San Diego Trip - Day 1 Las Vegas

I surprised myself by deciding to drive to San Diego instead of flying.  I’m still not quite certain why I didn’t. Just think; instead of my car I could have been cruising around in a convertable for the past couple of days.  Missed oppurtunity.  Instead I drove.  I didn’t think that I would make the full 13 hour drive in one setting though so we stopped halfway in Las Vegas

I’ve been to Las Vegas a couple of times with the high school water polo team. I wanted to show Debbie that it was possible to have some fun in Vegas without gambling or sexing.  We started with partaking of a big Las Vegas tradition. Walking the stip and finding a dinner buffet.  We found one; and then proceeded to spend 45 minutes in line behind a bunch of girls in bikinis and cover-ups.  Welcome to Vegas.
After finding our seat we examined our options.  Mexican, American, Desserts, Mid-Eastern, Italian, and Seafood stations. Being the seafood fan I am; it’s no surprise which station I headed to.  Crab legs are popular items it appears. The seafood line was another 15 minutes.  Much to my surprise; bikini girls got into line behind me.  People kept trying to jump the line and the girls were very vocal about letting them know there was a line. I laughed at a couple of their comments. Which led to actual interaction and conversation between myself and the bikini girls.  As we left the station after finally getting their food they left the following parting, “Good talking to you “Joe”  For the rest of the night when one of the 5 girls saw me they greeted me, “Hello Joe” I’ve never realized how much you run into the same people at even a large buffet until that night.

After dinner we walked the strip and participated in a couple of shows on the strip. The first was the water show in front of the Bellagio. Absolutely amazing what technicians can do with water fountains and water.  I was going to upload some of the video that we took of the performance. Unfortunately the shortest video clip I had superseded this blogs max video size by some 68 megabytes.

I remembered from my past trips to Las Vegas that Treasure Island had a big boat fight between a pirate ship and the defenders of a city. I remembered it being a fun little skit and fight.  It appears that the show has changed since the last time I saw it.  My first danger sign should have been the name of the show, “Siren’s Call.”I remembered from my past trips to Las Vegas that Treasure Island had a big boat fight between a pirate ship and the defenders of a city. I remembered it being a fun little skit and fight.

It appears that the show has changed since the last time I saw it.  My first danger sign should have been the name of the show, “Siren’s Call.” The defenders of a besieged city have morphed into a group of scantily clad sirens who lure unsuspecting pirates to their city and boat. A pirate ship captain took exception to the sirens stealing one of his crew and attempted to rescue him…despite his not wanting to be rescues.  Sirens and pirates fight; pirate ship sinks. Fight still occurs; just a bit different story line, and a lot fewer clothes.

At that. I gave up my attempts to show Debbie that you can have some clean fun in Vegas and we returned to our hotel