Vegas Trip 2003

Our 2nd annual
Azusa Alumni weekend in LasVegas
March 28th to the 30th 2003.

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With Vegas on the brain there aint much room for nuthin' else..

Departure Photos

The Gilbertson's, Cloyd's, & Trent's all left a beautiful smog free spring day in Southern California.

Just a week before Roxy & Dave were due to fly to Vegas a freak storm dumped 4 feet of snow on the Denver area. It shut down the whole city but they did not let it stop them from getting to Las Vegas. And we all know how much Roxanne LOVES the snow.

The Azusa Alumni group forgot where they left Tim the Pirate back in 2002...this is all that was left when they returned to Las Vegas for him in 2003!

Ken and Scott enjoy the snow in the Bakers' backyard while Nancy packs for Las Vegas

Julie enjoys one last day of spring skiing before the road trip to Las Vegas via Bryce and Zion National Parks where she traded in the ski garb for a pair of shorts and a tank top.

Barbara's plane was grounded due to weather. So after speaking with several alumni's voice mails she just called

to beam her over to Las Vegas so she could visit for at least a few minutes before the next leg of her trip began.

Attendees:

Eddie '82 & Trisha Trent
Gabriel Falcon '80
Roxanne (Olejnik) '80 & Dave Hernandez '78
Julie (Krejci) '79 & Damon Wilson (Jackson Hole HS)
& son Kyle (future JHHS grad) & Julie's mom Kathie Krejci (Baldwin Park HS)
Tim '76 & Caryn (Samuel Ayer HS) Meeks & son Tim Jr. (future Granite Hills High Grad)
Barbara (Williams) Slough '72
Nancy (Tucker) '67 & Ken Baker (Monte Vista HS)
Dixie (Odom) '65 & Robert Megrew (Gladstone HS)
Judy (Berryman) '62 & John Gilbertson '62
Yolie (Alverado) '63 & Tom Cloyd '62

	We met up with Judy and John at the Buffet Friday night, plus 2 other Azusa Alumni from Judy and John's class. We were on good behavior, no food throwing etc., but that might be because Tim and Caryn didn't meet us until after dinner!
Roxanne, Dave, Ken, Nancy, Julie (taking photo), Damon, Tom, Yollie, Judy, & John

What a bunch of ~~lushes~~ party animals .... all started drinking at 11:30 am!!!
<after all, if you are going to drink all day you need to start in the morning>
Roxanne ~ Nancy ~ Tim ~ Julie ~ Dixie ~ Caryn


Dixie, Nancy, & Roxanne			Caryn & Roxy	Eddie & Kathie

Nancy, Julie, & Dixie thinking of Helyn when spotting this poster.	Julie, Eddie, & Trisha Here-Here!	You've heard of losing your ass in Las Vegas...Roxy took it one step farther...the Wild Angel lost her head!	Nancy and her elevator fetish made for an interesting walk down the strip.	Robert, Dixie, Nancy, & Ken
Saturday everybody walked up and down the strip, we shopped, gambled a little, drank a little, and sunbathed...it got up to 75 degrees so the weather was perfect.

Julie, Nancy, Dixie in Venice	Shopping was fun for all at first...	But then the men were easily bored by it... (what are they all looking at?)	So the outdoor bar proved to be a great place to hang while the girls shopped	Nancy and Julie find a man willing to stand outside the mall for hours

What belongs to what Alumni?

Saturday Morning Azusa Alumni Tribe 15 Members Nancy, Ken, Robert, Dixie, Kathie, Kyle, Julie (taking photo), Damon, Tim Jr., Tim, Caryn, Roxanne, Dave, Trisha, Eddie


Right: Sunday Morning Las Vegas Survivors ~ Damon, Dave, Tim, Julie

	Left: 2 more tribe members stumble in late ~ Ken & Nancy

Matching Tattoos or GMTA

Julie, Caryn, & Roxanne all thought it would be fun to take a photo with all of their tattoos (or tittoos as some call them) and post them without their faces so the other Azusa Alumni members who visit the message board to guess who is who. "the boob contest". After several peoples guesses Santana Holcomb '74 guessed correct. If you are wondering what thier husbands think of this..... they took the photos!

