Leaving Las Vegas

Taking in the view from the 39th floor

Las Vegas deserves a second post, even though the boys and I were only there about 48 hours, because the amount of walking we did was epic.

On Sunday, we arrived, ate lunch while we waited for our room to get ready, then napped a little and started out at 4:00, headed for Caesar's Palace and a Gordon Ramsay restaurant. By the time we walked there and walked back, I logged over 19,000 steps. Just getting started.

On Monday, we ate breakfast and had a late start due to having only one phone charger between us, then took off at 10:00 to see the whole Strip and get to a show at New York - New York. 33,000 steps in one day, a record I have no intention of ever breaking or getting near again. But I managed it and did not even feel too beaten up the next day.

The trip went great, mainly thanks to Jackie, who had the idea for the trip and arranged everything. We had a big room on the 39th floor of the Palazzo with a tremendous view, and we had the show and the dinner reserved. I think the boys were impressed.

The two days in Vegas changed how the month of July is shaping up. I wrote a couple of weeks ago that my pace had slowed a bit in July, and that was true until this week. Now I am on pace for my biggest month ever, probably by at least 15,000 steps. Also, until Sunday I had still averaged slightly under 11,000 steps per day for the whole trek and was slowly catching up, but Sunday I passed 11,000 steps average since all the way back to October 1 last year, and Monday I added a cushion of 22,000 steps to put me safely ahead of the pace.

My progress puts me almost 3.3 million steps from Cape Flattery, near Emmet, Nebraska. That is less than halfway across the state, but I should reach halfway next week, and I will reach halfway to Miami in about three weeks.

And I suppose I should mention, I turned 65 on Thursday. I'm doing OK for an old guy.