Vegas ...Week One
Well, it was sprinkling and cold when we arrived. About 30 degrees under normal...stayed that way pretty much all week.
Had some trouble with our reservation, apparently they double booked our grassy area site and we had to have a plain spot for our first two nights. It was plain cement but really close to the dog park, so wasn’t too bad.
(Funny thing---there are two small birds that must have a nest in the tree beside the dog park, because every time we go they dive bomb Buffy. I had a video but it wouldn't post here.)
Then, two days after they moved us to our reserved site, a security guard knocked on the door and told me I wasn’t supposed to be there. Luckily, I still had my reservation confirmation email and my reservation number. The girl at the RV desk was different from the ones we’d worked with before and was on the phone with the front desk still trying to get us to move...she asked me in a pissy voice if I wanted to ‘talk to the manager’ and I said ‘I absolutely want to talk to the manger.” About ten seconds later we got the okay to stay at our site.
We’d already had to find a new RV park for our last three nights because at the last minute they decided to close down for a week to repave the RV park...and that overlapped our reservation by three nights. So, I was already a bit disinclined to be agreeable.
There was some kind of giant outdoor event concert going on next door. For our first two days, people in weird clothes (weirder than normal) have been walking up and down the strip. Most in fish net and sequins (even the guys). I usually had my hands full or just wasn't in a good position to get photos. I got this one but it's by far not the strangest. I almost got a shot of a guy in a black net dress and silver platforms but the people behind him blocked everything except the shoes. There is also a new indoor Beach Club at the Wynn Encore. It was kind of funny to see people in bikinis and beach wear walking toward it down the strip in 50 degree weather. I'd hate to think how cold they will be walking back to their hotel wet.
There was some kind of giant outdoor event concert going on next door. For our first two days, people in weird clothes (weirder than normal) have been walking up and down the strip. Most in fish net and sequins (even the guys). I usually had my hands full or just wasn't in a good position to get photos. I got this one but it's by far not the strangest. I almost got a shot of a guy in a black net dress and silver platforms but the people behind him blocked everything except the shoes. There is also a new indoor Beach Club at the Wynn Encore. It was kind of funny to see people in bikinis and beach wear walking toward it down the strip in 50 degree weather. I'd hate to think how cold they will be walking back to their hotel wet.
Bob played golf two days so far..it
was way too windy to play the other days (and chilly). I did get a lot of
walking in, ten miles just the first day counting the dog walks.
I walked to the Stratosphere 
for the very first time ever, it was too far from where we always stayed before and for some reason it didn't occur to me last year to walk over (maybe a half mile or a little more). I took Buffy with me the first time...I took her stroller along so she could go inside (and in the gift shop on the way) with me. I liked the way it looked so I took her back to the RV and walked back to play the slots a little. I had one of the only good hits so far this week there.
for the very first time ever, it was too far from where we always stayed before and for some reason it didn't occur to me last year to walk over (maybe a half mile or a little more). I took Buffy with me the first time...I took her stroller along so she could go inside (and in the gift shop on the way) with me. I liked the way it looked so I took her back to the RV and walked back to play the slots a little. I had one of the only good hits so far this week there.
I’ve walked most of the strip, one side at a time, although I still have a few casinos to hit that I bypassed before... I also, only got one visit in at the Coke store so far, but,I'll be back.
I really love just walking around the casinos, maybe play a few dollars here and there. It's fun, plus, I got lots of exercise because dozens of the escalators and moving walkways are down. It seemed that at least one was out in almost every hotel...the Excalibur alone had four walkways (including the really long one at the entrance) and one escalator out...
Today is supposed to be the last day of cold weather, looks like at least the seventies tomorrow so hopefully it will be more pleasanter out for walking...
Want to spend a little more time exploring the Circus Circus hotel...spent very little time inside last year...there’s really a lot to see and do...
They have free circus arts going under the big top off and on all day...there’s a stadium or you can see them from parts of the casino...more later...
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