We took the bus to Tucson, Arizona and then rented a car and drove to Las Vegas. It was a pretty boring drive until we got close and we went through the old mountain range. We stopped at the Hoover Dam, it was really something. It was so hot, 107F or over 41C, it was a very dry heat though so we weren't sweating like we did in Costa Rica.
Barry had been to Las Vegas as a kid in the 50's and I had never been so we were astonished by the number of hotels and the opulence that was on display.
We cruised down the strip gawking like the tourists we were. The Las Vegas hockey team is in the Stanley Cup finals so signs of Go Knights Go were everywhere. In the Excalibur Casino the knight was wearing a hockey jersey.
I am not sure if you can read the sign but they bet on just about anything in Las Vegas, including first team to score a goal. They had golfing odds as well and we were surprised to see Tiger Woods was given 10-1 odds for winning the Fed-Ex Cup.
We went into the Coca Cola store and I had to resist mightily the urge to buy a pair of these pyjamas.
I finally got lucky and won $113 USD at the slot machines. I cashed in and walked away. That is thing if we win we just leave with our money. It was early in the evening and I now understand gamblers, it was very difficult not to try and win some MORE money, but I resisted and it paid for our dinner at Bubba Gump's Shrimp restaurant.
Here is Barry who was extremely pleased to have a whole roll of paper towels with which to wipe his fingers if he chose!
