The Mirage
Originally uploaded by heidigoseek.
I'm in Vegas! I came to visit my dad who has been living here for about a year. I even got a few pictures I took around the city uploaded on Flickr. The one in this blog post is of the Mirage, where my dad is currently working. He actually just started his new job there last night when my flight came in so I didn't actually get to see him until this morning.
The flight to Vegas was pretty uneventful, but I did think of a few things that I had wanted to tweet but didn't want to pay for internet while I was waiting. One thing was how airports and flying give me anxiety. This is only the second round trip flight I've ever take in my life. I would much rather take a slow boat to China than fly there. My anxiety from airports comes mostly from picking Alex up or dropping him off all the time. Ironically when I drop him off for his flights I'm fighting what seems like a million cars doing the same thing, but this time there was maybe 3 cars including ours outside the terminal. Figures.
The other annoying thing was that Google Gears doesn't seem to be working all the time with my Google Reader. I had wanted to go through some feeds in the airport and on the plane. In the airport the browser kept redirecting me to buy internet and on the plane it would catch for a second and then send me to a network error page. I had plenty of other things to occupy my time with though.
Once at the airport I had to catch a taxi to my dad's house, as I mentioned, he started his job last night so I didn't get to see him until this morning. I threw the taxi driver off guard when I gave him an actual address in North Las Vegas instead of one of the typical hotel/casinos. He asked me if I knew where it was, I said, "no but I have GPS." I had already loaded my dad's address in my device before I left. He said I was his first GPSer. That dang thing really does come in handy...and I think I had him impressed enough to want to go buy one himself. My dad used to be in real estate so he had one of those house key locks hanging on the front door for me...I guess those things come in handy too.
Today he just took me around some of the different casinos. I actually like Las Vegas a lot more than I thought I would. I'm not really into the casino thing, but with the amount of shows and other things to do, it's actually a pretty cool place. Sadly the thing that impressed me the most is free parking. This is sad because there are a lot of really impressive things in Vegas and I choose parking. I guess I need to get out more.
Last time I was in Vegas I ended up having a conversation about satnav systems with a taxi driver, too...
Your photos are cool so far, keep shooting!
The casino thing wears me down fairly quickly, and the fact that you just generally go from one massive casino complex to the next... fortunately as you say, there are other things to do as well. Shopping malls, bars etc. (and the Apple store at the Fashion Show Mall). Some of the shows are pretty cool, and if you get up high enough (Stratosphere, Voodoo Lounge at the Rio, etc.) the views are phenomenal.
Free wireless at McCarran Intl by the way, so when you fly out you can tweet to your heart's content.
We were pretty close to going to the Fashion Show Mall but we went the other direction and I think my back was starting to get to me by then too. Although the Apple Store is not quite so exciting for a Windows user such as myself. :)
Don't know how much wireless time I'll get at the airport, my dad does want to get me down to the strip at night and I think we'll do that right before I fly out.
My dad's working from 10 pm to 6 am every night I'm here except for the night I fly out. The day time probably isn't the best time to see Vegas but beggars can't be choosers. Besides it turns out I still have homework to do while I'm galavanting around the world.