Got up and cleaned out the car top carrier due to all the dust from the desert areas. Walked down Fremont Street and went into a casino and played for a few minutes. Most of the machines are played with a card or cash and one security guard steered us to machines that took coins. I won some nickels but didn't count to see how much. We had fun playing those machines because you can actually hear the coins clanking when you win. Drove down to New York New York Hotel and Casino - as we are staying there tonight - and played a few machines.
Made a reservation for dinner at an Italian restaurant here in the hotel and then going to see the7:30 Cirque du Soleil Zumanity show.
Dave here. What a great day. This will be a mishmash of ideas I have been cultivating.
Utah. I have had enough of soil erosion. I think that one day Utah will just disappear off the map. The Arches, the Canyonlands, the Hoodoos at Bryce Canyon and the Zion Canyon are all the results of water erosion of sandstone. The vivid red, light gray, orange and purple colors are amazing. The horizon to horizon vistas are mindblowing. BUT enough is enough. After the first thousand Hoodoos (spires of eroded rock), I've had enough. Seen one magnificent, glorious, fabulous vista, seen'em all, I guess. That's a bit cynical. I get tired hiking uphill above 8ooo feet and then I just want to have a drink and a good dinner, to hell with the view. I must say that Zion is the most hospitable of the Utah parks. It is down on the fairly lush and cool canyon floor instead of on the arid top of the hot canyon looking down into the depths. Zion also allows no cars on the only road into the canyon and what a blessing that is. They ought to erect a monument to the person who banned the autos. The buses stop frequently where a short hike leads to something interesting.
Camping in Utah means a red dust dessert for dinner. The dust is almost like talcum powder. It gets into everything and stick to everthing including cracks where it does not belong if you get my drift. But normally we prefer our camping to motel stays. I slept in a tent for 6 months and went without a hot shower for nine months in Nam. Until now "camping" is not something I would ever do for fun. But our setup is the best I have ever experienced. We try to have a shower available somewhere but it's not a deal breaker as we discovered in Yellowstone. Our SUV tent is the best. We sleep tight in the car, nice and warm, on lots of foam, with the tent as our living room.
I am 150% winner in Las Vegas. I bet a dollar and won $150.
Getting ready to go for dinner before Cirque du Soleil, so further thoughts some other time.
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