I managed to come back with 2 9-pin strikes, then a real strike, before having another split. Then I converted two 8-pin spares, before finishing with a "turkey," a 9-pin strike and then two real strikes in a row.
I finished with a 189, and a 263 with my handicap.
Jacque was 182/217, Linda was 176/204.
I enjoyed the second game a lot. The oil pattern was just right for me.
I started with a 9-pin strike, had an open, another 9-pin strike, another open, a real strike, and then 5 9-pin strikes in a row. Then I had an 8 and a spare for a 222 game, 296 with my handicap.
Jacque had a 220/255, Linda a 181/209.
I was on a roll...feeling confident...sadly the third game did not go as I'd hoped.
It started out well with converting two spares, then two 9-pin strikes, then an open, then a 9-pin strike, then a spare and a real strike. Then disaster. Had an open in the "foundation frame" - the 9th, and then an open frame in the 10th. I finished with a 167/241 - for an 800 series.
Jacque had a 266/301, Linda a 196/224.
With that 800, I was expecting to be first! But that was not to be. By the end of that night (I went down late at night to check) I was in sixth place. At the end of Wednesday, I had dropped down to 10th place, which is where I'd stay.
The Strip, Las Vegas
After we finished bowling, Linda and Laura elected to remain at the casino while Jacque and I took a shuttle bus to the Las Vegas Strip.
Laura's hip was bothering her and she wanted to save her energy for the next day, and Linda didn't want to miss the Cocktail Party which was being held for all participants of the Primetimer's tournament and of course which we had paid for.
Jacque had been to the strip before, and pretty much took me where I wanted to go.
The first thing we did was go on the High Roller, a ferris wheel type observation wheel with huge observation cars which hold probably 50 people all standing. It takes 30 minutes to revolve in a circle, for $20, and gave us a great view of the Strip.
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| The bottom of the High Roller. Note the net! |
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| The observation car in front of us. We're almost at the top. |
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| "Top of the world, ma!" |
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| High Roller from the bird sanctuary at the Pelican casino |
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| Pelicans |
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| Jellyfish in the lobby |
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| Corals |
Walking along the strip, we saw various people dressed as characters from movies, posing with people for tips. Chewbacca and Yoda, the snowman from Frozen, Hello Kitty, etc.
Then we saw this street performer:
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| Somehow he's levitated in the air...masked. Cars pass him, people walk past... |
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| Paris Casino. There's a restaurant at the top of this |
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| Casino shuttle bus stop on the strip. |
It was past 10 at night, no time to watch the light show. I bought a hot fudge sundae at McDonalds. Jacque got a hamburger and pop and I treated her to a sundae for being a guide.
Then we went up in the elevator. She got off on floor 2, I on 7.
Linda said the cocktail party had been good. I told her we'd gone on the High Roller and then walked around...
The next day she confirmed she wanted to go with Jacque and me to the Fremont Expereince after bowling.
We turned in.
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