Vegas Baby!!!
May. 4th, 2009 09:06 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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Las Vegas.
What can I say? I love that city of sin. The flight over wasn’t that bad, though we did hit a lot of turbulence when we landed in Vegas because they were getting higher winds then normal for this time of year. I’m a really good flyer so that didn’t bother me, but the BF and her new hubby aren’t so they did get a little green and grabby. Poor things. *huggles them*
The first night in Vegas we walked the Strip and I bought beer and malt liquor from almost every mini-store we passed because I was thirsty and because I was easing myself into an early bedtime since we had plans the following morning. Apparently there are some incriminating photos of me and the BF trying on crazy sunglasses in one of the mini-stores… I might add that I look damn cute in Elvis sunglasses. I also tried a new favorite caffeinated alcohol beverage (yes, I know the caffeine negated the whole trying to get to sleep semi-early) and it’s called Four. Try the fruit punch version. Yum!
On the second day I woke up at 7am (I went to bed around 2) and proceeded to get myself ready for Red Rock Canyon and the Hoover Dam. I then called the room the BF, her new hubby and another couple were sharing and woke them up—lazy bastards. We rented a car and the new hubby drove us in Vegas traffic because the BF and I were too scared to even try. It was a might windy at Red Rock, but I did get to climb on some pretty high outcroppings and take nifty pictures of professional type people climbing the mountains around the canyon. I now want to learn how to rock climb. 
I blew up the blue speck so you could see that it was a person climbing that cliff.
At the Hoover Dam I met one of the dumbest cashiers known to man because BF and I ordered nachos and French fries and a bottle of water. We then discussed the merit of buying a three dollar pop with free refills versus a three dollar bottle of water so when the cashier came back with our nachos and fries we asked if we could get a pop instead. The cashier then proceeded to take back our food and hand us the bottle of water and an empty cup. *blinks* Since when is pop interchangeable with nachos and fries? I simply grabbed the cup and left the BF to explain because she’s nicer to stupid people then I am... sometimes.
The Hoover Dam is crazy big and you can definitely get vertigo if you look over the side. *beams* I looked over the side. Also the white layer of rock is where the water level of Mead Lake has dropped 40 feet in the last year alone and they are also building a bridge. Why you ask? Beats the hell outta me… I just snapped a picture of it.
Here are two humorous (to me) signs from Red Rock and the Hoover Dam. I find them humorous because I think they’re common knowledge.
On one of the days in Vegas we went to the Palazzo and I took pictures of the nifty umbrellas they have hanging from the ceiling.
Then we went to Madame Tussaud’s and I acted like a ham… pictures of my crazy beneath.
We also went to the Stratosphere which is a hotel at the very beginning of the Strip (by Freemont) and it has a building that is the highest building on the Strip. It has amusement park type rides on it and it also has a Fat Tuesday in it.
The blue one is mine and yes, that is a yard of daiquiri and it was delicious. The BF and I kept up the tradition of drinking the entire yard before we ride the rides at the top of the Stratosphere. The first one we rode was the Big Shot that shoots you up 160 feet at 45 mph which takes you nearly 1081 feet above the Strip. It was pretty up there and I was terrified. I then foolishly or drunkenly convinced myself that I could ride the X-Scream and bought myself and another female friend tickets (not the BF she’s a wuss).
The X-Scream is basically a giant teeter totter that propels you 27 feet over the edge of the Stratosphere. Yes, I said over the edge of the building, as in I was over 800 feet in the air with only a bit of metal across my lap holding me in. Nutter, that is me. Hee! There is a video of my daring/terrified ride and I’m more then certain it will be posted on YouTube by the BF eventually. I’ll be sure to link you all when it happens.
This last image is of me, after the yard of daiquiri, with the security guards at the top of the Stratosphere. I was a wee bit drunk-ish and they were kind enough to pose for a photo.
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Date: 2009-05-05 01:55 am (UTC)I loved the licking of 'Johnny Depp's' cheek. How many times have I heard you profess your wish to do that to someone? :D
And it is rather amazing the signs they have to put up for the dumb people. *shakes head*
btw, I adore your hat!
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Date: 2009-05-05 07:50 pm (UTC)I'm a ham when it comes to goofy attractions like that. I might post the picture of me pretending to cry between the wax figures of Simon Cowell and Ryan Seacrest (sp?).
I love dumb people signs! I'm starting a digital collection of them. ;)
That hate is made of win and the wax figure of Ben Affleck wore it at one point too. Hee!
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Date: 2009-05-05 07:52 pm (UTC)There are more picks but I'm going to wait until after I met up with the BF so we can swap and I can post the crazy drunk-ish shots... she had her camera during those moments.
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Date: 2009-05-05 03:06 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-05-05 07:54 pm (UTC)Though I didn't realize how huge the Hoover Dam actually was. It's crazy!
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Date: 2009-05-05 08:58 pm (UTC)Waaaaaay down.
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Date: 2009-05-05 03:40 am (UTC)I think my favourite is the first umbrella picture but the one of the Hoover Dam and its bridge is gorgeous.
Glad you had an awesome time, Ava.
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Date: 2009-05-05 07:56 pm (UTC)That bridge boogles because it's so freakin' big. My picture just doesn't do the work those people are doing justice. *shakes head*