We visited the southern half of the Strip today, taking in the Luxor, New York New York, the MGM Grand, and the Excalibur. Although there are many tourists roaming around, not many are gambling in the casinos. The New York features the city's unmistakable skyline, the Brooklyn Bridge, and the Statue of Liberty. Inside, there are mockups of city streets that are quite realistic, minus the traffic, of course. The MGM features a glass enclosure with two live lions inside. Two guys were playing ball with the kitties as busloads of tourists crowded the glass busily snapping pictures.
The highlight of our morning was an outstanding lunch at Il Fornaio Cucina Italiana inside New York New York. The Vegas restaurant is an outpost of the original in San Francisco. We need to do a lot of walking and exercising to work off the calories we consumed today. No more eating out for a while!
In the early afternoon, we drove north on Las Vegas Boulevard to the old Fremont Street downtown area, which was the original “Glitter Gulch” of the 50s and 60s. The area has a somewhat depressed feel to it, as it is crowded with pawnshops, cheap, old motels, and tawdry looking clubs. We were planning on going down there this evening to catch the “Fremont Street Experience” with its millions of lights arching over a covered street, and the old original gambling halls of yore festooned with acres of neon lights. I guess it's old age, but we are tired, and the area looks kind of run down. Instead, we will prepare the trailer for an early departure tomorrow.
Tomorrow, we will drive 315 miles to Bishop, CA. The route through Death Valley looks like the easiest, as other alternatives involve very narrow, twisting roads with 7,000 foot passes. (I have driven through Death Valley before, and it is a very good road.) Almost home!!
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