Aug
01
2010

Circus Circus

Sunday, August 1, 2010 - 02:56:16 am
(Posted Under: Travel)
So, it back on to the strip and down to Circus Circus. Pulling into the front of the casino, the foyer lights were blinding - a sight that Katie said she thinks heaven is like. [smile] ha.

Photobox ImageWe pulled around to the parking garage and went in. On the way through I saw a Zoltaire machine. Probably not a big deal to most, but for this Aussie it was a cool thing to see. I did question whether it could help the vertical challenged issues of Friday. Katie reckoned it would just to me into Tom Hanks. [smile] We went past the Adventuredome, which unfortunately for Katie had just closed probably 15 minutes earlier. She was pretty excited by that. I particularly liked the slot machines on the rotating platform / merry go round. But more on that later.

Upstairs we checked out the midway, which really makes Circus Circus the casino for Katie! [wink] We had a good time checking it out, and the majority of our 'gambling' went to a claw game where I was trying to win her a Las Vegas bear. I think we lost about $2 there. Went back down for a smoke, and got some change - I was on a mission to get one of those bears, but by the time we got back, the midway was closed, which was a shame, but maybe it was for the best. [wink] Anyways, the idea is probably good for families - load the kids up with quarters and send them upstairs while you gamble. It's kinda brilliant actually.

Photobox ImageSo it was getting late, so we headed back down to the casino. Katie thought we should gamble at Circus Circus, to say that we had. I was strong in my convictions to do so on the rotating platform, so it was agreed. All in all we lost 96 cents. Which turned out to be the entire amount we lost gambling the whole weekend! [smile] Once it came to leaving, it was hard to resist the desire to 'fall' and crawl off the rotating platform Hunter S. Thompson style. [wink] Though I didn't. [smile]

It was back out to the car, and back to the hotel. Made it back at about 2am, which was way later than we'd expected to stay out. That's Vegas for you. It was pretty incredible how drowsy I had been at 8pm, but once out on the Strip, I had all the energy in the world and had no problem going until 2am. Once back at the hotel, we stayed up pretty much until 4am, watching a special on Criss Angel (further enhancing Katie's displeasure with him), and then Billy The Exterminator. Which was like a car wreck, as much as you know you should look away, you can't. [smile] Earlier, Mythbusters made me miss cable, but shows like Billy The Exterminator confirm why I don't understand why anyone pays for it! [wink]

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