Spring Break trip to California and Nevada! - Day Three

Sunrise over San Diego.

I tried to wake up early enough to catch the sunrise, I was a wee bit late on that.  We went down for breakfast and decided to eat at the restaurant, they had outdoor seating, which was nice.  Breakfast wasn't terribly exciting, but it was mostly free. . .

Marina view.

Breakfast and a view!

We went to a nearby beach before leaving for Las Vegas.  Tessandra enjoyed the fact that it was Dog Beach.

Dog Beach!

The marine layer.

First time in the Pacific Ocean!

The beach, and dogs!

We got to the beach around 12:30 and left the city around 2ish.  I would have liked to have left a little earlier, but we didn't have anything specific planned when we got to Las Vegas.  Traffic getting out of the San Diego/Los Angeles area wasn't great, but once we got away from the Metropolitan area, we made pretty good time, and we got to Flamingo, where we were staying the first two nights around 8:00 PM.

Diamond check-in had just closed, so we used the regular check-in line, which was all by kiosk.  I asked about an upgrade to attendant, but there was none to be had.  I reserved an executive GO room, which was fine.  We had a nice view of the Bellagio fountains.

Our room view!

I looked for a place for dinner earlier and saw a restaurant that looked cute called the Black Bear Diner on Tropicana.  It was a cute little place and the food was good, we'll try to get back here if we can. . .

Salad.

Smoked beef brisket!

After a stop to fill up the car, we went back to Flamingo.  The parking garage was full and the only spaces I saw available were marked for valet.  I knew that due to COVID, they were not offering valet parking, so I parked in one of those spots.  When I got to the room, I called to the front desk to make sure this was okay, and they told me it was not, that those spots were reserved for valet and I could be towed.  I told her that the hotel wasn't offering valet parking, so those spots weren't going to be used for valet, plus I didn't see any available spaces.  She told me I needed to go to the overflow lot behind the High Roller.  I decided I wasn't going to argue this point anymore, nor take the chance that my car would be towed, so I moved it to the overflow lot.

I got back to the room and was going to do a little play.  There  happened to be a fountain show going, so that was nice.

So, still being a bit ticked off about the parking issue, I went downstairs to the casino.  They say that you shouldn't gamble when you're angry, I guess since you might gamble more than you should.  That's probably true, since I blew through a couple of hundred on the crappy video poker at Flamingo ($1 7/5 BP).  I moved to some 25c 8/5 DDB STP, dropped another hundred, then this filled in:

Woot, woot!

So, an hour on the casino floor and I'm up!  I had earned a little over 500 points before, so I actually wasn't playing on card when I hit this, so doubly nice that it wasn't a "tracked" win.  So, 1:00 AM, and I'm finished for the night.  I guess that's just as well after the long drive to get here. . .