Vegas Baby

The ride into Las Vegas was another rough one- with temps in the 100's and lots of climbing. I was prepared to keep moral up with my trusty water gun, shooting people as I past them on hills. That's right- Emily Aron is passing people on hills. Miss Florida does it again. Once we got into town we planned our route around the 7-Elevens that were on the way to the host. 7/11 is a major holiday for us at home and we celebrate accordingly, attempting to hit as many 7-Elevens as possible from 11am to 7pm. There were more than ten but we could only stop at 6 for free Slurpees as we were approaching host dinner time.

We stayed in a transformed Econo Lodge for disabled and homeless veterans called Veterans Village that was actually down Las Vegas Blvd. On the day that followed we built with them and did some housekeeping items like cleaned windows and guard rails and painted parking lot lines. They seemed to really appreciate our work but we went back into our rooms feeling like we should've helped more.

I then got dressed up and met my very own sister down on the strip! Alex got a flight with work for the night so we grabbed dinner at a shnazzy Italian restaurant and walked around a bit. We each spent $10 on penny slots and I hate to brag but I may have doubled my earnings. We had a big mountain to climb the next day so we had to part ways early but it was great to spend time with her and introduce her to some of my B&B family.

Tour de Slurpee participants 2015