Well, the day before the school starts, Mrs. Cathy and myself decided to have a day of it in the Vegas area. We weren't particularly hoping for an exciting day, but we sure got it.
Our first stop was at the Gold and Silver Pawn Shop, where the TV show, Pawn Stars is filmed. I didn't know what to expect. So we went in and we were shocked about the amount of jewelry in the store. Literally, thousands of pieces of jewelry were in the cases. You name it, it probably was there- rings, necklaces, bracelets etc... Even a Superbowl ring from the 2002 Superbowl, selling for $100,000 and you can't touch it. But other than a couple of big screen TV's a motorcycle and some guitars, they really didn't have much else. We bought a DVD of the first episode of the Charlie Angels movie (not my idea).
And we got to see the "Old Man". He was sitting behind his desk that is scene on TV and he really looks the same on TV as in real life. He was busy, so I didn't say hi, but he is one of the biggest stars I have seen in Las Vegas so far.
We then traveled to Primm, which located about 30 miles south of Las Vegas. After enduring about a 12 mile traffic jam as the Californians headed back to their humble abodes. We stopped at the Terribles CA Lotto shop in Primm to buy some lottery tickets. With a jackpot of $252 million, why not take a chance?
After getting our tickets, were going to eat out, but as luck would have it, the restaurant was closed, so we went to Buffalo's Bills Casino. It is home to one of the world's best roller coaster. It starts with a 225 ft climb followed by the same amount of drop at about 90mph. It barely slows down the rest of the ride as you go flying though steep turn after steep turn, rise and drop. For a review, see here: http://themeparks.about.com/cs/lasvegas/a/desperado.htm and to see a video, see here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kuOxYvSwG8I We felt weightless after the ride, and that is saying something for me.
All I can say, being a jet fighter pilot is not in my job picture any time soon.
Then after getting back into Vegas, we got some Baskin Robbins ice cream and decided to watch the airplanes land and take off at McCarren Airport. At that time, a storm system went by and the winds picked up and it started to rain. We saw a couple of planes trying to land, go around. Then a Southwest plane came in for a landing. we were watching it come towards, shaking from side to side. When the plane was about 10-20 feet from the ground, the plane powered up and went back up into the sky. For those of us on the ground, it was a very scary sight. I can only imagine what it was like in the passengers cabin. I can only imagine the toilet paper business in the airplane just got busy.
So, what we thought was going to be a nice quiet day before I go back to school turned out to be quite interesting.
Our first stop was at the Gold and Silver Pawn Shop, where the TV show, Pawn Stars is filmed. I didn't know what to expect. So we went in and we were shocked about the amount of jewelry in the store. Literally, thousands of pieces of jewelry were in the cases. You name it, it probably was there- rings, necklaces, bracelets etc... Even a Superbowl ring from the 2002 Superbowl, selling for $100,000 and you can't touch it. But other than a couple of big screen TV's a motorcycle and some guitars, they really didn't have much else. We bought a DVD of the first episode of the Charlie Angels movie (not my idea).
And we got to see the "Old Man". He was sitting behind his desk that is scene on TV and he really looks the same on TV as in real life. He was busy, so I didn't say hi, but he is one of the biggest stars I have seen in Las Vegas so far.
We then traveled to Primm, which located about 30 miles south of Las Vegas. After enduring about a 12 mile traffic jam as the Californians headed back to their humble abodes. We stopped at the Terribles CA Lotto shop in Primm to buy some lottery tickets. With a jackpot of $252 million, why not take a chance?
After getting our tickets, were going to eat out, but as luck would have it, the restaurant was closed, so we went to Buffalo's Bills Casino. It is home to one of the world's best roller coaster. It starts with a 225 ft climb followed by the same amount of drop at about 90mph. It barely slows down the rest of the ride as you go flying though steep turn after steep turn, rise and drop. For a review, see here: http://themeparks.about.com/cs/lasvegas/a/desperado.htm and to see a video, see here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kuOxYvSwG8I We felt weightless after the ride, and that is saying something for me.
All I can say, being a jet fighter pilot is not in my job picture any time soon.
Then after getting back into Vegas, we got some Baskin Robbins ice cream and decided to watch the airplanes land and take off at McCarren Airport. At that time, a storm system went by and the winds picked up and it started to rain. We saw a couple of planes trying to land, go around. Then a Southwest plane came in for a landing. we were watching it come towards, shaking from side to side. When the plane was about 10-20 feet from the ground, the plane powered up and went back up into the sky. For those of us on the ground, it was a very scary sight. I can only imagine what it was like in the passengers cabin. I can only imagine the toilet paper business in the airplane just got busy.
So, what we thought was going to be a nice quiet day before I go back to school turned out to be quite interesting.
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