Day 30 - The Journey Home

Even by 8.30am as we stepped out of the elevator and wheeled our cases over to the car it was already hot in Las Vegas. We cleared the car of all the maps, tickets, sweet wrappers, and other detritus we'd collected over the course of a month, hauled Amy's ridiculously heavy suitcase (it was the first time since arriving that we'd actually tried to pack all our purchases into the case) into the car and set off in search of a gas station and the car hire center.

Expecting rush hour traffic but finding none we were soon dropping off the car keys and getting on the shuttle bus to the terminal (feeling sorry for the poor driver who offered to lift Amy's case). All was going well until we weighed in our bags - Amy's was way over the weight limit and we'd have to pay a $50 excess. Luckily the friendly woman behind the desk pointed out that we were allowed two bags each and directed me towards the gift shops. So I shot off and came back a couple of minutes later with a Caeser's Palace hold-all that I'd bought for $25 dollars. Some hasty rearrangment took place and eventually we managed to get Amy's case back under the weight limit. Phew.

Now, in Vegas everywhere has slot machines, and the departure lounge is no exception. We still had a few dollars left so we tried our luck again, this time managing to work our way up to $8... which we promptly spent on a tin of Jelly Beans. Sweet.

Our flight was on time and straightforward, as was the change-over; because we were transferring from an internal flight to an international one this time (rather than the other way round) there was no messing around with customs and bag reclaim, we just had to walk about 2 gates along and find a place to sit. I even had enough time to find a bureau-de-change and convert our remaining Canadian dollars into US ones to buy some drinks and snacks (I was only changing $6 so it was lucky for me that they were running a promotion which waived the usual $5 exchange fee).

So, with little ado we boarded our second flight, settled into our seats and headed home.

And that ladies and gentlemen is the end of my blog. I hope you've enjoyed it. There are a few more photos left to upload though so keep your eyes peeled.

Fin.