What Money You Bring to Vegas Stays in Vegas
Tonight my husband and I arrived home from our annual pilgrimage to Sin City. We had a good time. I was able to check off two of my three objectives for the trip. We did eat at an In-n-Out Burger. The experience wasn't bad. I think their concept of having a limited menu is good; this restaurant probably represents what McDonald's or other fast food joints were in the early days http://www.in-n-out.com/. Second on the list: learn to play craps. Craps seems to be one of the most intimidating games in the casino. I'd done some basic reading on the subject and understood the basic essential: bet on the pass line. One morning after losing at blackjack I decided to throw the dice. There was no one else at the table. Craps is pretty lame when it's a party of one. However, on two other occasions I played a bit with a packed table of sweaty men frantically placing bets. Betting the pass line and adding odds, I converted $25 to $75, which helped to recover only marginally from my amassed losses. I played a little bit this morning, and only made $2 (but was happy not to lose). There was a woman at the table this morning who indicated she was trying to make up for her losses on the trip; she had lost $5,000, and only ended up a loser before she walked away to catch her plane. Third on the list: bowling at 3:00 a.m. Didn't happen.
One of the highlights of the trip was a drive out to the Valley of Fire State Park. Here we saw some spectacular vistas and rock formations. http://parks.nv.gov/vf.htm
Running in Vegas was great. I've never experienced the true benefit to running on a flat course, with the exception of a track. The flat topography makes a huge difference as I was able to average paces a minute faster than here in my eastern home, with little effort. For any runners travelling to Vegas, I would highly recommend staying at the Las Vegas Hilton http://www.lvhilton.com/ . There's nice loop around the hotel that's just a little over 2 miles. I did a couple of loops around the hotel convention center area. There's also a small track on the complex that's somewhere around 3/4 of a mile in length.
We had some interesting experiences in Las Vegas. One was being seated next to a homeless man in an IHOP restaurant. After taking our order and walking away, the waitress moved us to another location to make us more comfortable. She indicated that they were trying to figure out how to "deal with the situation." The man was still there, in a different booth with his bag of plastic bags and a walkman drinking coffee. At this same IHOP there was a ragged looking couple in the throes of a heated argument. We also some a woman abandon a red suitcase on the side of the road. We figure she had stolen the suitcase and was ditching it there; her stolen possessions were carefully tucked under her shirt. She looked suspicious dragging a suitcase particularly because there weren't any hotels in the area.
My husband posed the question of whether gambling degraded human morality. My initial response was no, but that the accompanying vices of alcohol and debauchery were problematic. Now I'm not so sure.
One of the highlights of the trip was a drive out to the Valley of Fire State Park. Here we saw some spectacular vistas and rock formations. http://parks.nv.gov/vf.htm
Running in Vegas was great. I've never experienced the true benefit to running on a flat course, with the exception of a track. The flat topography makes a huge difference as I was able to average paces a minute faster than here in my eastern home, with little effort. For any runners travelling to Vegas, I would highly recommend staying at the Las Vegas Hilton http://www.lvhilton.com/ . There's nice loop around the hotel that's just a little over 2 miles. I did a couple of loops around the hotel convention center area. There's also a small track on the complex that's somewhere around 3/4 of a mile in length.
We had some interesting experiences in Las Vegas. One was being seated next to a homeless man in an IHOP restaurant. After taking our order and walking away, the waitress moved us to another location to make us more comfortable. She indicated that they were trying to figure out how to "deal with the situation." The man was still there, in a different booth with his bag of plastic bags and a walkman drinking coffee. At this same IHOP there was a ragged looking couple in the throes of a heated argument. We also some a woman abandon a red suitcase on the side of the road. We figure she had stolen the suitcase and was ditching it there; her stolen possessions were carefully tucked under her shirt. She looked suspicious dragging a suitcase particularly because there weren't any hotels in the area.
My husband posed the question of whether gambling degraded human morality. My initial response was no, but that the accompanying vices of alcohol and debauchery were problematic. Now I'm not so sure.
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