Mulert's Great Adventure

LAS VEGAS AIRPORT

Since you all know how weird I am, I guess you'll understand how freaked I was, to see a major airport with over 900 planes coming and going every day, within walking distance of the strip. As you walk down the streets, planes fly between the casinos. It's amazing! I don't know how many acres it covers, but it is huge! You can see the strip in the background.

Notice the plane on the right and the casino on the left. The airport continues up so it's right across the street from that building.

I thought it was interesting, Don thought I was nuts! What else is new?

CELL TOWERS IN DISGUISE

I think this is a hoot!!! Phoenix has beautiful landscaping and decorative walls along the highways. Texas has their wildflowers thanks to Lady Bird Johnson. But hey, Vegas has cell phone trees. "Only God can make a tree!" Maybe not!

GETTING AROUND ON THE STRIP

The escalators are a God send on the strip. So are the skywalks.

As you can see, traffic is bad and worse at night. They do have a monorail around the strip and buses they call the Deuce, which travel around town and to the strip.

We did okay driving and parking in hotel ramps, but it's a llot of walking. Wear comfortable shoes if you come here.

THE FLAMINGO

The Flamingo has-guess what kind of animals?

We weren't able to get across the street because the police had it blocked off. The fire engine was there also.

THE MIRAGE

We walked over to the Mirage and saw this huge aquarium.

This is their pool.

We thought about seeing the white tigers, but it would have cost us $30,
and we decided we weren't that thrilled with the idea. Here's the entrance.

CAESAR'S PALACE

There are many elaborate areas in the casino and in the Forum Shops, which is a mall of very upscale stores. Some of the statues move and talk, like these.

While we were walking through the casino, Men (the master)Nguyen, professional poker player, passed us. Pete Rose and Kenny Stabler were signing autographs in a sports store.