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...was my first time. It was kinda “blah” I was with my mom and I must have been the youngest person for about 50 miles around, and mom was the 2nd youngest. Don’t get me wrong, it’s a nice place and being along the river was cool, but it was too laid-back for me. The food was great and cheap, and the outlets across the street were nice, but still it felt like “Vegas for the aged”. I think it’s funny there’s a Harley convention there every year :)

Hotels are really cheap, we stayed for something like $5.99 a night – I kid you not – and we get postcards all the time for free weekends.

Note that we only saw one stop for gas between Barstow and The turnoff to Laughlin (near Needles) – there must have been more but we didn’t see any other gas stations, so fill up at the 1/2 way points.

See the “Knight’s Tournament” jousting/dinner show. Not that seating is assigned so be ther early! The show is great, but get into it, don’t just sit there watching, cheer and boo and yell random things, it’ll be more fun!

It’s a great musical with awesome efecs and a wonderful cast. You have to see it to believe it!

Try and get in line at least a 1/2 hour before showtime. There is ground floor and upper level (no elevators) seating. Leaving the theater from an upper level afer the show can be a little hairy especially in the rain, but my mom can do it, if a little slowly.

It’s a great musical with awesome efecs and a wonderful cast. You have to see it to believe it!

Try and get in line at least a 1/2 hour before showtime. There is ground floor and upper level (no elevators) seating. Leaving the theater from an upper level afer the show can be a little hairy especially in the rain, but my mom can do it, if a little slowly.

It’s fun. People complain that it’s not Disneyland, and well, it isn’t, if it were it would be pretty boring. There’s a lot of space (people aren’t always running over you with a stroller) and they do a good job of condensing what’s unique about California in a pretty small area. The live bands are really good and they have good parades.

There’s a lot to do and I think the food is a lot better there than at Disneyland – fried Cheese-dogs anyone? You’ll walk it off!

Vegas is pretty much everything you see on TV and then it’s not. We usually stay off the strip and hang out at the “locals” casinos. The people are pretty nice, frieldly and always ready to talk. Never win big, but I go to get away from LA :)

The drive from LA to Vegas usually takes me about 4.5 hours as we usually leave in the middle of the night (after 9pm), I’d never drive it in the middle of the day, especially in the summer. One accident can throw the whole highway out of service for a couple of hours.

Was a long time ago…I miss it and hope ot go back again someday.

My first trip was last year. It was great and I still keep in touch with a tour guide I met in Cambridge. Bad weather?? It was 80 degrees Farenheit on 10/28!