Tripometer – 10,171 mi
Gas Gauge – 788.351 gal
Location – Circus Circus RV Park, Las Vegas, NV
Lodging – $61
Cans of OFF – 4
Some were up by 10am, others as late as almost noon. It was a rough morning. The general consensus this morning is that we are all Las Vegas rookies and can’t handle the ‘proof’ of this city. Almost everyone took a nap at some point during the day today.
David came to Las Vegas with the intention of gambling for a while with a limit of $100. After coffee and a lot of water (including the aspirins he should have had last night) Dave and Stratis ventured into Circus Circus to try Dave’s hand at $5 blackjack (and a couple of spins of the roulette wheel too). Having purchased $20 in chips at the beginning of the venture (holding $80 in reserve) Dave worked his way up to a $100 chip! (see pic) Not seeing his luck continuing, Dave decided this was enough for one day and retired from his gambling career up 400%. Nice job Dave!
Paul spent most of the day working on the blog and generally being the grumpy trailer troll. Kelly spent a good part of the day at the pool and water park behind Circus Circus. Needless to say, she found this a Grade-A people-watching opportunity!
We noticed today that the sign on the top of the Trump International Hotel behind the Circus Circus reads “Rump” if you stand right at our trailer door. We’ll call that an excellent parking job.
Needless to say it was an early night for everyone.
Special Note: Our favorite RV park guest was parked up against the bathroom at the very back of the park. His 20 some foot trailer was hooked to a ¾ ton pickup truck that looked like it was going to experience axle failure from the strain. It honestly appeared as though the springs were completely compressed. The trailer had seen better days. At some time during its life, it had all of the compartment covers ripped off and graffiti scrawled all over one side (which was subsequently painted over… sloppily.) That paints the picture. Now the interesting part. Sitting in front of the trailer, partially unrolled, was a full-on red carpet rolled up on a roll about 3 feet in diameter. That’s still making us scratch our heads.