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Spring Training

10 years ago we got to experience this tournament with Douglas and had a ton of fun.  I was excited when Mason's team decided to go.  However, the price of the hotel ($200 per night), airfare ($300 per person) and rental car ($400) was giving me heartburn so we decided to drive. The plan was to leave Wednesday at lunchtime and drive all the way through so Mason could go to school for half of the day.  The weather did not cooperate so we decided to leave Tuesday after school to avoid an incoming snow storm.  We made it to Vegas. We didn't have a reservation so we grabbed a cheap room on Hotels.com.  It was the Fiesta in Henderson for $30 plus a $20 resort fee.  We asked for a King bed and Mason agreed to sleep on the air mattress we brought for this very reason.  When we got to our room we were grossed out to find the garbage overflowing, bed sheets all a mess and used towels laying on the bathroom floor.  Needless to say, we requested a di...