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Tuesday we woke up at 8:30am. This time we were more determined to go to Rent-A-Wreck than we were before. We knew if we kept getting distracted on the way there we wouldn't make it there by around 6 PM when it closed. So we had to stay focused. There's simply too much fun stuff to do.
So we Walked towards Rent-A-Wreck.
We passed
Stardust
on the way, and refreshed ourselves from the warmth with the fountains.
Stardust | ![]() |
Stardust | ![]() |
Westward
Ho Are these trees, lamps, or umbrellas? |
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pigeons at Westward Ho (Carolyn's leg in corner) |
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Finally, after more walking we got to Rent-A-Wreck & rented a Dodge Shadow. What a crappy car! But for $20 a day it got us around and the radio stations in any tourist town are always far superior to what northern Virginia has to offer.
We were hungry, so we drove to the Holy Cow! brewery/restaurant/casino.
We ate, and gambled while waiting for our food. Clint won 500 quarters
($125) at Wheel of Fortune. We went upstairs and looked at the actual
brewery.
Holy Cow! Brewhouse/ Restaurant/ Casino, where Clint won $100 on a Wheel
Of Fortune slot machine wheel spin. Huge 50-pound bags of different malts and hops. We were there for the free tour but no one ever showed up, so we left with full stomaches and $60 profit. | ![]() |
We decided to "touch a mountain", so we pointed at a mountain
and just drove towards it.
driving towards the mountain | ![]() |
arriving at the base of the mountain | ![]() |
hanging out on the rocks | ![]() |
not sure when we took this picture, but it was probably during our trek to the mountain... Carolyn thought the clouds were really cool. | ![]() |
"The Sawyer Building", which we drove by on our way back from the mountain | ![]() |
Driving down the strip at prime time was stressful but quite interesting. Incredible amounts of people everywhere. The billboards were amazing. They were like huge televisions with high resolution, true color, total angular view. It was a new experience for both of us, especially driving-wise.
Also, their Department of Transportation is weird. They do things that would never exist in Virginia, like turn lanes that shift left through the center of medians (hard to explain). The biggest difference was that they didn't paint lines on the roads, but rather used these huge "thumb tacks" that they stuck into the pavement, 4 dots equivalent to 1 Virginia dotted yellow line.
We didn't like "the thumbtacks" at first, and they were the subject of some of the stand-up comedian's jokes that we saw later. However, it's functionally superior to Virginia because you can see and feel when you drift out of the lane.
Finally, we got there:
Excalibur, home of the "Tournament Of Kings"... Notice the sign, Las Vegas Blvd. That's the strip, FYI. | ![]() |
When we first got in, we didn't buy our tickets right away.
First we stopped at some of the gift shops.
And bought a shotglass. :)
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This is the Excalibur shotglass we bought. It's another one of those color-gradient-type shotglasses -- silver to clear. The reflective silver metal is neat. The transparant bottom is cool because it let's one see the color of what one is drinking. | ![]() |
We ended up in the "Dragon" section, which means we didn't have a country to cheer for (England, Russia, France, Ireland, Hungary).
We were instructed to cheer for the evil Dragon king.
Here's our ticket. Cool knight in the background. |
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We won this green translucent plastic half-yard beer container
(pictured left)
while at the Excalibur arcades.
Basically it is a plastic version of the original glass half-yard beer glass (pictured right), which we also received as a wedding present from Clint's cousin Laine Bowen (pacecar25@aol.com) |
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2-story tall fountain @ Excalibur | ![]() |
The jousting grounds for "Tournament Of Kings" | ![]() |
We lounged on a couch in a
lounge with a lounge singer. It was soooo strange to have live entertainment
that you didn't have to buy a ticket for.
indoor garden at Bellagio | ![]() |
view of Paris, from Bellagio parking lot, south side Note: This is from the 5th floor. |
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view of the rest of Vegas, from Bellagio parking lot, north side | ![]() |
Then we went to Stardust looking for food. We won about $10 (could have cashed out at $32, but didn't know when to stop). Finally, we left for our hotel and crashed.
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