Oh, the adventures of Vegas are sometimes quite amusing.  Coming into Vegas on Friday afternoon for the NPC USAs, I met up with Lonnie Teper and Sherri Goggins, who happened to have been on the same plane as I was. The plan was to have Isaac Hinds pick us up, who was also bringing the lovely and spicy Dina Al-Sabah to join us, and get a bite to eat.

But Sherri asked us to give her a ride to her hotel, and since Sherri’s stunning physique dazzled us, we agreed. However, what we didn’t know is that the hotel she was staying at (Courtyard Marriot) was not the one close to the venue. The address said Industrial Road. So 30 minutes later, and three wrong turns later, we finally got to the street, only to find out that the hotel was not there, but on Dean Martin Road, the new name of the south part of Industrial Road.

Lonnie Teper, IFBB Figure Pro Dina Al-Sabah and Ron Avidan.

Of course, we went down The Strip, which was packed, and full of people and lots of new construction. In the front of the small tiny rental car was Isaac and Dina. In the back was LT on one side, myself on the other, and Sherri in the middle. Thus, another 30 minutes down the strip, we finally found Dean Martin road, but as soon as we crossed the freeway and got within 100 feet of the hotel, Isaac made a wrong left turn, right back onto the freeway, and another 5 miles out of the way.  20 minutes later, after lots of cursing, we got to the hotel, and dropped Sheri off.  What should have been a 10 minutes drive took way more than an hour.

Finally, we stopped and got a bite to eat. As for the Muscle Milk bars, we couldn’t leave this new Banana Yogurt flavor in the 100+ degrees! So in it came with us. Truth be told, some of the most interesting conversations took place in that car, but those stories were just between us 5!