So we were in Vegas. I had booked our room that morning at the Stratosphere and check in wasn’t much of a problem. Finding our room was only slightly complicated. But we did find it. It was an okay room. The view was of a stairwell, but we didn’t come for the view.
We walked down the strip for a bit before we realised that the Strat is pretty far awy from any of the cool hotels. We decided to call it a night. In the morning I got up early and went to the temple. I think that gave me some small measure of protection against the city.
When I got back we decided to use our complimentary tickets to the top of the tower. This is somewhat different from the Calgary tower because the Strat, at 108 stories, is actually alot taller than any of the nearby buildings.
We decided to have lunch while were up there. It was a pretty nice restaurant so I felt a little underdressed, but whatever. The food was good.
We bought tickets to take ‘The Deuce’ around the strip all day. This was important because the temperature in the shade was 110F (43C). But it was a dry heat, which just meant you had to drink alot, and stay indoors as much as possible. I wanted to jump in here, but the water was probably gross. We saw many casinos. Went shopping at a number of places, and ate, I don’t remember where.
So figuring we had to see at least one show while in Vegas, we decided that “the Blue Man Group” was the most interesting. They have Arrested Development at least in part to thank for our decision. The bonus was that the tickets came with admission to the Wax Museum.
That is my Hat on the wax figure of Patrick Stewart. Sonja was excited that she also had that hat on her head.
Ryan Seacrest looked more real than the one on TV. Hmm. And I think Simon really liked me. Look at him – he’s almost smiling.
Blueman Group was awesome. If you ever get a chance – go. I obviously couldn’t take pictures of the show (on threat of ejector seat). But I took this after. I don’t know who that other guy is.
We also tried to catch the free show at Treasure Island. But it was cancelled. Now what happens in Vegas Stays in Vegas, but what happened after might be called a mob. And I may have given someone a black eye, and I may have had to jump off a platform to escape. We’ll leave it at that.
We went back to the Strat. To fulfill a promise I fed $1 into a slot machine. It ate it. It was very anticlimactic.
The next morning as we headed out of town, we stopped to look at the rest of the Strip. It was mostly uninteresting.
1 comment:
Vegas is always a little fun - more alive at night than at noon, and amazing (cheap) buffets...you don't have much of an excuse if you leave Vegas hungry. The other odd thing I remember about Vegas was it turned out to be cheaper to stay at the Tropicana (on the Strip) than it was to stay at the Motel 6! That's my two bits anyway.
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