Too hot - we're outa here!

Well, it got too hot here, so we’re heading North to Alaska as they say. So, before we took off, we wanted to get a big dose of Vegas to tide us over until we return. Our first stop was Fremont Street and the famous canopy. The second White Castle Hamburger joint to grace Las Vegas wound up under the shade of the Fremont Street canopy.

Fremont street has its charms. It’s always busy down here because you can walk out of one casino main door and just be steps away from another casino. On the Strip, when you leave one casino main entrance, the next main entrance could easily be a mile away. While Fremont is a bit ragged and borders on seedy, even I get a chuckle out of some of the street folk vying for your money to take a photo with them.

To get the complete experience, we took in the two largest gold nuggets on display, where else, but in the Golden Nugget Casino. We thought it appropriate that the 190 ouncer was named Robin’s Nugget, but they refused to let us leave with it. We took in the mural painted by our friend Laura McCubbin (Chambers back then) at the old Amtrak Station at the Plaza Casino. And of course, I couldn’t pass up the only actual piece of the Berlin Wall on display at the Main Street Station Casino – however the Woman took a pass on this attraction.

We took Karen and Albert to see Mat Franco’s magic show for her birthday. Mat, an Americas Got Talent winner, plays at the Linq Casino, the old Imperial Palace. In order to add new stuff by still keep the old hotel tower, the Linq is all cut up, and finding your way around, especially from the self-parking garage, it quite a challenge. Fortunately, they have installed some very informative signage.

We have been reveling in the current success of the Las Vegas Golden Knights in the lead up to, and so far in the Stanley Cup playoffs. We have seen at least some portion of all their games, and most of the games we have seen with Karen and Albert. Tonight’s venue for taking in the Knights was The Claimjumper.

Speaking of having Golden Knights fever, even the Statue of Liberty at the New York New York Casino couldn’t help but join in the fun. We hope this heavy dose of Vegas will tide us over until we return in December.

Talk to you soon!