What an experience! The surprising thing was really just how fast it went. I found myself sitting at the airport for my flight home and it felt as if I’d just arrived the day before.

Friday I spent the entire morning learning about Windows Vista. Being that I’d never truly seen it, I was happy to be able to expand my knowledge about what I know I need to learn.

The class was very helpful and was professionally done even though it was the last class on the last day. I learned about installation, security, and saw many ins and outs and pros and cons. I’m feeling pretty excited about it now.

Friday afternoon we took the convertible out and discovered that the day turned out to be a cold and rainy one. I later heard on the news that it was the first substantial rain that Vegas has had since 2002 or somewhere close to that. It was an all day and night rain. We even ran into power outages that evening on our way home.

Friday after the conference we went to the Black Bear Diner for lunch. The food was excellent, though the the portions were so large we hated wasting so much. When you don’t have the ability to take leftovers back to a hotel it really is a shame.

Then we went to The Gun Store. We "turned money into noise, smoke, and fire" by renting a Thompson .45 caliber and an M-16. Both are automatic weapons and are money changers. We bought our budgeted amount of ammo and a pair of targets and let loose. It was a lot of fun to release tension after spending a morning in a Windows Vista session!

Finally, we visited the Titanic exhibit at the Tropicana Hotel. I had heard it was very moving and it certainly was just that.

We collapsed into the last night in our luxury suite.