Tuesday April 11th 2017

The weather today was overcast and warm in the low eighties. My primary goal for the day was to find some of the coupon and advertisement magazines with show information. From past experience I’ve learned that the deals in this publications are the best for middle tier of shows. The same day half price ticket company has cheaper prices, but the you have no control over what seat you get. In my experience the seats are often inferior to tickets bought directly. I prefer to find a coupon that provides a discount at the box office. The exception is the shows that the majority of the seats are general admission. for those shows the half price ticket place is the best.

Ethel M Chocolate Factory behind some cactus bushes.

Yellow blossoms 

I tried to find the magazines at a couple of the outlying casinos with out much success. My search finally lead to the strip. On the way I stopped at the Ethel M Chocolate Factory and Cactus Garden. I always enjoy the cactus garden. This is the first time I’ve seen it in full spring bloom. Usually it is at Christmas time when the primary attraction is the lights they use to decorate the place.

More yellow blossoms

Orange color blossoms

White flower on a yucca plant

Today instead of artificial color in the form of lights the greens and browns of the desert plants were brightened with yellows, reds, purple and orange blossoms. The insects, birds and lizards were busy working in the flowers as I took pictures of everything that wasn’t green. I also found myself counting the planes passing overhead on the landing approach to McCarran International Airport. They are low enough that conversation is interrupted as they pass overhead. I counted twelve. If they had 5 minutes of separation then I was at the Cactus garden for around an hour.

More vivid orange color blossoms

Humming Bird

Humming bird working over her head.

After the Cactus Garden I braved the hordes and went to the strip in search of the coupon magazines. I parked at the Miracle Mile Mall and Planet Hollywood Casino. This is one of the only places you can still park without paying. I found one of the magazines in the mall, but continued my search for other versions. I walked through Planet Hollywood, Bellagio, Ballys and Paris Casinos in search of another Las Vegas Entertainment magazine. I saw lots of people but no magazines. The Bellagio Consortium was decorated for spring with some of the Chinese New Year leftover. I’ll share some pictures in tomorrows blog.

Lizard checking out the cactus. There were many of these little creatures all over the garden.

With only limited success I returned to my RV home and got on the internet. I secured a ticket to Cirque de Soleil O for tomorrow night at full price. It is unlikely that the discount ticket outlets would have provided much of a discount on this high end show. I’ll continue my search for cheap tickets tomorrow. It’s become kind of a game.