Movin' East - Day 50

Thursday, October 23, we finally leave California for Nevada on our way east. This day is another beauty. Our destination was to be Zion National Park, however, as we continued east toward Las Vegas, we decided to spend a couple of days here, then continue toward Zion on Saturday.

Here we are, entering the GLITZ capital of the world. We have reservations to stay at the Las Vegas KOA, which is directly behind Circus Circus on the Strip. The day is perfect, 77 degrees at noon, with a nice breeze. First, we have to do a bit of grocery shopping, and we will try to get tickets to a show.
As we prepare to enjoy our stay in Las Vegas, here is Wilson, living life "in the fast lane". C'mon Willy, this is the city that never sleeps! Get up, man, let's go for a walk! Nothing doing! He's on the couch to stay. Oh, well!

After our grocery run, we decide to take a trip into "Downtown" Vegas, the "old" part of town. Oh, yeah, I forgot to mention that we did score two tickets to see Danny Gans at the Mirage tomorrow (Friday) night at 8PM. Downtown Vegas is not a glamourous as "the Strip", but it has its own character. We decided to return this evening for dinner and a walk down Fremont Street to see first-hand "the Fremont Experience" that everyone talks about here.

We had dinner at the Bay City Diner in the Golden Gate Casino at #1 Fremont Street. This is the oldest hotel/casino in Vegas. It opened in 1906 at its present location. In 1951, it was sold to the family who owns it today, an Italian family from San Francisco, hence "The Golden Gate Hotel". After dinner, we began walking down Fremont Street, which, to the uninformed, is like a pedestrian mall, no vehicles allowed. As we walked, we passed Binion's Hotel/Casino and the Fremont Hotel/Casino, where we discovered that there was a Dunkin' Donuts inside, so we had to go in and get a cup of coffee. It was the same as the coffee we got at DD on Elliott St., in Bevely!!! Imagine that! Mmmm! Delish! Be sure to check out the web album for all the pictures of Fremont Street. Of course, seeing it in pictures is nothing like the experience of being there, with the music playing and the pictures on the ceiling - fantastic!

Tomorrow, we will do "the Strip". Stay tuned for pictures of that adventure.

Here's the link to today's web album:

http://picasaweb.google.com/cbenoitiii/TheTripDay50LasVegas?authkey=nNaMzqC6FFQ#