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Cherry
saved the best for last. We had done a fair bit of partying,
catching shows and sightseeing by this time and Cherry
said it was time to pay a visit to the Kings!
Our first stop was the Hawaiian
Marketplace to pay tribute to King
Kamehameha. There are also statues honoring him in Honolulu,
Hilo and Kohala in Hawaii.
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And guess who else we ran into there? The other king,
Elvis!!! Wow...I guess he really is alive.
Did you know that they call Las Vegas "da ninth
island?" It's because there are so many Hawaiians
residing in Las Vegas.
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Later
in the evening, Cherry dropped us off at a Gentleman's
Club - the notorious Crazy
Horse and warned us to be good. WOOHOO!
We told her we would take a cab back to her place and
not to worry about us. In retrospect that wasn't such
a great idea.
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Ok..Tiki
Jr. and I have no memory of many of the following events:
We had made friends with a group of college guys from
Nebraska somewhere, at the Gentleman's Club. The last
thing we remember is someone saying "Last Call"
and the guys asking if we were done partying yet. Tiki
Jr. shouted Viva Las Vegas in my ear and the rest is
a blur.
The college guys obviously took us to visit the National
Register Landmark - The
Little Church of the West - the oldest
Wedding Chapel on the Strip. This is where Elvis and
Ann Margaret were married in the movie "Viva Las
Vegas!"
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I'm
not sure how we made it back to Cherry's place but when
we woke up on the doorstep at first light both of the
pictures above were in an envelope that said "Congratulations
Newlyweds! Have a great honeymoon!"
Feeling a bit humiliated, Tiki Jr. and I spent the rest
of the day avoiding each other...let's just say that
what happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas. Amen.
We sure had a tantalizing time at the Crazy Horse before
our memories get fuzzy though!
(Bud I called the chapel and they
have no record of you guys being married. You may wanna
be a bit more careful in the future!)
(Thank you for playing Cherry!
I knew a visit with you in Vegas would be priceless.
Call me if you ever hit the Island of Hawaii.)
(Photos:
Cherry C. / Dialogue: Cherry C./ Embellished a bit by
Tony V.)
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