IT WAS A WENDY'S

Not the parking lot of a Taco Bell, our favourite ever quote from Friends, and one that has been oft repeated on this and other trips.

Final hotel stuff involved a treadmill parkrun, done a few miles over the last couple of days, but the Great North Run a week tomorrow will be the opening of the half marathon autumn, and will build through that towards Cardiff.

A lot of squeezing stuff in bags, and keeping half an eye on the Premier League and a full eye on the Swans at Millwall.

Took the tram to the Excalibur, then walked across 'our' New York New York bridge to the food court just a block or 2 up the strip.  Wendy's what Bryn and I opted for exactly as we did 2 years ago, so that now makes it a tradition.

Found out the Swans had got a win, and a rather random shout of Swansea from Mickey Mouse on the strip left a final Vegas imprint.  Bryn and I did a fist pump in the Excalibur.

Kids visited the Fun Dungeon one last time in Excalibur, Chrissi and I had a last beer and game of blackjack.

Last walk through Luxor to Mandalay Bay, picked up cases and off to Mccarron Airport. Swiftly through the bag check and to the land of tech where we all promptly plugged devices into the charge centre, all part of the re-familiarisation with life back home.

Flight back was a dream, only 9 hrs, flew by in the blink of an eye.  Eyes did close for a while, but opened long enough to watch a couple of films.  The Theory of Everything, the personal side of Hawking, now I need to get round to reading his book, I had nominated it recently as the book I would take on Desert Island Discs, as the best way to explore the meaning to life.  Game Night was the second film I watched, a sort of Scream like thriller, with moments of humour and violence, passed the time.  Touched down 30 mins early, through customs and baggage in no time at all and back at the Crowne Plaza to pick up Blackjack, and pleased I could still remember how to use a clutch.  Another great adventure over.

-Carys-

Today was the day to say goodbye to Vegas, and head home. We had some moments of panic whilst packing everything away (we had to be out of the room by 11am), but we managed to get it all sorted in the end. The Mandalay Bay room has been the best hotel room I've ever stayed in, so I didn't want to leave!

W|er checked out at the Delano counted and dropped our bags with some men who would look after them untll we needed them back. I mean, we didn't wanted to be lugging them around all morning.

We did a repeat of what we'd done on our last day two years ago, but strolling through New York New York and over the bridges, to the nearby food court. I had a subway, because I fancied one. I quite wanted a Krispy Kreme too, but due to my full stomach I decided I'd better not.

WE waved goodbye to beautiful Vegas one last time, took some final photos, and walked back to Delano where we picked up our bags. Oh, we did pop intyo Excalbur on the way back, so me and Bryn could have a decider on a racing car game (he won, darn) and mum and dad could have a final go at the casino.

After picking up our bags and jumping into a taxi to Mcarron airport, where we checked in our bags. The line took quite a while, but then we swapped queues and that was a lot quicker. We got through customs quite smoothly and then sat by the charging station for an hour or so.

It was soon time to board the plane. The flight was over pretty quickly. I even managed to eat some of my hot meal on the plane for the first time ever! and I got lots of sleep. I didn't even watch a movie. It was quite an easy flight - no sickness, and I wasn't too uncomfortable.

We breezed through the airport, got another taxi to the airport hotel and said hello to our car. From then on, it was a quick 2 hours home, and now time to readjust to home life.

Thank you for reading, if you have got this far. I hope you've enjoyed following our adventures, and I hope you join us on many more to come!