And it was an eye-opener. Never in my life have I seen anything like it. 4 days there feels like 10 here.
New York New York wasn’t as impressive for me as they thought it was. Caesar’s Palace was impressive. The Mirage was ok. Luxor, with the exception of how it was built, not so hot. I can’t remember all we went to.
We saw the outside shows at Bellagio, The Mirage & Treasure Island. We went through The Forum Shops in Caesars Palace. We went through the Space Needle copy cat. (I can’t remember the name of it.)
We went to Hoover Dam. The front side of it when the temperature was over 105, we were walking the concrete on the top part. We went on a paddle boat cruise to see the dam from the water, on the same day. We went to the M&M Store. All 4 floors of it. Then the Coca-Cola Store. That one only had 2 floors. We walked up & down the Strip a bit, going from one casino to the next. We went to Fremont St, which was a trip. The largest outside television is there. Chris was going to do the zip line but the line waiting was over a block long. He didn’t want to wait. And we did a lot of people watching. From regular run of the mill tourists to Madame Floosie with her coterie of up & coming floosies, in their 5″ heels & skirts so short their “assets” were almost hid.
The “normal” things done there like gambling & lots of drinking? I spent $5.00 on a machine playing Black Jack. Less than an hour & I was down the five, so I stopped. Chris had a drink on the boat on Wednesday & then at the outside show at Treasure Island on Saturday. I didn’t drink at all. The thing we did the least of was sleep.
We stayed at the Red Rock Casino/Hotel/Spa. This place was beautiful. It had the normal casino, but it also included separate rooms for Keno, Bingo & betting on various sporting events. It had a 60 lane bowling alley & a 16 screen movie theater. Restaurants went from 4 or 5 star to Starbucks. It had everything. It wasn’t on the Strip which was nice. It was ‘populated’ more by locals than tourists. On Thursday, Chris’ birthday, we saw a girl who used to work at the Hard Rock Casino & was on the television show “Rehab at the Hard Rock”. He recognized her, then followed her to her area at the pool, with his friend Chris, to see if she would let him have a picture with her since it was his birthday. She did & it’s now on his Facebook page. She was really sweet about it. She also made his day.
He & I can now say we’ve been to Las Vegas & the sayings on the t-shirts are true. What happens in Vegas doesn’t stay in Vegas, it goes on Facebook.
I need a nap.
