We checked out of CIRCUS CIRCUS at 11:30am and headed towards my cousin’s house. Audrey was having a medical test done this morning, and had taken the day off from work. We told her we’d go visit her this afternoon and maybe even stay overnight in a parking space right outside her condo.
Eric actually was able to find a place to align the front wheels of the RV (he’s been searching for over a month through at least 8 states). We made an appointment for 7:00am tomorrow and went to lunch at FRIDAY’S.
We each had a salad. I had a grilled shrimp Caesar salad and Eric had the pecan-crusted chicken salad. No appetizers; no dessert. We’re trying to be good (at least for lunch!).
After we ate we got in touch with Audrey. She told us she was in a car accident on her way to her medical appointment. The car was pretty smashed up in the front, but she was fine and even got to go to have her test done.
She had already spoken to her insurance company and they had arranged a rental for her at HERTZ. We met her at a GOODYEAR TIRE place, where she had the car towed after the accident, and we brought her to get her rental, which was a nice, silver Mazda Six.
We went back to her apartment and she did some stuff around her apartment and took care of her dog, Coco, while Eric and I took a nap for an hour. Then, she got in the RV with us and we went over to KONA GRILL for dinner.
The restaurant is in a gorgeous shopping center with high-end stores, restaurants and salons. The restaurant was beautifully decorated. Their menu was very interesting. Eric and I shared an appetizer of Avocado Egg Roll with sun-dried tomatoes and red onions, with a honey-cilantro dipping sauce. Audrey had a Miso soup.
Audrey had the Pan-Seared Ahi Tuna served with sautéed bok choy, steamed white rice and a sweet-chili sauce. I had the Basil Pesto Linguine with grilled shrimp, tomato in a chipotle-cream sauce. Eric had the Thai Peanut Chicken Noodles, linguine with marinated chicken and mixed vegetables in a spicy Thai peanut sauce.
We all enjoyed our meals and the service was great, too. We checked out their dessert menu, but nothing thrilled us and we decided to go a few doors down to THE CHEESECAKE FACTORY to get something fabulous!
The place was packed, so we got two pieces of cheesecake to go and went back to Audrey’s apartment. I can’t stay there long, because I am allergic to Coco (and my allergies today were already really bad), but it didn’t take us long to enjoy the pieces of pie. Audrey only had a taste, but the Fresh Banana Cream and Adam’s Peanut Butter Cup Fudge Ripple really hit the spot.
In 1993, Eric and I went to Los Angeles and went to THE CHEESECAKE FACTORY with our friend, Joe. I remember also getting a slice peanut butter and chocolate pie and it has stayed in my mind all these years!!!! That is my favorite combination in the world, followed by chocolate and raspberry. I am a chocoholic and always pick the most chocolate thing on a dessert menu. If it has peanut butter or raspberry, so much the better!
Because Audrey had such a crazy day and wasn't sure she was going to work tomorrow, we decided to go back to CIRCUS CIRCUS KOA to stay one more night. We left Audrey, saying our goodbyes, as we will be heading out of town as soon as the work is done on the car tomorrow morning. It has been so great to see her and we were so sorry that the week ended on such a bad note, but we kept reminding her how lucky she was that she wasn’t hurt, the other car in the accident had absolutely no damage at all, she didn't have to cancel her medical appointment, and she already has a great rental! Things were definitely looking up!
We are hoping to head to Bakersfield, California tomorrow, which is about 5 hours away. If we are not in the auto repair shop all day, we’ll make it there by dinner!
Las Vegas has been a lot of fun and we had a fantastic week with our friends and our cousin, but we are happy to be heading on the road again. We have missed it!