The view from our room may not be much during the day but come nightfall…
Technically we have been here for over seven hours but since I can never sleep the night before the trip (due to my fear of flying), I am up from my post-travel nap. The flight was uneventful too, especially in light of Southwest’s latest embarrassment. There’s no other airline I’d rather take though, they’re safety record is the best compared to their competition; only one person has ever died in an accident with Southwest.
Back to Las Vegas ’11, Day One, the Preamble.
A huge factor I love about taking my vacation in Las Vegas is its location in relation to US time zones. Thanks to Southwest having a non-stop flight from Austin at 725 AM (it used to be 8 AM), you arrive here in less than three hours yet you regain two because the city is on the forefront of the Pacific zone. The airport is almost the most organized in the country. We landed, grabbed our bags and had the rental car to head over to Tahiti Village all before 9 AM. The room was ready a couple hours later which was fine. It gave us an opportunity to chat with the awesome staff and eat at the nearby Denny’s; nothing improves the chances of the post-flight nap like food.
Now all I need to do is get some saline solution going through my sinuses and we’re off to a grocery store for essentials. I also feel lucky, so I’m going to press on to win the initial match in our ongoing video-poker grudgematch series.
Stay tuned!