Travelling to Vegas this morning was a bit of an adventure as my coms is still not working. Pity, as we had visited the company the other day and told them how great it was ha ha Anyway hand gestures and shoulder tapping with a little bit of shouting. Worked OK we missed a turn and ended up not going out to Lake Arrowhead or Big Bear Lake as intended BUT this ended up being a good thing because some wooden scaffolding being used for road works caught fire this must have happened just after we passed Victorville. And the I15 was closed for 2 days. Phew we got through!!!
It was a fairly cool start and after we missed our diversion we stopped at a Maccas on the highway for a hot cuppa to warm up a bit and ran into a whole lot of people walking the Pacific Crest Trail (PCT) it winds through the USA from Mexico to Canada along the crest of the mountains it takes 6 months to walk. One of the girls doing the PCT is an Aussie, Ella from Canberra. They have stopped in at Maccas for breakfast they all look sooo tired and dirty ha ha I don't think I could do it for 6 nights let alone 6 months!!!! One guy's shirt could stand up on it's own I reckon due to the congealed sweat that is where his pack sits yuk!
We wish them well and keep going.
We stop at a service station for petrol and have Taco Bell for lunch.
We arrive in Vegas mid afternoon it's blowing a gale!!! Our hotel is straight across the road from Circus Circus (we stayed there in 2000). We settle in Dave goes to get some beer and then has a nap and I update the blog.
We walk up the strip a bit to have a look around and try to decide what we might eat and then what we might do tomorrow.
Walking along the strip are lots of people all drinking humongous cocktails with huge long straws sticking out of them. It's Cinco de Mayo (basically Mexican equivalent of July 4th). Trying to choose a place to eat is really hard. On the way up the strip the Mirage 'volcano' goes off it's pretty cool and there are hundreds of people around the lake watching. We wanted to go to Outback Steakhouse but there was a 20 minute wait so we kept walking and came to a beer & burger restaurant near The Venetian (there are gondolas in the canal out the front it's quiet and they have a table now) it's not a cheap meal but it's tasty and quick. We walk up the ramp to Madam Tussauds to have a look but it's 5 minutes past 9 and they are closed we will probably go there tomorrow. Then we walk further up the strip and go on the High Roller (world's highest ferris wheel) it's amazing and all the lights of Vegas look so great from up there. On the way back to our hotel David suggests we go to buy our Human Nature tickets for tomorrow night and on the way to Madam Tussauds I had seen a ticket desk so we went up there.
The guy at the desk says "Hi what show do you want to see?" and we tell him and he says "what would you say if I said I could give you those tickets for $10 each with free dinner AND a free lunch?"
He said all we had to do was give him $50 and attend a presentation that would take 2-3 hours of our time. So we agreed....I was a bit nervous but $10 Human Nature tickets sounded good.
Just walking back to our room is an experience as there are sooo many beggars on the streets. Each has their own unique way to beg some are hilarious (the guy dressed as cupid complete with little bow & arrow, the guy holding as sign saying "kick me in the nuts for $1 no cup"), some honest holding signs such as "I need money for weed" and some just sad one man who is obviously high/drunk shadow boxing and talking loudly about how good he is and we should give him money for the 'show'. We cannot give any of them money because give money to one and they all look at you like lost puppies it's so sad.
Our room is comfortable but noisy so earplugs are a must.
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| remember this kids? |
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| our room in Vegas |
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| David found the 'peice of resistance' in the bike ha ha |
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