Now I'm really starting to feel it, you know. I mean it's warm and sunny and I'm loving that, but I'm starting to feel like I need to go home and chill for a bit. But there was still more to see, and I suppose there is always more to see in Vegas (and I mean this in a purely innocent way, okay?), and never enough time. Especially for me, there's never enough energy. I don't want to try one of those Red Bull things.
We started off with breakfast at Kahunaville by the TI pool. Nice to sit outside among the palm trees, which I liked so much I wish I could have brought some home with me. No I did not have a margarita with breakfast. Too early for me, but let me be clear that it wasn't too early for everyone. I suspect some people can't do Vegas without a drink in their hand at all times. And a cigarette in another.
Then it was across the street to check out Wynn's. The owner is Steve Wynn, builder of the Bellagio, another spectacular hotel which he recently sold. There's a lot of palms and pines and a giant water feature infront of the hotel that make it seem very exotic. There's apparently a fabulous golf course behind it that you either have to pay 500$$ a round for, or be a current or former President of the U.S. The hotel itself has this bronze colour which looks stunning. They had a guy with a mirror to look under cars at the entrance, as well as a guy holding back two german shepherds. As I've mentioned before, security is now serious business in the U.S.
Wynn's sports a Ferrari-Maserati dealership inside the hotel which you have to line up to get into. I touched a 1.9 million dollar car for probably the first and only time in my life. So you know cars don't really do it for me, but just the idea that someone would buy a car while in Las Vegas, especially such a luxury one, is just stunning to think about. There are actually some people out there for whom this seems like a reasonable afternoon purchase while on vacation. Amazing.
So then we headed down the strip to Bellagio's to chill out on the "Via Bellagio" while overlooking their luxurious looking pools. The Bellagio is the only resort I can remember that actually puts seating out for people that isn't part of a restaurant or anything. I mean what's up with that? On the maps, it doesn't look like there's much distance between casinos, but on the ground it's a different story. And then you get lost in them, which causes you to spend more time on your feet. I guess it's just another ploy to get you gamble, just to get off your feet.
We had dinner at an outside bar at Caesars after Nancy lost some money at a blackjack table in Bellagio's casino. As I sat beside a little person while she was doing this (which is I guess the appropriate term for midget? Vertically challenged? I dunno, but for the record, I'm trying not to be offensive hear) and watched people go by pushing strollers with one hand and drinking beer in the other. Kind of felt like a Twin Peaks sort of moment.
To close off, before heading back to the hotel and the airport, we checked out the Bellagio fountains one more time. *Sigh* Nancy was still on her gambling high, and it was getting close to 8:30 or so.
By the way, the airport in Vegas has tons of slot machines. If you have an addiction problem, it's definitely not the place to be. And while you're on the moving sidewalks there, you hear announcements from everyone from Wayne Newton to Debbie Reynolds advising you to keep to the left if you're not walking to allow the walkers to pass.
Las Vegas is very surreal.
Ah yes, and my grand total of winnings is $62.50. And because I'm not a fan of gambling, I'll also point out that the downside is I lost about $10.00. The lesson is cash out when you win.
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