9:20 PM
Just finished a terrific 2.5 hour steak dinner at the Echo & Rig Steakhouse in Tivoli Village (off the Strip). Are we headed out for some Vegas action? NOOOOOO! We're headed back to base camp.No problem. I am a patient man. OK, I'm not, but I will be, for now. Tomorrow we hit the Bellagio for lunch. Hopefully, after that I can bust this town wide open.
What most other BWI poster's pictures of their cross country trip w/ their wife look like:
It's bone dry in these parts. It takes its toll. Here is a 45 year old neighbor lady who never used sun screen.
Wow! I could wake up to that every morning.Looking outside my bedroom window I can see Mt. Charleston (nearly 12,000 feet high) with snow caps. Beautiful!
LOL! I totally missed the ankle bracelet because I was enamored with that magnificent keister.Uhhh is she wearing an ankle "bracelet"? and yes my eyes averted everything else.
True but it's still hot. There are no clouds and little shade. Of course, people are inside most of the time, so it's bearable.
You're in Vegas and you didn't have a Strip Steak? Actually, I think that means something different in Vegas.
MONDAY AM:
Headed to Bellagio soon. One difficult Vegas adjustment. 0% chance of rain since we've been here and nothing but clear blue skies through Thursday when we drive to Tucson to see more of my wife's family. The temperature there will be 98° Thurs and 100° Friday. The good thing is both days there is a chance of rain.... 1%.
Kidding! Just kidding!
More later.
They do that here?
Yeah. I had the misfortune of Yuma in August for some military testing at the proving grounds there. Hit 117-120 almost daily. I live in Florida, so it ain't like I'm not used to hot.....humidity or no humidity that was Just. Freakin. Brutal.
You're right. The timing is perfect!
Hopefully you used all of the slobber/drool to help swallow/digest your food. Any pics???Had lunch overlooking Bellagio pool.
Are the hosts dispensed by a slot machine? They must go through a lot of holy water there. I bet their weekly bingo game is a borefest. Maybe you should go, liven up your vacation.UPDATE 3
We started this Sunday with a trip to St Gabriel Catholic Church in Las Vegas. It is a Byzantine Catholic Church and, as I have noted previously on this board, my wife and I are Byzantine Catholic (similar to Orthodox in tradition, but led by the Pope). When we are on the road we always try to find a Byzantine church to attend. We ran into 2 other families from Pennsylvania who were also visiting. The mass, as expected, was the same as back home in Pittsburgh, with just a couple small local variations. This is the church. It is much smaller than ours back home, but just as welcoming.
As for the rest of the trip, it's been pretty much a snooze fest so far, literally and figuratively. After the show last night we drove around the strip and came home. My wife and I were still fighting jet lag and we needed an early start to make it to church today. Tonight we are hitting some fancy steak place and perhaps for the 1st time, a bit of gambling. Tomorrow is uncertain, but Tuesday is the Grand Canyon trip and Wednesday is Red Rock. I need to get some money down on both Penn State and Rutgers to win the National Championship. I figure the winner of the BIG RIVALRY game is a lock to win it all. I wish had more to report but it appears I left all the excitement back in Pittsburgh.
Set your oven at 125. Stick your head in. Tell me if it's hot.
Yes, terrific pics, but I can't show em'. It's a law or something in Vegas. What happens here stays here.
Ha! Comedy is all about timing and I wish I could claim it was done that way on purpose, but alas, it was not.
Just be careful if venturing out in the desert in anything resembling a Wagon Queen American Truckster.
Palm Springs? You're one of them rich guys ain't ya?
You'd better be drinking water like it's the "only beverage in town", else you might "shrivel up and die" and none of us want that to happen. Dasani and Osarka should be your best friends.Had lunch overlooking Bellagio pool.
Yes, terrific pics, but I can't show em'. It's a law or something in Vegas. What happens here stays here.
It, and the cash at the casinos, are two of the few "green" things I have found here.
It, and the cash at the casinos, are two of the few "green" things I have found here.
It, and the cash at the casinos, are two of the few "green" things I have found here.
Seriously GLOV, I have not gambled at all. We've been spending almost all of our time visiting with my wife's family. We saw a show, ate lunch at the Belagio, walked the strip, drove by the Gold & Silver Pawn Shop & Count's Kustoms, and have spent a lot of time eating, but not one minute gambling. Tomorrow we go to the Grand Canyon, Wednesday to Red Rock, and Thursday we're off to Tucson. I may leave this town without gambling at all. That would only matter because, like many, I feel I can win, yet I know the house always wins in the end.
