Tuesday April 18th 2017

Today started windy and ended windy. In between it was windy. The sustained wind was in the 20mph range with gusts in the 40mph range. Other than the wind, it was warm in the 80s.

My day started out early. I was up earlier than normal in case “before noon” meant before breakfast. The phrase “before noon” was the schedule for the mobile lube guy. I had an appointment to get my RV home’s oil changed. He showed up around 11AM. I was his third appointment of the morning. My oil change was a quick job. He was done by 11:30.

While I was waiting for the mobile lube guy, I worked on booking tickets to a couple of more shows. The first thing I discovered was the ticket I booked for Cirque de Soleil Love for Thursday night was really for next week Thursday. The show is dark this week. It resumes shows next Thursday. A call to the box office confirmed I was out of luck. They were willing to change the show to another date, but not to refund my money. I have no idea when I’ll be back in the area. I’ll stop by the box office tomorrow on the off chance that an in person appeal will be more successful. I also booked at seat for Absinthe for tomorrow night.

Wind blow Las Vegas RV Resort. My RV Home is tucked in beside the laundry building in the center of the picture. I get a little shelter from the wind.

Once the lube guy left I needed to figure out how I was going to spend the rest of the day. I had a quick lunch then drove over to Sam’s Town Casino. Sam’s has a shuttle to the casinos in downtown Las Vegas. I took the 12:45 shuttle downtown to avoid having to find a place to park downtown.

The Fremont Street area is home to all of the older casinos in Las Vegas. A two and a half block area of the street is covered by a canopy of LED lights. The shows presented on the canopy at night are very interesting. During the day, it provides some shade from the hot desert sun. The street is a pedestrian mall with every weird busker and cartoon character imaginable. In one area there was a blues singer. On the next block was a guy singing a ballad accompanied by a guitar. In between there were human statues, playboy bunnies, shirtless cowboys in chaps, a magician and several other stranger yet performances.

Giant slot machine is the launch point for two sets of four zip lines. The shorter set of lines leaves from the coin tray area. The longer set of lines leave from the pay table above the  reels at the top.

I spent a few hours wandering through the casinos and checking out the strangeness on Fremont Street. The Vegas Club casino has closed since I was last in Las Vegas and the old railroad cars across the street have been removed. Those are the only significant changes I saw. The downtown area changes slower than the strip.

I was back at my RV home by five. It hadn’t blown away but mother nature was still trying. Some of the strongest winds of the day came just before dark. Tomorrow is forecast to be calmer.