So leaving at 1am on Thursday morning, I started driving from Palo Alto to LV. Leaving SJ at 3am, I was literally driving into the sunrise... (since we were travelling east!). 10 hours later (at 11am), we arrive at Caesar's Palace, Las Vegas.
So this trip was fun and all, but 3 days in Las Vegas actually seemed too much. Sure I gambled here and there, and went to old LV and walked around the strip, but I just wasn't too in awe of the place compared with say, yosemite.
The food though, was awesome. The Spice Market at Aladdin had AYCE raw oysters!!! This made my day. Combined with cotton candy as desert and crab legs that required minimal effort to eat (they split the leg down the middle, so the meat was exposed), it was easily one of the best buffets I've ever had.
Of course, the drinks there were insanely cheap :)... since if you gamble at the tables (or even just stand around it), you get served alcohol. haha.
Goal #2 of winning my plane ticket back didn't work out though. I was half way there after the first day, but then in the next two days, things didn't go my way. I had a chance to be down $5 for the entire trip... but I risked it all, and lost!... So LV had the upperhand in the gambling category.
Oh, and the casinos are all very smoky. My hair and all my clothes smelled like cigarettes every night. I took so many short showers (at least 2 a day) to get rid of that smell... ppeewwww!
The drive back was insanely long. I don't think we took pictures, but imagine nighttime, and a winding road up a hill, and all you see are curved lines of white and red. I don't think I've ever seen that many cars lined up on both sides of the highway... turns out the reason for the delay wasn't an accident, but a stupid traffic light 140 miles from this sea of white and red.
So it took use 13 hours (3pm to 4am) to get home (the trip there was only 8 hrs)... needless to say, it was a very tiring drive. I don't know what is worse actually, sleeping awkwardly in a car, or coasting down the highway and playing daytona :)... Personally, I prefer the daytona experience.. haha..
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You were obsessed with those oysters I tell ya, what was it like 3/4 platefulls. I should send you that pic I took of you on your last plate of oysters later. It was fun seeing you after so long. Next stop Waterloo... so cold though. =)
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