I just got back from Las Vegas, took my daughter there to have a
treat during her break. We had a busy 3 days, went to a tour of Hoover
Dam, a tour of Red Rock (breathtaking desert and hills, just 20 minutes
away from Las Vegas.

We Saw two Cirque De Soleil shows - O, the water show, and LOVE, the
beatles musical - both were amazing.

I finally got the chance to go to the Neon Sign museum just outside of
the strip - lots of old Casino signs retained after the Casinos were
long gone.

It had been a long time since I stayed in a Vegas Casino, the price for
food and sundries were absurd! $9 for a can of sparking water, or a
bagel, or a beer?

On the casino floors, there are very few places to sit without spending
money! All of the chairs/benches are either at restaurants, at gambling
tables, or in front of slot machines.

Thankfully, we don't take trips like this often.

We did end up clearing $20 playing slot machines while waiting for a
dinner reservation.

My dogs were boarded at a kennel and were *glad* to be back home. They
slept most of the day yesterday. We're glad to be in a smoke-free
habitat again.





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|13On |11Saturday,April 08, 2023 at 07:15 AM, |14Poindexter Fortran(21:4/122)|13 wrote:|07

|11pF|09> |10I just got back from Las Vegas, took my daughter there to have a|07
|11pF|09> |10treat during her break. We had a busy 3 days, went to a tour of Hoover|07
|11pF|09> |10Dam, a tour of Red Rock (breathtaking desert and hills, just 20 minutes|07
|11pF|09> |10away from Las Vegas.|07
Hoover Damn is so interesting - always loved that tour. Plus the Art Deco interior!


|11pF|09> |07
|11pF|09> |10I finally got the chance to go to the Neon Sign museum just outside of|07
|11pF|09> |10the strip - lots of old Casino signs retained after the Casinos were|07
|11pF|09> |10long gone.|07
When I get back that way I need to check that out. I'm not much of a gambler, but love museums and history like that!


|11pF|09> |07
|11pF|09> |10It had been a long time since I stayed in a Vegas Casino, the price for|07
|11pF|09> |10food and sundries were absurd! $9 for a can of sparking water, or a|07
|11pF|09> |10bagel, or a beer?|07

Yeah, it's a racket. Last time I went in 2018 I ended up paying $28 for a drink -- one single, solitary drink. That was the first and last time that happened. From then on it was Walgreens and bottled water and soda.

Vegas used to be where you could go have a good time, gamble if you wanted to, and it wasn't very expensive. Nowadays, they are like every other tourist trap in they want to extract the maximum $$$ from each person with very little in return. You can't even get a cheap meal there nowadays.


|11pF|09> |10We did end up clearing $20 playing slot machines while waiting for a|07
|11pF|09> |10dinner reservation.|07

At least you walked away with something!

|12DMX|09Rob|07
|11Off the Wall Since |14'88|07

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