| Page Views: 509 Last Visit to Las Vegas: June, 2004 | TAKE A TRIP DOWN THE VEGAS STRIP by wanderingbilly - last update: Jun 14, 2007 |
BRIGHT LIGHTS...CRAZY CITY !!!!! | YOU ARE IN VEGAS...TRUST ME. |
LAS VEGAS IS A MUST SEE CITY... VEGAS HAS SO MUCH TO OFFER THE VISITOR BOTH YOUNG AND OLD, WITH FANTASTIC HOTELS FROM A CIRCUS TO AN EGYPTAIN PYRAMID YOU'LL BE SPOILT FOR CHOICE. BUT THERE IS SO MUCH MORE TO LAS VEGAS THAN JUST MONEY MONEY MONEY, WHEN YOU TIRE OF THE BRIGHT LIGHTS OF THE CITY THE GRAND CANYON IS JUST A QUICK HELICOPTER FLIGHT AWAY OR TAKE A BOAT OUT ON LAKE MEDE AND DONT FORGET TO VISIT THE FAMOUS HOOVER DAM AND STILL BE BACK IN TIME TO CATCH A WORLD CLASS SHOW..AND IF YOUR FEELING ROMANTIC (OR JUST MAD) YOU COULD GET MARRIED AT THE LITTLE WHITE CHAPEL OF LOVE....ALL BEFORE SUNDOWN.. THE CHOICE IS YOURS. BUT DONT LEAVE THINGS TO LADY LUCK PLAN AHEAD AND YOU'LL REALLY HIT THE JACKPOT IN LAS VEGAS... |
| OUR HOME IN VEGAS..THE LUXOR |
|  | WHAT HAPPENS IN VEGAS, STAYS IN VEGAS--WELL ALMOST AS THE OLD SAYING GOES.. WHAT HAPPENS IN VEGAS STAYS IN VEGAS.. THAT MAYBE SO BUT THE THINGS THAT DO NOT STAY IN VEGAS ARE OLD AND OUTDATED CASINOS. WHEN YOUR TRIP TO VEGAS IS OVER AND YOU LOOK BACK ON THE WONDERFUL FUN TIME THAT YOU HAD.. DO ME A FAVOUR AND BOOK ANOTHER TRIP TO COME BACK... WHY I HERE YOU SAY, WELL ITS LIKE THIS, THE LAS VEGAS THAT YOU SAW WILL NOT BE THERE IN A COUPLE OF YEARS TIME..YOU SEE VEGAS IS FOREVER CHANGING, WHEN HOTELS AND RESORTS GET TIRED AND OLD THEY ARE TORE DOWN TO MAKE WAY FOR THE NEXT THING IN MEGGA RESORTS.. YOU SEE IN VEGAS THERE IS NO ROOM FOR SENTIMENTALITY.. WHEN ITS TIME FOR A PLACE TO GO ITS TIME FOR THAT PLACE TO GO..AND BOY DO THEY GO IN STYLE..USUALLY WITH A BANG AND A SHED LOAD OF FIREWORKS AND HALF THE CITY TURNING OUT TO SEE THE END OF ONE ERA AND THE START OF ANOTHER.. YOU COULD SAY THAT LAS VEGAS NEVER GROWS OLD, A BIT LIKE THE OVER SIZED KIDS THAT COME HERE DAY AFTER DAY WEEK AFTER WEEK MONTH AFTER MONTH AND YEAR AFTER YEAR TO LIVE OUT THEIR DREAMS IN A CITY THAT NEVER SLEEPS...AND NEVER GROWS OLD. |
| THE GRAND CANYON...WOW AND WOW AGAIN... |
|  | GET OUTTA TOWN... IN STYLE. ONE THING YOU REALLY MUST DO WHEN YOUR IN LAS VEGAS IS TAKE A TRIP OUT TO THE GRAND CANYON.. I STILL CANNOT BELIEVE THAT SOME PEOPLE GO ALL THE WAY TO VEGAS AND DONT GO AND SEE THE CANYON... SHAME ON THEM. THIS IS A TRUE WONDER OF THE WORLD AND HAS TO BE SEEN TO BE REALLY ENJOYED.. NO WORDS THAT I WRITE WILL EVER DO IT JUSTICE. WE WENT BY HELICOPTER AND AS YOU FLY INTO THE CANYON YOU REALLY GET AN IDEA OF JUST HOW SMALL YOU ARE ON THE FACE OF THIS PLANET.. WE WHERE JUST A SPECK IN THIS FANTASTIC EXSPANCE OF SPACE.. I COULD HAVE STAYED FOREVER JUST LOOKING BUT ALL TO SOON IT WAS TIME TO PICK MY JAW UP OFF THE GROUND AND START OUR FLIGHT BACK TO VEGAS.. SOME PEOPLE AND PLACES STAY IN YOUR HEART FOREVER.. THIS IS ONE OF THOSE PLACES.. WHY ARE YOU STILL SITTING THERE...GO SEE IT....AND ENJOY IT. |
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| Pros: | "THE STRIP..THE HOTELS..THE CANYON..THE SHOWS.ETC" | | Cons: | "THE CROWDS ON THE STRIP...GETS VERY VERY BUSY." | | In A Nutshell: | "WANNA ESCAPE THE REAL WORLD...GO TO LAS VEGAS" |
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mazzap Mon Sep 11, 2006 00:21 UTC Great pics Billy - we intend to do the heli trip to the Grand Canyon when we visit LV next month so your info was useful! Thanks, Marion. |
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