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No, this is not CJ in New York City! We did not make a u-turn in Albuquerque and head back east. This is the New York, New York Casino in Vegas, where CJ went for a wild taxi ride on the casino coaster. It is crazy how you can go from Venice to Egypt within a couple of blocks and see a volcano erupt along the side of Las Vegas Blvd. We didn't gamble, but we did pick up a couple of decks of casino cards which came in handy for the many card games we've been playing at night in our trailer before bed. The greatest site for Julie was her run in with her celebrity heartthrob, Nicholas Cage! She was so lost in her excitement that she kissed him right in front of me. I have the picture to prove it. I posted it in the photos section. I know they say "what happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas," but in case you wouldn't believe me when I said she was kissing other men on our trip! Ironically, she was just telling us of how she drove across country right after college with her friends Kass and Kimberly, got a job waiting tables in San Diego when Nicholas Cage came in to eat. Apparently this is when her obsession with the movie star began. We were going to only stay one night in Las Vegas and move on to Death Valley, but as the temperature reached 116 degrees in Death Valley that day, we decided to wait out the heat in our air conditioned trailer in the RV park with the pool and spend the day walking from air conditioned casino to air conditioned casino seeing the various exhibits. One cool, albeit overpriced, exhibit was the Avengers at Treasure Island. As we were leaving Las Vegas, I can't help but think she was imagining Mr. Cage in his role in the movie "Leaving Las Vegas." I just kept humming the Sheryl Crow song.
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Uncle Chris Viva indeed! Looks like you guys are having a blast!