Post #739218 by danlovestikis on Fri, Mar 13, 2015 9:19 AM

JenTiki I think you are right, that rings that bell! Thank you.

hang10tiki Las Vegas Here We Come!

I think this solar facility is fascinating. While we were there the newspaper said it supplies electricity to 75,000 homes. It takes a lot of space so this is a perfect city to have one.

We had a good offer from the Wynn so this is where we stayed.

One morning we walked out of the Wynn past this waterfall and headed on to the Mirage for breakfast.

We passed Venice, I mean the Venetian on the way.

The Mirage is very tropical and fun to walk by.

Every once in a while I share a bathroom photo. The Mirage has a very pretty one.

After breakfast we were off to the antique stores. This altered tiki from United Airlines was on sale at 40% off so it went home with us. I'm going to alter it some more.

Next we drove to the Ethyl M chocolate factory and

wandered through their cactus garden.

We drove past Frankie's but didn't stop this trip.

We went to the antique store where our friend Tiki Lee has a booth.

This is it. Dan bought a green Crazy Al mug from him.

We saw a very old tiki in the window.

It is disintegrating.

NOW FOR THE BEST PART OF OUR TRIP. WE VISITED hang10tiki and SewTiki at their home.

I delivered her Cheer's shot glass prize and

his honu necklace prize. Sorry Tyber Tiki and LoriLovesTiki yours will be mailed with your Wishes!

While we were there Jon showed us a gift from his wife.

When we got home we found that we had the matching hula girl. Jon found us a Buy it now on Ebay for the Man and we bought it. Now we will have the set. Anyone have the hula girl and are you willing to part with it?

Jon has a corner for all of my ceramics in his collection. It's fun for me to know I've made this many that he liked.

The opposite corner is for Gecko'z ceramics. We spent some time talking about the SPAM musabi mug.

Imagine my surprise when back at the hotel I began to read my used book from 2001 and there was this related page!

Jon and Janelle had a surprise for Dan. They led us to their kitchen.

and lit a birthday cake for Dan.

They brought out a whole load of presents for Dan. My husband was in ecstasy. For awhile he forgot we were there as he looked at all the records and tiki bowl and mug.

The visit was more fun than could be imagined. The last photo is a beard evaluation. It's the first time for both these men to have beards. I think they grow them quite well.

After leaving our friends we went to the Bellagio. We watched the fountain show for a bit and

then walked to the atrium. This time it was decorated for the Chinese New Year.

We walked from there to Cesar's forum shops and then back to our car.

The next morning we were up very early for the drive home. 12 hours later we were relaxing at home in front of the TV.

It's always good to get home and back to the clay. I worked on a mug yesterday. I will do a few while the Wish List projects slowly dry to prevent cracking.

I'll be back to posting clay work tomorrow. Cheers, Wendy

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