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Vegas!!

A quick southeast drive later we found a comfortable RV park to base out of that was only 4 miles from the strip proper called Roadrunner RV Park.  We spent an afternoon and a separate evening wandering the streets of Vegas as well as some quality Bingo sessions.  The highlight of our visit was going to a show called The Mentalist.  Gerry McCambridge wrote the television series called The Mentalist and has been headlining on the Vegas strip for 13 seasons.  We felt lucky to be here on Halloween proper as the costumes were out in full force.  They were all a bit risqué to photograph for the blog:)

This picture is actually taken inside the Planet Hollywood complex where we saw a show called The Mentalist. The did a great job making the domed ceiling look like the sky.
This show was well worth the money and time spent to see it. Roy was even included in the last trick regarding the Mentalist’s picking of the week’s powerball numbers. Full disclosure, those numbers didn’t win us anything as he gave me the ticket he used to do the skit.
Each guest had to write down some personal information that the Mentalist would later use in his show.
As a math teacher I am hard to convince regarding these mental games but Gerry certainly had us guessing on how he performed his tricks. We bought his book and cannot wait to start reading it.
A quick lunch had us out exploring in time to see some “street performers”.
The clown on stilts and the jester were both talented performers.
Wish I had the arm strength and balance to do what these jesters were doing.
We could not imagine having to stand absolutely motionless to be a “live statue” in this exhibit. We figured being all white helped hide any slight movements. We did not see any until her shift was over and she packed up and left.
Off to the dressing room labeled “clowns on stilts” after a hard day’s work.
You order your drink at the kiosk and the robot makes your cocktail. Is technology wonderful or what?
Every establishment seemed to have slot machines just waiting to take your money. Not sure if they figure you will buy the beer/wine and drink it there before playing the slots?
We actually won nearly $100 playing slots on our 2 day stay. We have the strategy (if you really want to call it that) of leaving each machine right after a big payout. Seemed to work for us on this trip.
Paris or Vegas? What a nice replica this was. Walking the strip at night is much more interesting.
Even the RV Park was glitzy! Back to our home away from home……our Bullet camper. We did see a few actual road runner birds during our visit.
As meals were either very expensive or buffets that were less expensive but offered way too much food for us old folks, we concocted a number of great meals in our trusty toaster oven. Well we did splurge on Ben and Jerry’s Ice Cream!
Roy ups his Karma balance by helping a woman find her car and her husband.

 

 

 

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