Hole in the Desert

I ended up surviving Vegas. After all the hype I was sorely disappointed. It was like a giant expensive carnival. I really don't see the point. I had my fill (within the first night) and have no need to go back.

We left for San Diego around 2pm on Sunday and arrived about 7:00. The traffic was pretty bad on the strip so it took us about 20min to get to our hotel. I used Priceline to get our hotel which was "The New Frontier" a rundown place with a country western theme. The first thing I had to do when arriving in the room was kill a moth.

We didn't waste anytime and jumped into our evening clothes for a night on the town. NO plan we just went ahead. We went looking for something to eat, went in and out of Treasure Island, and then ended up at the Mirage where we ate at a deli. Problem with the deli was that the sandwiches were too big. We decided to split a BLT which must have had a pound of bacon on it. We had to take most of it off.

We then stopped at a little bar that had live music and we got drinks. When the music ended we decided to leave. We walked down the strip for a ways and ended up at the Bilagio where we found a dance club where you could keep your seat if you went up to dance. We really liked this place and stayed there until it closed at 1pm.

The next day we got breakfast at Treasure Island then proceeded to go casino hopping. We started with the Wynn and headed down the strip stopping at The Venetian, Paris, and New York. This absolutly sucked as there was nothing to do, the casinos were repetative, boring and fake. You were constantly harassed by sales people, and guys passing out escort cards not to mention the constant advertising. By the time we got back to the hotel we were exhausted and miserable. We took a 4 hour nap.

When we woke up we decided to see a show. Stephanie wasn't particular so I chose one called "Bite" which had vampires. We walked down to the Stratosphere, payed to go up the elevator, come back down grabbed something to eat and saw the show which was fun and silly.

The next day we grabbed some Starbucks and hauled ass out of town. Vegas makes itself out to be money but it felt like an overpriced circus or carnival. Even the expensive casinos had a trailer trash feel to them. Overall the evenings were more fun than the days with the dancing and the show being a lot of fun and everything else sucking.