Monday, August 9, 2010

Planet Las Vegas Away Mission

Captain's Log Stardate 201008.6: Lt Commander DuJuana, Ensign Andrew, Lt Denyce and I left at 0930 for Las Vegas, Nevada. Temperatures were 112 without humidity. After one pitstop in Baker for lunch we safely arrived to our destination in 4 1/2 hours. Ms Sharon our hostess had everything prepared for our arrival and treated us to a yummy spaghetti dinner.

At 2100 hours we went to the main drag to do some site seeing. Temperatures had dropped to a mere 108 degrees. We visited Treasure Island, the Mirage, and the Bellagio. We drove by New York, New York, Paris, the MGM, Excalibur, the Luxor and the Venetian. We returned to our lodging at midnight to some much needed rest.

Saturday At 0700 hours Ensign Andrew and I decided to get up and get going. Leaving the Lieutenants behind we arrived at the Hilton for the Star Trek Convention. We missed breakfast with the Voyager crew but we did some minor shopping and were able to enjoy hearing Jeri Ryan, Garrett Wang, Robert Picardo, Tim Russ, Jennifer Lien, Scarlett Powers and Ethan Phillips. Greatly enjoyed listening to Jon Povill, an associate producer on Star Trek The Motion Picture. It was great to see these very talented individuals. You could tell they enjoyed working with one another and still shared that wonderful chemistry. The jokes they told and the ribbing of each other was hilarious.
Just need to find a nice frame for my autographed picture of the Voyager crew.

At 1700 hours we reunited with the rest of the away team and enjoyed a delicious dinner buffet at Harrah's. We then walked a bit to work of the large dinner, enjoying the sites and sounds. We were in bed by 2230 hours.

Sunday we began to pack our gear and prepare for the trip back to normal space. Our hostess invited us to brunch at the House of Blues where we were able to feast and enjoy her musical ministry. After heartfelt farewells we turned our ship toward home at 1230 hours. Due to tremendous traffic we arrived in the Long Beach System at 1800 hours. After a brief respite with Commodore and Admiral Ware we left for the San Diego System arriving back at base just under 2 hours.

The away team was a bit tired but energized from a great time, though the crew is not missing the weather.

I made sure to make healthy choices as much as possible. Didn't eat too much on the days we went to the buffets. Did a large amount of water drinking and walking everywhere, though tiring, was a plus.

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