Vegas! 🤑

What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas so no blog post.

JK

 While traveling around we don't want to forget family too much. And why should we have all the fun to ourselves anyway? So with much arm twisting and begging (😉) we met Evan's family in Las Vegas!

We flew in early because we're nomads and flying on a random Wednesday definitely beats coming in on a chocked-full Friday flight. 

And that’s when the problems began.

No the problems didn't start with our early morning drive to the airport, or getting long term parking for the car that holds our entire lives in it, or checking in to the Busiest Airport in the World™️. They started when we landed. With our pre-made and pre-approved rental car reservation. This was supposed to be the easy part. But we have a saying for situations like this... "learned!"

Vegas is touristy, so the airport rental cars have a massive fee attached. If you don't mind Ubering, you can go a tiny drive away and knock a ton off the rental prices. Vegas is also weird, so the casinos have their own tiny itty bitty rental car kiosks. Don't use them. Never use them. This was a mistake and everyone who's been there knows it. So anyway, we used one. Or tried to. They close super early and make it a habit to never answer the phone. Especially when they know you're calling for help with your reservation because you're going to be 30 min late thanks to baggage kerfuffles. We finally make it to this tiny one-person building to pick up the car and low and behold, they don't have any of what we rented! Despite having a reservation for it! And you know what? The dude was gonna help us out. For a modest daily fee he'd give us a larger car. What was the fee? He didn't know either, it was up to him and he was trying to decide how much to overcharge us.

So we did the thing you always want to do in this case. We walked out. A shouted voice followed us out, promising an even better "discount", but no dice, the suckers got away. Sketchy is sketchy and made-up prices are a bad sign. Oh how we missed big cities and being marks.

So we learned, you go to the suburbs to rent a car. You know, where the real Las Vegans go. Also recommend suburb hotels if you’re just passing through and don’t want the full Vegas experience.

Anyway the family arrived for the weekend and the fun began! Most memorable was the Circ de Solei show “Ka”. There are a few words I can use to describe it: astounding, awe-inspiring, palm-sweaty-ing, EPIC. This is one of the best performances I’ve ever seen in my life!

So as someone who’s never seen a circ show before, what was it like? It transcends every preconceived notion you have about the limits of a live performance. Gravity? That doesn’t matter. Visual effects? Yeah, no CGI here. Immersive experience? Better than IMAX baby! I found out later it’s known to be the most technically advanced show in the world, and that’s easy to believe. I was skeptical of the hype around vegas shows, but turns out they earned that reputation!

I don't want to say too much about the show, it's an experience you have to, well, experience!

Seeing the fam was great and exploring Vegas with them was great, a lovely stop on our nomad trails.