Vegas Blog - Day 3

Miles: 1286.4
Gallons Burned: 29.7
Elvis Sightings: 8
Total Miles: 15922.6
Total Gallons Burned: 530.4
Total Caffeinated Drinks: 90
Total Gigabytes of Pictures: 33.7 - Apologies I can't upload my pics from my Camera phone without my card reader back in Seattle, so you'll have to wait.

On Saturday, Par, Derek, Rolando (sorry for calling you Alehandro), and I woke up late and drove out to the "M" Casino, a luxury Resort/Spa/Casino about 10 miles off the Strip. It is one of the newest casinos in Las Vegas and is well known for its amazing buffet. We waited in line for about 25 minutes only to be told that instead of the $15 advertised cost, the Saturday brunch featuring seafood, was $30. So we decided to get some In and Out Burgers instead.
As an aside, the M Casino (short for iMagine) is a externally beautiful casino, but upon entering it disappoints madly. The casino's foyer and casino floor is decorated in faux tiger stripe and black with accents of mahogany. It left me with an overall feel of being locked in bad 1970s funhouse.
At the burger joint, we enjoyed the Delux Meals and lemonade as the wind gusted madly outside. If you look on the bottom of the soft drink cups at In and Out Burger, you will find an Easter Egg. The verse John 3:16 is printed covertly. It turns out that the family who owns the chain is Christian and wanted to make a subtle homage to their God.
In the fall, Vegas enjoys brutal winds that have been known to exceed 90 miles-an-hour and we experienced the full force of those winds on our way back to Circus Circus.
That evening Derek and I went to the outdoor pools at C&C. Due to the high winds, one of the pools was closed, so we enjoyed the other pool.
Later that night, we all went to Fremont Street. The part of Las Vegas is far from the upscale casino hotels and it features cheaper games and lower minimum bets. Needless to say my eye saw no difference in the average patron's attire. You see the whole city is casual. In the high end casinos you will find folks from Missouri walking around in tank tops and torn jeans, and down on Fremont Street you will find folks from Iowa walking around in pain splattered t-shirts and flip-flops.
We found the cheapest buffet and enjoyed all you can eat NY Strip Steak for $12.99. I especially enjoyed the all-you-can-eat complementary deserts.
Later, Par taught Rolando how to play Craps (I learned how to play back in 9th grade when my frustrated math teacher, at my inner-city high school, taught us the game in a desperate attempt to get anyone to pay attention in class).
I wandered about alone for a little while enjoying "the world's largest TV". The screen is suspended 120 feet above a three block stretch of Fremont Street. It is an LED grid very similar to the jumbo-trons at all (american) football stadiums. Every 35 minutes the lights on the street would go off and a music video (complete with advertising) would play on the huge screen featuring music from The Beatles, The Who, and Aerosmith.
I counted no less than 8 Elvis impersonators on my little walk.
We got back to C&C late and slept into double digits.