Las Vegas

We arrived in Las Vegas on Sunday afternoon, and were met by bright sunshine, and temps in the high nineties. We stayed until Friday morning, and each day grew warmer, exceeding 100 degrees. It cooled off only to the mid 80s at night. But the very low desert humidity made it fairly tolerable....that is, up to 99 degrees.

On Monday we met up with our friends, and the women in the group saw Menopause The Musical that afternoon. Cindy Williams of Laverne & Shirley fame was the narrator and had occasional stage time. She is just shy of 70 years old, and hasn't really changed a great deal in the 44 years since she first hit it big in the movie American Graffiti, playing Ron Howard's girlfriend. Menopause The Musical is a comedy about 4 women of a certain age, and was great fun. Afterwards, we met up with everyone for a buffet dinner, and ate far too much, as we did every evening that week.

The following night we saw the Righteous Brothers. Bill Medley, the original surviving member was  getting over a sinus infection. Bucky Heard, who took over Bobby Hatfield's role after his death, was really suffering from the flu that night, and spent only about half of the show time on stage. Everyone's favorites were Unchained Melody, and You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin', which they did well. They tried very hard, but their combined illnesses did affect their singing. Still, we enjoyed it. Just don't know how much more we would have enjoyed it if they weren't both sick!

The third show we saw was the ventriloquist Terry Fator. He is also a singer, comedian, and celebrity impressionist, and uses 15 different puppets in his act. In 2007 he won the show America's Got Talent. The keyboardist in the band was originally from Concord, New Hampshire, and we had the chance to speak to him briefly. During the pre-show, Fator told the audience that one woman (blonde?) once told him she was aware the puppets could all sing well, but she didn't realize that he could sing, too!

On our last morning before we left we went back into a casino and placed bets for a few family and friends on a Roulette game. Sorry guys, bad news.....we played 8 games and lost every time! Well, that's all we're gonna talk about, and no photos this time. You know what they say, "What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas"!

Definitely.