Vegas, Baby... Vegas!!!!

Three weeks ago, I was able to take a trip to Las Vegas for the first time in almost seven years. I was able to do a little bit of gambling, who knew you could that there? I was able to see a whole lot of new constuction that has taken place since I had last been there. Here are a few pictures from the trip. Lucky for the three of us that took the trip, we all decided to pick the coldest weekend of the year to head down there. If I remember correctly, it was about a 25 degree high for the entire weekend.

I was able to take this picture of the Bellagio from the top of the Eiffel Tower. Its a half scale verstion, so its about 450 feet high. Very nice view, but cold and windy. With the wind chill, it was about zero degrees. Yikes.


Here is a picture of the Venetian and the Mirage. Sadly, both taken from street level.

And as a treat, geek that I am, I was able to go to the Star Trek Experience at the Hilton. Here are a couple pics from that part:

Me and a couple of aliens:



A couple of the ships from the show hanging from the ceiling. Each roughly about 20 feet long.
All in all , a very nice trip. As a final treat for me, I was able to meet up with a friend of mine that moved to Vegas almost four years ago. We had not seen each other since. A nice sunday dinner and a couple of hours of conversation later, we had to part ways because she had to go to work early the next day. Hope to see her again whenever I get back there.