OK, so we're in Las Vegas.
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wrote on 19 Aug 2023, 18:13 last edited by
Mik, I highly recommend driving up to Valley of Fire State Park while you are there. It about 45 minutes out of Vegas. It is truly other worldly.
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wrote on 19 Aug 2023, 18:40 last edited by Mik
We'd be there tomorrow if it weren't for Hilary. We'll be back at Christmas.
The thing I really want to do is take the girls out to show them the dark sky desert at night. Nothing like it. That'll be close to 100 miles out.
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wrote on 19 Aug 2023, 18:46 last edited by
It lives forever on YouTube
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wrote on 19 Aug 2023, 18:49 last edited by
That’s right, you have that hurricane.
Seems to be something everywhere. We’re burning up here.
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Went out to Red Rock Canyon yesterday, was next to a big storm. Not much rain on us but we got to see flash flooding in the desert up close. Pretty cool. Beautiful scenic drive. I wish this pic did it justice, but you just have to see it.
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We also cruised the strip yesterday. I haven't been here since 1976. It's like Times Square x 1000. Grotesque, like in a sci-fi dystopia.
wrote on 20 Aug 2023, 05:49 last edited by@Mik said in OK, so we're in Las Vegas.:
We also cruised the strip yesterday. I haven't been here since 1976. It's like Times Square x 1000. Grotesque, like in a sci-fi dystopia.
Agree. And you constantly smell pot. Every second you’re on it.
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@Mik said in OK, so we're in Las Vegas.:
We also cruised the strip yesterday. I haven't been here since 1976. It's like Times Square x 1000. Grotesque, like in a sci-fi dystopia.
Agree. And you constantly smell pot. Every second you’re on it.
wrote on 20 Aug 2023, 12:45 last edited byAgree. And you constantly smell pot. Every second you’re on it.
that's my impression of new york
and yes vegas, its pretty ridiculous
last time there i stayed at the venetian. the fake venice with the gondolas and fake blue sky, it just seemed so weird and disney like.
but i guess if you are a provincial american and never strolled thru the calles of venice, or seen the grandeur of the ponte di rialto or the grande canale, its something to experience
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wrote on 20 Aug 2023, 13:55 last edited by
Yes NYC is like that now too. Not as bad, I mean it isn’t constant. But you can’t walk 15m without smelling it.
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wrote on 20 Aug 2023, 14:03 last edited by
I was walking around Howard University this week and got a contact high…
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Yes NYC is like that now too. Not as bad, I mean it isn’t constant. But you can’t walk 15m without smelling it.
wrote on 20 Aug 2023, 14:18 last edited by@jon-nyc said in OK, so we're in Las Vegas.:
can’t walk 15m
That European shit still hasn't worn off, I see.
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wrote on 20 Aug 2023, 17:13 last edited by
I remember a couple blocks near 42nd street where there were dozens of drug sellers operating in the open - coke and smoke.
Outside those few blocks were 2-man teams of police on just about every corner. It's like they yielded these couple blocks to the dealers.
Of course this was 30 years ago. I have no idea how it looks now.
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wrote on 20 Aug 2023, 17:15 last edited by bachophile
Times squares looks also looks like Disneyland
But at least in New York it’s a change for the good
When I lived in New York 42 street was only porn theaters whores and drug dealers. Now, it’s 90% gawking tourists and brand name stores
The other 10% are New Yorkers who accidentally wandered into a tourist zone.
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wrote on 21 Aug 2023, 14:49 last edited by
Well, Hilary was not a huge deal here. We got 1-3" of rain over three days in bands, never really heavy. It'll be good for Lake Mead but dwarfed by the record snowpack this past winter.
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@jon-nyc said in OK, so we're in Las Vegas.:
can’t walk 15m
That European shit still hasn't worn off, I see.
wrote on 21 Aug 2023, 15:40 last edited by@George-K said in OK, so we're in Las Vegas.:
@jon-nyc said in OK, so we're in Las Vegas.:
can’t walk 15m
That European shit still hasn't worn off, I see.
Depends on whether he means 15 meters or 15 minutes.
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wrote on 22 Aug 2023, 03:54 last edited by
At the airport, ready to go home. One thing I really love about this town is the cornucopia of healthy, lower calorie fresh food. We learned in Hawaii that Vegas has a big Hawaiian population, so Poke joints are everywhere. They also have a lot of great soup, sandwich and salad places.
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wrote on 22 Aug 2023, 16:19 last edited by
You know where else there's a cornucopia of healthy, lower calorie fresh food?
Buc-ee's
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wrote on 22 Aug 2023, 16:30 last edited by
I didn't see any.
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Well, Hilary was not a huge deal here. We got 1-3" of rain over three days in bands, never really heavy. It'll be good for Lake Mead but dwarfed by the record snowpack this past winter.
wrote on 22 Aug 2023, 16:59 last edited by