Las Vegas 2000

Las Vegas, Summer 2000

I took a much-needed break from work and school in late June to return to San Diego and, from there, take a short, but very relaxing, trip to Las Vegas with JP. We stayed at Caesar's Palace, so, with a hearty s.v.b.e.v. (for those of you who know what that means), here are the pictures...

Saturday: Adventure Day

We also did indoor skydiving while we were there on Saturday, but we couldn't take pictures of that.

An Audience with Caesar

JP and the Other David

These pictures were taken inside of Caesar's Palace, in the middle of the shopping area.

David and the Other David (we used him to "point" the direction to our room)

Dinner at Nero's

JP at the Pool Fountains

David at the Pool Fountains

JP Distracted by Something While Trying to Take a Picture of David at the Pool Fountains

David and JP in Front of the Pool

Sunday: IMAX Day

On Sunday, we finished up the last couple of rides (the Stratosphere rides were closed Saturday because of high winds) and saw the IMAX ride shows at Luxor (Dinosaurs) and Caesar's Palace (Race for Atlantis). Caesar's show was better.

We also did a lot of drinking on Sunday...those "margaritas-by-the-yard" are so tempting...

Stratosphere, The View from the Indoor Observation Deck

JP and the Outside View from Stratosphere (1,149 feet above the ground)

JP and David and the Outside View

JP Reacting to the Launch of the Big Shot, which we were about to go on

A View of the Big Shot: 4g's 160 straight up, 1,149 feet off the ground

JP Falling Over the Railing to his Death

The Eiffel Tower Over Paris (We went to Paris for Lunch)

David and JP at the Base of the Eiffel Tower, Inside the Casino

JP Under the Glass Dome Inside Paris

JP Striking a Pose in New York, New York

NY, NY was a really neat hotel. The attention to detail was incredible, including these manhole covers that periodically let steam out through them.

The Coney Island Part of NY, NY had typical carnival games - including "Guess your Age/Weight/Birthday". I've always known that I could stump anyone guessing my age. I did (unfortunately, he guessed that I was 38). For appearing 50% older than I actually am, I won a nifty giant purple alien crayon! Whee!

After being aged 12 years, I needed a drink, so we went to Gonzalez y Gonzalez for what are supposed to be the best margaritas anywhere. We weren't disappointed. (As for the conversions, one large blue thing = 5 margaritas, 2 large blue things = 1 very happy vacationer).