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Here I am, finally in Las Vegas, and all I can say is: WOW! This town is completely over the top, and a total tribute to excess. I've never seen hotels so huge.... and the designs... YOW. Never thought I'd see a life size replica of the Eiffel Tower sticking out of the top of a hotel, or the Statue of Liberty wearing a jersey. The big thing now seems to be building a roller coaster into the hotel as well. But it doesn't stop there.... There seems to be slot machines everywhere. At the gas station, in 7-11, even the drug store has slot machines. And the pedestrian overpasses have escalators and elevators in them. I hit the strip about noon..... decided to just go down and check it out, and see what was going on... I must have walked about 10 miles, cuz my feet were pretty tired. I just went from casino to casino, and checked them out.... I started at the Luxor, and just worked my way down the strip. I thought about seeing the Blue Man Group at the Luxor (which looks like a giant pyramid, complete with life-size sphinx in front), but then came the ticket price ($75 + tax), and the fact that all that was left for seating was the last two rows.... No thanks. Then I thought about riding the roller coaster at New York, New York (which looks like a mish mash of the New York sky line), but that was $10.50. Screw that. Everything seems to be extremely expensive. So I decided to just walk around and check out the sights... I watched the fountain at Bellagio (which is unbelievably cool), watched the volcano erupt at the Mirage. I would have watched the show at Treasure Island, but I missed it by about 10 minutes. But then I saw the sign.... Krispy Kreme donuts... aaaaaaaaaaaah! My crack dealer has arrived. So I grabbed a couple and got my fix. I was getting tired of walking, so I decided to bail and find a place to stay for the night. Most of the hotels on the strip are like $100+ a night on weekends, so I opted for another lovely Motel 6 evening... but even they were $51.99 a night. So I checked in, and headed off to grab some food.... I decided to try an In-And-Out Burger.... which was DAMN good! Then I grabbed a shower, and put on some of the funky clothes... my plan was to go back to the club Sam and I had been to the night before. I drove around for about half an hour trying to find the place again, but I was so disoriented, and the streets are so weird, that I never did find it... So I opted to go back to the strip, and do a little drinking and gambling.. after all, this IS Las Vegas. I hit Paris first.... I got $20 worth of quarters, and sat down and played the quarter slot machines for about 2 hours..... at one point, I was up about $16, but my winnings dwindled to $3.25 by the time I decided to head out and try another casino. My next stop was Caesar's Palace... Every time I go by there I just picture Evel Knievel jumping over the fountain.. hahaha. The slots at Caesar's sucked me dry in nothing flat... so I ended up out $20. I decided that was enough and called it a night on the gambling... I grabbed a beer and just started walking. I like that you can walk down the street drinking a beer in Vegas, that is so cool. My next stop was Bally's.... I struck up a conversation with a cute chick that I met there.. we talked for a while, but I could see that it was going nowhere... so I bailed. I was starting to get tired, so I headed back to the car and called it a night... Originally my plan was to stay in Vegas one more day... but I got to looking at the map, and realized I had two 10+ hour days of driving to get home, *and* I wanted to throw Bryce Canyon in there somewhere as well... but there was no way I was gonna be able to make that happen. So instead, I decided to drop the Saturday night in Vegas... which sucks, cuz I woulda probably got laid if I stayed there another night.... and instead, I would spend the day at Bryce Canyon.... So in the morning, I'm off to Bryce.... can't wait! <<previous ----- <<schedule>> ----- next->> |
