Day 41-Sun, 8 Feb 09-Las Vegas, Nevada

Well, this is day 2 in Las Vegas and we've experienced both ends of the spectrum. Yesterday, it poured rain so we stayed in the LuvMasheen, napped, watched videos and when the rain let up about 4 pm, we got dressed and hit the buffet at Circus Circus. By the time we wandered the casino, people watching and playing the penny machines, it was close to 11 pm when we crawled in to bed.
Today was the total opposite. We were on the bus by 11 am and decided we've go our separate ways and meet back at the van by 5 pm. I went through a number of casinos..MGM Grand, Paris, Flamingo, Cesars Palace, Monte Carlo...and while I played a few of the penny machines, I ate my way through most of them. In the end, I spent more money stuffing my face than I fed in to the slot machines! It was just one of those days; however the apple crumble cake in Paris was to die for!
The sun peaked through a few times but it's below 60 degrees and certainly cools off at night. We extended our stay to tomorrow night at well so we'll try and pace ourselves tomorrow so that we can get in a couple of the night-time shows on the strip.
There is no lack of people here....so where's that big economic bust we keep hearing about? Most of the places I was in today may not have been overcrowded, but there were still lots and lots of people. The lineups for the buffets are huge! I mentioned to Wayne last night that there seems to be gazoodles of Mexican families in Circus Circus, and they were lining all these kids up at the games area...throwing down $1 bills for each of them to play a game.
Still having a good time and looking forward to being in Arizona again. Until next time, love and hugs to all. xx