Sunday April 16th 2017

Happy Easter. It is getting hot in Las Vegas. The temperature topped out just below 90 degrees. That is about 10 degrees higher than the average temperature for the day. The high temperature was accompanied by bright sunshine and a light breeze most of the day. Overnight into tomorrow the wind is forecast to pick up in intensity.

I spent a lazy morning reading and watching television. All I had planned for the day was Easter dinner at one of the casino buffets. I had my choice of several. Each of the outlying casinos that focus on the local residents for most of their business had an Easter buffet special. About 2:30, I went to the nearby Sam’s Town Resort Casino for Easter dinner. I arrived before they changed the brunch menu to the dinner menu so I started with breakfast then moved on to prime rib for dinner. The bottom line is I ate too much.

After dinner I sat at a slot machine while my stomach complained and lost my daily allotment of gambling money. It wasn’t a total disaster, I had the twenty bucks up over forty before I gave it all back. Overall, I got about an hour and a half of fun out of the money and my stomach calmed down. I’m going to blame my stomach for not taking my winnings when I was ahead. I was back home by 5:30 for more reading and TV.

Statue in the Miracle Mile Mall at Planet Hollywood Resort

The picture I’m including in tonight’s blog entry I took yesterday in the Miracle Mile mall at Planet Hollywood on the strip. It is an advertisement for dance lessons (guess what kind?). I think it is very symbolic of the whole Vegas scene. First of all it’s plastic like many of the temporary things in Vegas. Second it is huge. Everything is bigger in Las Vegas except the Eiffel Tower which is half scale. Third this town is for adults. Truthfully, I needed a picture for the blog and I like this one.