The last night in Vegas

Edit: The photos have been added.

There are photos to go with this post but they are trapped on my phone and the wireless at the airport is not playing nice. Check back tomorrow for some snaps.

We decided to head out to Freemont St where old Vegas lives. We liked it much better as drinks were slightly cheaper and we got to gamble with nickels.

Daorcey enjoying a drink. It was pina colada.

Our first stop was Mermaids where they have a free money draw every 30 mins. We didn't win at all. Then gambled with nickels. When you win, you can have the coins rain down in a bucket! That's Vegas. Of course your hands are grimy.

The coins!

Mermaids also had deep fried Oreos which were just okay. We were looking for deep fried twinkies but they were out.

Then we watched the light show which was inexplicably a five-minute ad for Kiss. Deeply cheesy.

Daorcey is entranced by the Kiss light show.

Then we went to the Golden Gate Casino. Played $5 blackjack where I won $2.50. Golden Gate Casino is also the home of $2 shrimp cocktails so the boys (we were hanging out with 2 fellows from Montreal) each bought one. After that delicious treat it was back out on the street where we met the owner of the Golden Gate Casino. Or so his business card said. Also, the dealers in the Golden Gate Casino that are female and young are made to dance every 2 hours in the evening.

While waiting to decide what to do next, we saw a guy run by, quickly followed by security personnel. The security personnel were then followed by a crowd of civilians. Lastly, a girl from Mermaids (dressed in a garish neon green and yellow pantsuit) ran by.

This guy wasn't involved in any shenanigans. He was just being sculpted in clay... posed like that.

We finished the night at the Golden Nugget where one of the Montreal journalists won $100 on a big slot machine. It was huge this slot machine. It took two hands to pull the lever and it dropped massive $1 coins. It was a poetic end to our week in Vegas as we had hung out with the journo pretty much every night and he decided he would only play large slot machines, and there were quite a few.

So now, we're sitting in the Vegas airport and I have to say I'm ready to go home to my bed and vegetables.