60.

XmasVegas will be my trip number 60, all time.

It's been a ride, man. 60 trips in 15 years. Average of 4 trips a year. I've been up and down the strip and have stayed at almost every major resort that isn't an abject dump, including a few that aren't even there anymore. Riviera, Mirage, Tropicana, via con Dios. I've lost around $30K just at MGM resorts in that time, and probably another $30K at all the other resorts. I've stayed in 300 sq. ft. closets and 1800 sq. ft. palaces. I've eaten $150 steaks and McDonald's Quarter Pounders. I've had elegant, crafted cocktails and Coors Lights. It was all (mostly) a blast.

60 trips is a milestone, but I have no intention of slowing down. I still get pretty much all my rocks off on Vegas trips, no other destination ticks all the boxes of proximity and ease of travel, great accommodations, action, drinks, food, gambles, and (very) occasional flirtation with female women persons. I still have no desire to go sit on a beach and read a book. None. Maybe I'll get there but for me relaxation comes from exhaustion, not recharging.

I intend to continue to ride the dragon's tail 3-4 times a year until my body or my financial situation says "no". Hopefully that will be long from now, possibly when I'm in the grave. If I go out sitting at a chair at Rematch with Caesars in the background watching scantily clad girls walk by, with a nose full of gank and an empty wallet, it will be a good way to go.

67 days to 60.