TOURING LAS VEGAS

Hi again!  As I stated in my last blog, on Monday night we took a Night Sightseeing Tour of Las Vegas on a Doubledecker Bus .  We prepared ourselves since we knew it was going to be COLD!  After donning layers of clothes, packing gloves and earmuffs, we headed out to the Excalibur to wait for the bus.

  We left early in order to give ourselves plenty of time just in case we got lost or got caught in traffic.  The handy GPS took us straight there without any problem, so we were able to grab a bite to eat before hopping on the bus. We were able to get front row seats behind a glass shield, so at least we were protected from the breeze!  Las Vegas is, indeed, a glitzy city!  We enjoyed seeing all the huge hotel/casinos all lit up, but did NOT enjoy so many of the other signs, etc., that light up along with them.  You can only imagine what they promoted.  What a shame to realize that immorality is encouraged so rampantly here.  Yes, there are some shows and areas that are family friendly, but getting there requires closing your eyes and blindly fighting your way through all the rest of the stuff!  We were glad that we could just ride through.  I'm posting pictures of several of the hotels/casinos and hope there is not any offensive signs in the background.

Might have enjoyed this show, but all the shows are very expensive

People actually bungee off the top!!

The bus took us down the Strip to Freemont Street, which is called Freemont Experience.  This is at the end where the older section of Las Vegas is.  We passed many Wedding Chapels along the way and I took a picture of this one in the older section.  The reason I did is that back in 1941, my parents were married in Las Vegas and I wondered if it was in a chapel like this.  The sign in front said it had been used since 1940. . . you never know!!

Freemont Experience was pretty interesting (if you blocked out so many striptease places)!  It is an area of several blocks (the tour guide told us how many, but of course, I forget) that are covered with a canopy where they have a light show every hour.  The canopy lights up with films of the group singing, and the music plays throughout the entire area.  We stayed for both shows. . . the first being American Pie and the second one was one by the Doors.  Of course, these two older folks enjoyed the American Pie one the best! lol!

I am inserting a short video of Mr. Max singing along!  Aren't we "with it"!  A lot of people were dancing along, but you do NOT want to see Mr. Max dancing!!  lol

Well, we can now say we have been to Las Vegas!  Yep, we did have to try one of the slot machines before leaving Excalibur. . . spent $3, lost $3.65. . . that is one reason we don't gamble!! LOL. . .

On Thursday we left Vegas behind and headed to Ft. Irwin, California, to visit with some friends.