Oh my goodness, I am so exhausted. It is 12:30 pacific time and I'm just starting this. Maybe this at least will help my body adjust to pacific time, so I'll stop waking up at 6AM.
Today was...interesting. I've basically decided I'm not a big fan of Vegas. I started out the day with the North Strip Volksmarch. That basically entailed walking along the entire strip from Caesar's all the way up to the Stratosphere and going into many of the casinos. I'm hoping tomorrow's walk is better cause today's was pretty boring. Now a lot of that was probably because I started around 9:15 on Sunday morning - not much going on. I guess most everyone was hungover from the previous night, so the casinos were quite empty, the shops were all closed, and not much was going on. And north of about the Encore was just plain icky. It was the first time that I felt uncomfortable being alone at all. The fliers everywhere for strippers, the general litter everywhere - just not where I wanted to be.
I had hoped to go to Bouchon in the Venetian for breakfast, but it was near the end of the walk, so I had to pick up some food elsewhere. So anyway, I finished the walk just fine and then headed over to Ethel M Chocolate Factory. After the walk I had done, I wasn't really in the mood for it, and the factory wasn't up and running (I guess cause it was Sunday), so I didn't stay long at all - I may try again tomorrow, we'll see. From there, a much needed car wash and back to the house where I'm staying for a nap.
Then this evening I went out to the Bellagio. I started out by picking up my ticket for the performance of "O". Now, when I booked the ticket, it didn't occur to me that at this point, my body would still be on Central time. So I chose the 10:00 show rather than the 7:30. But when I picked up the ticket at 6:00, I was really regretting not having the early show. I was hungry - I never had lunch because I had a late breakfast, so found a place for dinner - Fix. It was good, but typical Las Vegas expensive. It seems like there are 2 types of restaurants here - expensive and cheap, nothing in between. So I had a few oysters and the Sea Bass with a shrimp risotto. It was great, but yeah, expensive.
Then it was my time to gamble. I had allocated about 2 1/2 hours and $200. Now, I'm a very practical person (aside from occasional footwear choices), so I can't really see spending much money on what is often a random-number generator. Blackjack there's at least some thought involved. Unfortunately, it took me only about an hour to get through the $200. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose. But at that point, I still had an hour and a half before the doors opened and my cell phone battery was getting a little low. Oh, and my feet felt like they were going to explode (see previous comment about footwear choices). So, what to do? I people watched for a little while and then decided to play penny slots. I was able to stretch out $40 into most of the time, so that's good at least. My dad always describes gambling as variable-cost entertainment. Sometimes it costs a little per hour, sometimes a lot. My slot machine time was a lot less expensive than my blackjack time.
Finally, the doors opened for "O". I'm not usually all that interested in Cirque du Soleil shows, but I heard this was one was incredibly cool. And it was. The production values alone were insane. I, of course, was a little distracted by the technical details, but it was difficult not to be enraptured by the performances. There was some type of a story line which I barely followed, but I was more interested in the stunts anyway, which were incredible. So, yeah, go see it if you get a chance. Amazing show.
Must rest up for tomorrow - not as big a day as today, but I still need my rest.
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