Our first Thanksgiving in Las Vegas! We had family visit from out of town and were able to comfortably host everyone in our new home (something we were never able to do while living in a cramped apartment in West Los Angeles). We had a traditional Thanksgiving celebration except for the fact that my slot-obsessed aunties kept running out to the casinos between meals. Three interesting observations:
- It was business as usual at local supermarkets on Thanksgiving Day. This is not unique to Las Vegas but reinforced the idea in my head that you can get what you need at all hours, day or night here.
- The casinos were completely dead during the day but got gradually more and more busy starting in the afternoon. My uncle’s theory is that everyone spends time with family and has turkey in the morning and then comes to Las Vegas to party at night. Makes senses (that’s what we did).
- The Sunday after Thanksgiving is the worst day to drive home and leaving right after lunch is foolish. The trip from Las Vegas to San Diego is normally 4.5 to 5 hours. It took my sisters 10 hours because of all the holiday traffic!