Life Day 21394: Las Vegas Strip
On the 4th, I was greeted with a pleasant surprise when finally I went online to check my e-mail. My brother, Don, arrived last night at the Rio. I called him immediately to let him know that I too had arrived in town yesterday and was at the Wild, Wild West, about a mile away. I went over to pick him up, then we went to the Palace Station for dinner. We ate at the Grand Cafe, because they have some of the best Chinese food i've found in Vegas. We both ordered the Combination Dinner. He had his with Sweet and Sour Pork, and I had mine with Mongolian Beef. After dinner, we drove back to the Rio and malingered in the Casino for a while. Neither of us gamble much, so we strolled around, watched a few of the "free" shows, and played a little $1.00 Keno. Last of the "big spenders". About 2200 I went back to the WWW, after arranging to meet him there for breakfast.
On the 5th, Don came by at 0800. We went in to the WWW to eat. We both had the $.99 breakfast special, plus I had a $1.49 French Toast & Sausage special and Don ordered the $1.49 pancake special. We both also ordered Hot Tea. Total bill, $9.81. It was more than we could eat. After breakfast we went shopping. I had a list of 4 things that I needed and he needed a spray bottle. First stop was Wally World. I bought a spray bottle and a belt-clip holster for my cell phone. Don bought his spray bottle as well. I also needed a retractable leash for Wolfie, and an extra battery for my camera. Wally World was out of retractable leashes in Wolfie's size and didn't carry the battery. Next, we went to PetSmart for the leash. We decided to walk to Ultimate Electronics about 1/2 a block from PetSmart. They were closed, so we walked across the street to Circuit City and bought the battery there. Then back to the WWW. We "geeked" in Don's RV until about 1530, then decided to go checkout The Strip. We correctly figured that with everyone else on Planet Earth watching the Super Bowl, it would be a good time. We walked across the freeway from the WWW on Tripicana and went to the MGM Grand.
We watched the Lion Cubs at play for a while, then went to the Monorail Station. We bought Day Passes. We rode to the next stop which is Bally's/Paris Station and disembarked. Nothing in Bally's grabbed our interest, but Paris was another matter.
On the left is, naturally, a replica of the Eiffel Tower and on the right is a fountain at it's base. After leaving Paris we took the Monorail to the Flamingo Station.
On the left is a picture of the outside entrance to the Flamingo Monorail Station. It looks as though it is a direct route, but it isn't. It takes you straight for a ways, then puts you into and through the shopping and gambling portions of the Casino before letting you get to the Monorail. How Tacky!! Every Station is exactly like that. I found nowhere that you can access the Monorail without being led through a Casino. The picture on the right is a Parrot that we walked by in the Flamingo. After we left the Flamingo, we boarded the Monorail again and rode it to it's northern terminus, then came back to Harrah's. Here we ate dinner at the Buffet. It was quite good for the money.
After dinner, we strolled toward the Mirage in hopes of catching the Volcano eruption. We had to wait for about 45 minutes, but it was worth it. The crowd was small because of the Super Bowl. Above left is a picture of the Mirage before the eruption and above right is brother Don waiting for the "show". The other 4 are of the 'eruption.
After the "show" we walked down The Strip toward the Belliago in hopes of catching the Fountain Show there. As we walked by Ceasars Palace I took the above pictures. On the left is the "street" view of the entrance and on the right is some statuary around the perimeter. Also along the way, I took the picture (below left) of the Eiffel Tower lit up in full resplendency.
We missed the Fountain Show by about 5 minutes, so we once again took the Monorail, this time to it's southern terminus at the MGM Grand. The remaining 3 pictures were taken from the pedestrian bridge that crosses Las Vegas Blvd (The Strip). Above right is the Excaliber Casino. Lower left is the MGM Lion (hence the lion cubs shown earlier, duh). Finally, lower right is the New York, New York skyline.
At this point, we were both exhausted and the MMM had been neglected for over 5 hours (bad daddy), so we called it a night and walked back to the WWW and went to bed.
On the 5th, Don came by at 0800. We went in to the WWW to eat. We both had the $.99 breakfast special, plus I had a $1.49 French Toast & Sausage special and Don ordered the $1.49 pancake special. We both also ordered Hot Tea. Total bill, $9.81. It was more than we could eat. After breakfast we went shopping. I had a list of 4 things that I needed and he needed a spray bottle. First stop was Wally World. I bought a spray bottle and a belt-clip holster for my cell phone. Don bought his spray bottle as well. I also needed a retractable leash for Wolfie, and an extra battery for my camera. Wally World was out of retractable leashes in Wolfie's size and didn't carry the battery. Next, we went to PetSmart for the leash. We decided to walk to Ultimate Electronics about 1/2 a block from PetSmart. They were closed, so we walked across the street to Circuit City and bought the battery there. Then back to the WWW. We "geeked" in Don's RV until about 1530, then decided to go checkout The Strip. We correctly figured that with everyone else on Planet Earth watching the Super Bowl, it would be a good time. We walked across the freeway from the WWW on Tripicana and went to the MGM Grand.
We watched the Lion Cubs at play for a while, then went to the Monorail Station. We bought Day Passes. We rode to the next stop which is Bally's/Paris Station and disembarked. Nothing in Bally's grabbed our interest, but Paris was another matter.
On the left is, naturally, a replica of the Eiffel Tower and on the right is a fountain at it's base. After leaving Paris we took the Monorail to the Flamingo Station.
On the left is a picture of the outside entrance to the Flamingo Monorail Station. It looks as though it is a direct route, but it isn't. It takes you straight for a ways, then puts you into and through the shopping and gambling portions of the Casino before letting you get to the Monorail. How Tacky!! Every Station is exactly like that. I found nowhere that you can access the Monorail without being led through a Casino. The picture on the right is a Parrot that we walked by in the Flamingo. After we left the Flamingo, we boarded the Monorail again and rode it to it's northern terminus, then came back to Harrah's. Here we ate dinner at the Buffet. It was quite good for the money.
After dinner, we strolled toward the Mirage in hopes of catching the Volcano eruption. We had to wait for about 45 minutes, but it was worth it. The crowd was small because of the Super Bowl. Above left is a picture of the Mirage before the eruption and above right is brother Don waiting for the "show". The other 4 are of the 'eruption.
After the "show" we walked down The Strip toward the Belliago in hopes of catching the Fountain Show there. As we walked by Ceasars Palace I took the above pictures. On the left is the "street" view of the entrance and on the right is some statuary around the perimeter. Also along the way, I took the picture (below left) of the Eiffel Tower lit up in full resplendency.
We missed the Fountain Show by about 5 minutes, so we once again took the Monorail, this time to it's southern terminus at the MGM Grand. The remaining 3 pictures were taken from the pedestrian bridge that crosses Las Vegas Blvd (The Strip). Above right is the Excaliber Casino. Lower left is the MGM Lion (hence the lion cubs shown earlier, duh). Finally, lower right is the New York, New York skyline.
At this point, we were both exhausted and the MMM had been neglected for over 5 hours (bad daddy), so we called it a night and walked back to the WWW and went to bed.
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