Las Vegas Strip aka: The Strip, Las Vegas Blvd, Las Vegas Boulevard South

I hate this place.

When I wasn’t at convention events, my roommates and I toured the strip. My strongest advice for others is 1. dress for hot weather but pack a sweater because the hotels are cold, and 2. use public transit, traffic is heavy and local drivers are impatient with confused tourists. Oh, and 3. bring a camera. :)

I had gone a couple times before during my 20’s, but this time around I appreciated the people, glitz and architecture a lot more.

I’ll bestow upon readers a secret about slot machines. They are programmed on the principles of random rewards.

Say what you will, but the penny slots are great entertainment. You can play longer, the risk is lower, and I even hit for 200 – while only playing about 50 cents!!

You drink for free and you there’s a bunch of penny slots everywhere up & down the strip.

Give it a shot!

I was 22yo with my future husband. I now have children and I want to go back there to show them and experience the new hotels, ride the donkey down the Grand Canyon and have the money to play the gambling tables.

Vegas is anything you want it to be. Everyone I know has a different sort of experience there, whether its gambling off-strip, shooting machine guns, shopping, seeing shows, or just walking the strip and seeing the sights.