Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Palm Springs
January 15-17, January 22-24, January 29 - February 1, 2010
Jan 15-17 AC593 YYZ-LAS, AC587 LAX-YEG, AC178 YEG-YYZ,
Jan 22-24 CO1795 IAH-LAX, UA864 LAX-LAS, AC571 LAX-YYC, AC134 YYC-YYZ,
Jan 29-Feb 1 AC793 YYZ-LAX, Feb 1 LAX-YYZ
January was the month of California. Driven by my need to re-qualify for my airline status, the good promotions and some very good airfares to Las Vegas, we had three weekends in a row in California. The first two trips we slept in Las Vegas the first night and drove to the LA area the next morning. In my opinion, that was about the right amount of time to spend in Las Vegas, if not a little too much, but it was inexpensive. Each trip we visited a very nice resort in Huntington Beach that we got to know very well. On our last trip we skipped Las Vegas, but also made it back to one of our favorite resorts in Indian Wells California near Palm Springs. Again, what seemed like a somewhat reasonable travel schedule to escape January in Toronto turned out to be a little redundant when I was spending many of my weeks in Houston. However, the free hotel stays were good, and for the first time I achieved my desired hotel status for the year in January, rather than the usual November or December. For traveling in January, we were remarkably lucky with weather, had no significant delays, and we enjoyed some pretty nice weather.
January 15-17
Into Las Vegas and out of Los Angeles via Edmonton
January 22-24
Into Las Vegas and out of Los Angeles via Calgary
January 29 - February 1
Into and out of Los Angeles, driving to Palm Springs
February 1
Done with our month of California
