Daily Archives: May 13, 2011
Margaritaville and Blueberries . . .
Yesterday was our last chance to check out some of the Vegas attraction on the Strip.
So, after we spent the morning resting up from our talk show trip to LA on Tuesday and Wednesday, we left the rig about 4 pm to have dinner at Jimmy Buffet’s Margaritaville at the Flamingo Hotel on the Strip.
From a very large model of Jimmy’s seaplane hanging from the ceiling to a girl sliding down the side of a volcano into a blender of margaritas,
and then dancing on the bar, it was a great start to a fun evening.
Leaving Margaritaville, we drove down the Strip to the Border’s Book Store before heading up to Fremont Street to see the Fremont Street Experience. The Experience is a large video screen covering two city blocks in downtown Las Vegas that shows music videos every evening.
Out of the 4 shown every night, our favorite is the one set to Don McLean’s American Pie.
And something new this year is a Zipline Ride running almost 700 feet along under the screen.
You can even ride it during the show. You’re about 80 feet off the ground, traveling about 30 mph.
Then leaving Fremont, we headed back down the Strip to the Bellagio Hotel/Casino to taken in their famous water show.
But to get to the fountains in front we traveled through the lobby and found this beautiful ceiling made from enormous glass flowers 2 – 3 feet across. Just beautiful.
Our viewpoint for the show let us look out across the lake toward the Strip and the Paris Casino.
The water show runs for about 5 minutes every 15 minutes, and each time it uses a different song, We heard Debussy, Chopin, and Beethoven, and even some Elvis. Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture would have been neat.
The show is another one of those events that the camera really doesn’t do justice. But here goes.
I’ll try to post some video in the next day or so when I get a chance.
After a somewhat abortive attempt to find a Boy’s Big Boy to have a late snack, (We ended up at the HOME of the owner of Bob’s Big Boy Toys. Word to the wise, never, never let Nick navigate!) we ended up at Blueberry Hill Diner once again, finally get home at almost 1 am.
Who knew retirement would be so exhausting?
More tomorrow . . .
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Thought for the Day:
"A little knowledge is a dangerous thing. So is a lot." – Albert Einstein
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