We got into Vegas on Saturday 9/13. Just enough time to wander around before going to bed. We stayed at the other end of the strip this time at the Luxor. Not near as nice as the Bellagio but *shrug* it was a place to sleep. We toured the hotels and casinos in the immediate area, Mandalay Bay, Excalibur, and New York, New York.
I am a sucker for rides and I had to try out the roller coaster at New York, New York. I have to say for such a small roller coaster it is very well done. It doesn't jerk you around like a cheap ride at a county fair.
We grabbed some dinner and headed for downtown Vegas. We stopped to check out the light show at the Fremont and Golden Nugget and listened to the street musicians for a while and wandered around the Golden Nugget for a while and headed back.
Sunday was zero g day. I won't go into detail here because in the next post (above) covers it but, it was awesome. I took a cab to their training facility about 2 miles away from the hotel (which brought the cab fare to ~$20 lol) and proceeded to spend most of the day there and on the plane.
Following the flight and re gravitation party back on the ground I had a few hours to kill before dinner. One of the flyers who was staying at the same hotel as me let me ride back to the hotel with her which was very nice as I didn't have to get in another taxi.
First thing I did when I got back to the hotel was go wander about some more. Dinner was at 6:30 and I had a few hours to go. I was getting pretty sleepy at that point and went back to the room to take a short nap before getting ready and wandering my way down to dinner at Fluer De Lyes at Mandalay Bay. Dinner was put on by Zero-G and I had a very nice evening with the flyers and crew of our flight plus Buzz Aldrin. I said goodbye around 9:15 and headed back to the Luxor.
Monday morning and it was time to go. I packed up my bags and headed back to the airport. LAS is always crowded and going through security there is never very much fun. Fortunatly my big mass of wiring from my hat camera didn't cause me any trouble with security.
Our flight was delayed about a half hour because of traffic on the ground but otherwise an uneventfull flight. Southwest has open seating which makes getting a good seat kind of a pain if your at the back of the line but I got a window at the very last row.
When we got to southern Oregon I shot this pic of Crater Lake and one of the couple wildfires still burning down there. The smoke was so thick it continued all the way through southern Washington.
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