Vegas!

Just returned from our vacation out west - Las Vegas, the Grand Canyon and Zion National Park.
I have not been out in that area since I was 2, so of course, remember very little.Las Vegas, was, well, Las Vegas.I was reading a statistic that says that only 13% of people who visit Las Vegas say they are going to gamble, but over 80% actually do gamble while there.Well, I am proud to say we were in the less than 20% who did not.I don't know, it just doesn't interest me.The slot machines are loud and annoying and it seems so seedy to sit there and just plunk money into a loosing endeavor.Anyway, we stayed in the downtown area on Fremont Street - not on the Strip.Fremont Street has all of the old casinos - looks like they haven't been renovated since the 1970's.Our hotel had missing buttons on the elevators and just overall doddy-looking walls/rooms/doors.The Fremont Street experience was something else too...We did visit the Strip to check out some of the more famous casino/hotels.I think our favorite was the Venetian, with the Luxor followed closely behind.We saw a Cirque du Soleil show, "Mystere", which was pretty amazing!I'm not at all a circus person (although now that I think about, it I know very few people who are - most people are freaked out by clowns and the like), but this was pure art, a spectacular show, imaginative and awe-inspiring choreography, fabulous costumes...I hope they come to Philly soon, because I will definitely go check them out again.
The only downside was that I got sick/some sort of food poisoning the last day.At least it happened then, and not, say, when we were hiking the GC.So, P and I ended up something we have never done and that I would never do in a healthy state do - stay in bed all day, watching TV and sleeping.There was something kind of nice about it, in spite of being sick.I won't ever do something like that healthy, and hopefully I won't have to do it again for a long time, but it was still kind of nice.
Now I have to catch up on a ton of work.Grand Canyon and Zion updates tomorrow!

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