| April
7-9, 2001: Now I know what all the fuss is about. Vegas is awesome.
The company is important too... I went with 4 really fun people: Bobby,
Bryan, Amber, and Kim. We had so much fun, and got a ton of inside jokes
to go with the trip. Here are the pictures from the trip... they don't even
come close to conveying the fun, hilarious things that happened, but they're
still good pictures. :) |
 The
reassuring sign that we passed on Hwy 138... what a way to start the trip
A
cool street name on Hwy 15
Nevada
State Line
A
picture of my first slot pull at the Tropicana... I got carded immediately
afterwards :)
Bobby
and Amber jumping on one of the two double beds
The
group of us in the hotel (I played with Photoshop on this one) [L->R:
Kim, Bobby, Amber, me, and Bryan]
Bryan,
me, and Bobby before heading out to Rumjungle, a club in Mandalay Bay, on
our first night there
Amber
and Bobby posing "High School Dance" style
Kim
and Amber all decked out
Kim,
Amber, and me, pre-clubbing
Morning,
day 2, the view from our balcony of some instant "shrubbery"
Bobby
took this one: it's of me mid-sneeze
Bobby
with two $100 chips in his eyes :)
Me
with both our winnings in my hands (I was up to $165 from $40 on Blackjack
and Bobby had over $200)
Bobby
and Bryan poolside (it had just rained) looking for Amber and Kim in the
hot tub
More
pictures of the pool rated #1 in Vegas (and of the gloomy sky)
All
5 of us in the hot tub
Look
really closely... do you see those eyes? It was a cat right below our balcony,
looking right up at us
Bryan
taking a power nap... those came in handy more than once during this trip...
going to bed at 6 am will do that to you
Really
funky picture... that's stands of my hair getting caught in the gusts of
wind outside on our venture out for dinner, night #2... the Luxor is what
I was trying to get a picture of
New
York, New York, still trying to make our way to dinner
Night
view of the Excalibur, Bobby's most favorite casino (*sarcasm*)... "I
will never again set foot in the Excalibur." -- Bobby
The
MGM Grand from across the street (we're heading into New York, NY right
now, I think)
Kim,
me, and Bryan at dinner at Chin-Chin's in New York, NY
Bobby
and Amber, same place
All
5 of us at dinner
Amber
and Kim in front of a room full of MEAT... "I love Hungarian sausage."
"I prefer Chorizo." -- Amber and Kim and their meat preferences
Night
view of The Strip, on our short tour through some hotels
Another
view of The Strip
A
lion at the MGM Grand while we were scoping out the line at Studio 54 (crazy
long already at 9:30 pm)
A
different lion
A
playful cub gnawing on something
A
sleepy cub
Kim
and Amber pretending to be lions (Rar.)
The
beautiful sky on the day we had to LEAVE
Another
picture of the virtually cloudless sky
The
sign for Treasure Island as we walked around North Strip
The
sign for the Venetian (hard to see)
Looking
down The Strip from an overpass
Looking
back up The Strip from the same overpass
Inside
the Venetian, with the fake sky and gondola rides in the canals (a little
dark and hard to see)
The
meticulously created pirate ship outside Treasure Island
Sunset
as we drove on the 15 on our way home (after stopping to shop the outlets
in Barstow, of course)
Another
sunset picture a little later (after Bobby finally passed the semi that
was right next to us)
The
ice cube that Bryan threw and slid off the roof onto the trunk (and wouldn't
move, even when we were going like 45 mph!)
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The
reassuring sign that we passed on Hwy 138... what a way to start the trip
A
cool street name on Hwy 15
Nevada
State Line
A
picture of my first slot pull at the Tropicana... I got carded immediately
afterwards :)
Bobby
and Amber jumping on one of the two double beds
The
group of us in the hotel (I played with Photoshop on this one) [L->R:
Kim, Bobby, Amber, me, and Bryan]
Bryan,
me, and Bobby before heading out to Rumjungle, a club in Mandalay Bay, on
our first night there
Amber
and Bobby posing "High School Dance" style
Kim
and Amber all decked out
Kim,
Amber, and me, pre-clubbing
Morning,
day 2, the view from our balcony of some instant "shrubbery"
Bobby
took this one: it's of me mid-sneeze
Bobby
with two $100 chips in his eyes :)
Me
with both our winnings in my hands (I was up to $165 from $40 on Blackjack
and Bobby had over $200)
Bobby
and Bryan poolside (it had just rained) looking for Amber and Kim in the
hot tub
More
pictures of the pool rated #1 in Vegas (and of the gloomy sky)
All
5 of us in the hot tub
Look
really closely... do you see those eyes? It was a cat right below our balcony,
looking right up at us
Bryan
taking a power nap... those came in handy more than once during this trip...
going to bed at 6 am will do that to you
Really
funky picture... that's stands of my hair getting caught in the gusts of
wind outside on our venture out for dinner, night #2... the Luxor is what
I was trying to get a picture of
New
York, New York, still trying to make our way to dinner
Night
view of the Excalibur, Bobby's most favorite casino (*sarcasm*)... "I
will never again set foot in the Excalibur." -- Bobby
The
MGM Grand from across the street (we're heading into New York, NY right
now, I think)
Kim,
me, and Bryan at dinner at Chin-Chin's in New York, NY
Bobby
and Amber, same place
All
5 of us at dinner
Amber
and Kim in front of a room full of MEAT... "I love Hungarian sausage."
"I prefer Chorizo." -- Amber and Kim and their meat preferences
Night
view of The Strip, on our short tour through some hotels
Another
view of The Strip
A
lion at the MGM Grand while we were scoping out the line at Studio 54 (crazy
long already at 9:30 pm)
A
different lion
A
playful cub gnawing on something
A
sleepy cub
Kim
and Amber pretending to be lions (Rar.)
The
beautiful sky on the day we had to LEAVE
Another
picture of the virtually cloudless sky
The
sign for Treasure Island as we walked around North Strip
The
sign for the Venetian (hard to see)
Looking
down The Strip from an overpass
Looking
back up The Strip from the same overpass
Inside
the Venetian, with the fake sky and gondola rides in the canals (a little
dark and hard to see)
The
meticulously created pirate ship outside Treasure Island
Sunset
as we drove on the 15 on our way home (after stopping to shop the outlets
in Barstow, of course)
Another
sunset picture a little later (after Bobby finally passed the semi that
was right next to us)
The
ice cube that Bryan threw and slid off the roof onto the trunk (and wouldn't
move, even when we were going like 45 mph!)
