Trip 2005 - Vegas Round 1

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After the show, the ship was all lit up all spooky-like just like it is in the Scooby Doo cartoons. I was snooping around, causing mischief and all, when I was suddenly startled by p... p... p... PIRATE GHOSTS! Zoinks! Me and Scooby ran in place for 3 seconds before we zipped off towards the nearest store for some Scooby Snacks. 

There was a spotlight pointing up from the pyramid of the Luxor hotel/casino, and from our vantage point it looked like it was lined up with the moon, essentially making it look like one of the casinos was beaming the moon into the night sky. Seeing as how this was Vegas, I believed it to be true because they can do anything here. If they can put a full sized pirate ship on a busy street in the middle of a city, then anything is possible.

Every now and then I see things that I think are funny, then later they turn out to not be. For instance, I took this picture to demonstrate that in Vegas, spelling doesn't matter because they misspelled win. A large sign on the outside it enough to convince me to wynn instead of looze.

They have a show that runs every night, featuring explosions, music, canon fire, pirates and of course, scantily clad dancing pirate hookers. No show is complete without them of course. I almost looked away because I was almost offended by this raunchy display, but I had to keep watching. Vegas will do that to you.

I guess I forgot to mention that before, in between and after all of these pictures, I was gambling like a man with nothing to lose. Unfortunately for me, I did have something to lose, and that something is called everything. I didn't win a single thing the entire time that I was in Vegas. I thought that a casino that was pirate friendly would be kind to someone like me who looks favorably upon those who are pirates. Sadly, the Treasure Island contained neither treasure nor an island for me to win. We gambled a bit more in Vegas before driving to Mesquite, Nevada where we would be staying for the night. Mesquite is one of those border towns that only exist because of legalized gambling. In this case, it was about 2 hours from Vegas and right on the Nevada-Utah border. The Virgin River Casino was rather nice, and I would quite like it if I hadn't have lost there as well. Tomorrow would be another fun filled day, filled with excitement, exploration, and fun times with the kids, who were due to arrive it Vegas at 10:00 pm.

This statue is located right outside of the Mirage casino. The first thing that I could think about doing was putting my neck in this tiger's mouth. I figured that it was in bad taste, but we should really be asking the tiger about taste right? Get it? Taste? Or is it too soon to make jokes?