We didn't see any migrating couches this year but Julie and her mom did see a dead bed on the side of the freeway on the way to Sam's Town. Vegas seems to have a wild furniture problem, maybe they are a protected species.

Excalibur Tournament of Kings

When we first were booking our seats for the tremendous spectacle that is the Excalibur Tournament of Kings, we were 11 in number. The booking people told us we would be representing France. We objected strenuously, decided to all buy American flags and wave them in our section as we cheer. Then, as if by a miracle we added 2 more to our party's number. The show agents cancelled the first seats and gave us a new country to represent..one which most of us carry with us in our genes,

Ireland!!
We were ecstatic to represent Ireland. Our group hooted, and hollered, and pounded on the tables with our fists when the glorious Irish king rode his Destrier onto the field of battle, the green and orange flag over his head rippling in the wind. (machine, wind machine, ok??) If our cries alone had been enough he would have won the tournament of champions...alas, it was in the script, our champion did not win through. But when the king of all kings needed our assistance our Irish lord was right there in the thick of battle, ready to lay down his life in defense

of his country and the entire kingdom's freedom! At the end, all the good kin

gs banded together to defeat Mordred, the evil spawn of good king Arthur...Mordred the evil and his warlock magician were vanquished, never to be seen again....
Or were they????
The Azusa Alumni Irish:
Dave, Roxanne, Caryn, Tim, Tim Jr, Robert, Dixie, Julie, Damon, Nancy, Ken, Trisha, Eddie

Yet another Wilson detour
Every road trip when Damon & Julie get behind the wheel an unplanned detour is a must, dubbed a 'Wilson Detour'. Saturday night was no exception, however Ken was driving. We took a "short cut" to the Excalibur that proved to be longer than taking the freeway. Then when we got to the Casino the parking was tight so we decided to use valet parking to save time only to see the 'Valet parking full' sign AFTER getting in line. The girls jumped out and went to the show while the guys worked to get out of line. When they finally managed to work that large Tahoe out of the line the Valet parking opened again, then they were told they would have to go to the end of the line since they did get out of line. So the just went and found a spot not too far to the back of the parking lot. After the show we found the Tahoe and headed for the Gold Coast. After several 'turn this way only' signs, dead ends, and closed roads we ended up back where we parked. Damon & Julie were giggling in the back seat, not at Ken's driving but at the realization that it was not their driving but their presence that causes this phenomenon! ~~~ Dave said we should have bought a squirrel.

Tim meets his match or twin children of different mothers?

Dinner at the Gold Coast Cafe' Sunday night proved to be an entertaining event. Our Philippine waitress kept right up with Tim beat for beat. She had the whole table laughing, she even had Caryn wanting to bring her home. We should have gotten her name so we could find her next year and buy her a drink.


See what happens when your husbands are tragically white...
	The Coats Twins Band (Gabe Falcon, class of 80, is a drummer in this band) Sunday night those of us that survived the weekend went to The Roxy Lounge at Sam's Town. Gabe Falcon was playing there that night. We got to meet the band members and visited with Gabe. The guys did not want to dance but that did not stop the girls. Julie's mom even convinced our waitress to join us in the tattoo'd boob picture. We stayed for 3 sets and had a great time, drinking, dancing and visiting. On Tim's command we rushed the stage before we left.
	<= Sunday Night at Roxy's Left to right: Dixie,Caryn, Robert (back), Gabe, Dave (standing), Tim (sitting), Julie (standing), Roxanne (sitting). (Kathie taking the photo)	<= What a Good Sport Our waitress had a rose tattoo on her boob too. We thought it would be fun to pose with her for the boob contest so Julie's mom asked her if she would and she agreed. We should have asked her where she went to HS.
Photo provided by Barbara	Left: Julie& Barbara // Right: Damon, Gabe, & Julie Friday Night Plans We all originally planned on meeting at Sam's Town on Friday night. There would have been about 15 of us. But due to bad weather and traffic things did not happen as planned. Damon & Julie were met by Barbara for a brief visit before she had to head back to the airport. We snapped a few shots just to prove she was there :)	Photo provided by Barbara

Here-here to all Azusa Alumni who couldn't be here and we hope you can make it next year.

Photos by Julie unless otherwise noted.
Stories by Julie, Nancy, & Roxanne

Updated: January 1, 2004
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