One of the BIG things on my list was to go to the airport and fly somewhere on a whim. It helps that Kelly and I are crazy, impulsive and spontaneous. Thats why we go together so nicely. When I say on a Thursday afternoon "Let's go to Vegas this weekend!" Kelly says "Okay." The next thing we know we are planning a weekend getaway. Purchasing last minute tickets wasn't an option when we realized they would cost $2700! With A LOT of help from my mom, we decided to fly standby. She set us up with a flight from Tulsa to Dallas at 12:45pm. Playing the game of flying non-rev is always risky. My mom refers to it as a 'crap chute': you never know what you're going to get. We didn't make the flight. My mom informed us our best bet would be to drive to northwest regional Arkansas airport and fly out from there.After a couple hour drive we were able to catch a 3:40 flight to Dallas. We got to Dallas and had a couple hours before trying to catch a 7pm flight to Las Vegas. There's only one thing to do when you have a layover: have a margarita! Afterall, vacation time has officially started even if 24 hours earlier you didn't know you would be on vacation. Lucky for us, there was a Papasito's right across from our gate. Papasito's= yummy margaritas and amazing food. I got this fantastic grilled chicken sandwich smothered in cheese, pico de gallo and avocado. Kelly got a combo platter with a taco, enchilada and bomb grilled shrimp.
After we wrapped up dinner, we checked in at the gate. Another long
list of standby passengers awaited us with us being #23 and #24. Knowing we wouldn't be getting out of Dallas anytime soon, we regrouped and decided we needed to get closer to Vegas. My mom looked and found we would have no trouble getting to Los angeles. Off we went. As Kelly put it "it's not like we have anything better to do!" we made it into Los angeles late Friday night. We caught a shuttle to an el dumpo motel Aka the Travellodge. I can tell you that you don't get much for $90 a night in LA.The next morning we headed back to LAX to try to catch a flight to Las Vegas. We were finally successful and arrived in Vegas around noon. We were extremely excited to finally make it after our long journey. The weekend was a crazy blast. We walked for miles all over Vegas, gambled, hit the clubs, hungout poolside and took in a show. It was an awesome unexpected weekend. By the end of trip we had spent time in Tulsa, Arkansas, Los Angeles, Las Vegas and Chicago. Mission accomplished! 6 things checked off my list, 24 to go! If you want to start your own list, check out 43things.com. They even have a mobile app.
