Day 26
Tuesday July 7, 2015
Today we go home. I think it sucks but I guess we can't stay here forever. Since we have the room for the whole day there was no reason to get up super early and get out. Our flight isn't until 5:40pm so we have the morning to ourselves.

I packed up the few things we took out of the suitcase for this stay and we got everything ready to go.

We decided for the last few hours we'd explore some of Cosmopolitan. We found the secret “hidden” pizza place and checked out the various art displays through the casino and meeting room areas.

We went across the street to Planet Hollywood and got some sandwiches to go at Earl of Sandwich. These will be to eat on the plane in a few hours while everyone else is eating peanuts and bad airport food.

We came back over to the Cosmo and finished getting ready for return home with some snacks and some TV.

It was time to get going so I loaded up the car and we headed out of the Cosmopolitan.

My first stop was to gas up and then it was off to the rental car center. Returning was was quick and the final bill matched the estimate. In just a few minutes we were out to the shuttle back to the airport.

Check in was quick and we were informed the flight was going to take off 30 minutes later than scheduled but still land close to on time. We headed up to security. Things here were smooth and no ass clowns were trying to smuggle contraband.

From there it was off to the gate where we had plenty of time before the flight. When it was time to board they let us on first so Dee could make her way to a seat.

This is flight 1752 non stop to Albany arriving at 1:20am (now 1:40). The flight was smooth and uneventful. Only one or to pockets of turbulence. We landed on late but made up plenty of tine in the air so it was only a few minutes. We got off the plane and got to baggage claim. While we were waiting for the bag to come out I got checked in over at Budget to pick up the car.

I had a one way rental getting a full sized car for $76 and would be returning it to my local airport tomorrow. They assigned me a GMC Terrain with 7000 miles on it. This car was in great condition. I gave it a once over and then we were on our way.

The 90 mile drive home was a bore at this hour of the day and at about 4:00am we pulled into the driveway as another one of our Las Vegas adventures came to an end (even though we were still registered guests of the Cosmopolitan and would be until 3pm eastern!)

Total win/loss for the day $0
Total Comps for the day $215
Rooms $200
Food $15

Final Thoughts

• Flying for free is always great
• Rental car Prices were higher this trip than ever before
• It was nice splurging a bit and renting a larger car for a change
• I did not miss Dollar this trip and having a car that was beat to shit
• It was good to return to Tuscany after 4 years
• We like Tuscany for some unknown reasons
• It was fun returning to the Hard Rock to play craps
• Giada was good but pricey for fairly small portions
• Staying at Rampart for the first time ever was good
• We really liked our stay at the JW Marriott
• I enjoyed the boat ride on the Colorado River in Laughlin
• Christmas Tree Pass was an interesting drive
• Blue Man Group was a lot of fun
• It was nice having some longer stays this trip and not moving too much
• It was amazing that we both hit 50¢ royals at the Four Queens
• It was good to have “The Cousins” join us again
• We got 125 scratch cards at Main Street Station (119 @ $2, 6 @ $3)
• Scratch cards at Main Street Station were worth $256
• The views from Voodoo Lounge are great
• We got more free play this trip than ever before
• We played over 538,000 hands of Video Poker this trip
• Our coin in this trip was over $350,000
• We hit 16 royals this trip (3 @ 1¢, 6 @ 5¢, 1 @10¢, 3 @ 25¢, 2 @ 50¢, 1 @ $1)
• Dee hit 3 royals (1 @ 10¢ , 1 @ 25¢ 1 @ 50¢)
• I hit 13 royals (3 @ 1¢, 6 @ 5¢ , 2 @ 25¢, 1 @ 50¢, 1 @ $1)
• 12 of those royals were at the Four Queens
• Hitting a Dollar Royal at Four Queens was exciting
• The Four Queens was our personal ATM this trip
• We really enjoyed the room at Cosmopolitan
• The weather was typical for this time of year ranging from 90 – 115 degrees
• This win brings my Las Vegas record to 28 – 20 – 1
• It was good seeing so many of our friends this trip
• The next trip will be late September / early October

Eff yous

• Eff you to the long flight
• Eff you to rental car taxes
• Eff you to high rental car prices
• Eff you to people that twirl around in circles when they are lost
• Eff you to Marylin's Cafe at Tuscany for serving “boxed” foods
• Eff you to Rampart's Promenade Cafe for not serving pancakes at night
• Eff you to the swings of video poker
• Eff you to parents that left young kids unattended at the Aquarius pool
• Eff you to video poker at Harrah's Laughlin
• Eff you to getting multipliers on STP and losing on all hands
• Eff you to hitting quad aces on deuces wild
• Eff you to the guy at the Aquarius gym that was sweating like a pig and didn't wipe down any of the machines he used
• Eff you to Harrah's Laughlin for having such worn and filthy suites
• Eff you to people on the Strip for acting like assholes
• Eff you to the people at Blue Man Group that got to the gate and didn't have their tickets out
• Eff you to the assholes at the airport that walked 3 wide and super slow so no one could get by them
• Eff you to the guy at MSS that stood 6 inches behind me at a redemption machine like it would move the line faster
• Eff you to penny royals
• Eff you to the 100 plays at Silverton
• Eff you to whoever effed up the Jeff Dunham Tickets
• Eff you to the Rio designer for allowing the elevators to be heard 2 rooms down
• Eff you to flush 4
• Eff you to straight 4
• Eff you to all the slobs the sneeze and cough without covering up
• Eff you to the Noodle Exchange for having fish mixed in with my chicken
• Eff you to the Four Queens, I've got $8,000 of what used to be your money!