The drive through the rest of Utah was a pretty boring one. There was one exception. We drove through 2 different "speed limit test zones". There were each about 15-20 miles long and here is the test....
That made me pretty excited! Hopefully the test run works and they start raising speed limits across the country.
We drove until right before lunch time and stopped in St. George, UT for lunch.
Jimmy John's has an awesome sandwich if you have never had one. Kathleen discovered it on her last trip to SLC and likes it because you can get your sandwich wrapped in lettuce instead of bread. She needs gluten free so that works great for her.
At the end of Utah, before you hit Nevada, you drive through a small portion of Arizona.
In that small piece of Arizona, you drive through a place called the Virgin River Gorge. I don't know the story behind it, but it pretty neat. Here are a few pictures of it.
Arizona was about 20-30 minutes or so and then we saw this one.
I guess that's an old prospector on the sign. Who knows?
Well, not too long later we finally could see the city. Beautiful Las Vegas.
We had a room for the night at the Tuscany. Nice hotel, real cheap, and right off the strip behind where Bally's is. We checked in and checked out the casino there for a bit. We signed up for a players card and used up some free slot play. I ended up cashing out $15 for nothing. Nice. We then decided to go to downtown Vegas for the afternoon and early evening and then we would be able to do the strip later at night. I taught Kathleen paigow on the way, so we were anxious to try out her skills on the tables. We found a $5 table at Binion's and played there for a bit until we met the part of the Las Vegas 51s staff that runs the show. Kathleen had about 5 pina coladas by then so was feeling pretty good. We ended up going to the Golden Nugget, the 51s visiting team hotel, for some drinks at Vic and Anthony's Steakhouse. A few drinks later we decided since we were there, we might as well eat.
Delicious steak and the biggest asparagus I have ever had! Thanks Denise! After dinner, we walked around the hotel a bit and looked at the pool. They have a water slide there that goes through a shark tank right next to the pool! I gotta stay there one time to try that pool. There are some tables right next to the pool too.
Denise took off and Kathleen and I hit up downtown again. We ended up playing paigow at Binion's more and took a break every hour to watch the Freemont Street Experience show above us. I'll post those another time. I also talked to a guy who was filling the time interviewing people and showing it above the people as well. Here are a few pics of downtown Vegas.
We found this thing that puts you in the crowd at Woodstock.
And finally, can't leave Vegas without a pic with a showgirl!
The camera ended up dead with all the video I took of the shows above us. After we left downtown, we walked over to the strip and walked around there a little bit. We finished up the night playing mini paigow at the Flamingo. Kathleen got lucky, but I couldn't hit anything! We finally headed back to our hotel about 1:00. I went to bed, but Kathleen hit up the Tuscany casino for a few more hours. She decided to take advantage of the short time in Vegas. I decided to take advantage of the Tuscany beds.
Next stop....Phoenix
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