I ate breakfast there, and did some yoga . . . I woke up and had some lower back pain, so I did some yoga before breakfast hoping to get rid of it. For the most part, it worked, but it took awhile. I was hoping it wouldn't take me as long as it did, but I ended up getting to Vegas at two o'clock in the afternoon. I found my hotel and checked in. The room is large and nice. The room rates are cheap.
Then, I took the monorail down to Circus Circus. Well, actually, the monorail went to the Sahara, which is a now defunct casino. The monorail drops you off at this kind of seedy area, and I had to figure out how to get to Circus Circus. It was a much longer walk than I had anticipated. Bummer. After being so long in the car, I really wasn't up for that . . . plus, the temp outside was about 104!! OMG! Hot! And forget about that "dry heat" deal . . . it's still oppressively hot!
Finally made it to Circus Circus, but I was too late for the buffet. Last time I was down here, Circus Circus had excellent buffets for about three dollars. It was over ten years ago. Well, forget cheap! The buffet is now fifteen dollars or something! But, alas, I was too late to have it, anyway.
I looked around at a few food places inside the casino, and finally settled on Mexican fast food . . . it was reasonably priced and reasonably good. Then, I went back to the Adventure Dome . . . the inside amusement park! First, I went to see the bungee jump . . . I was really excited to try that. Well, it wasn't exactly what I had expected. In fact, it wasn't a bungee jump at all. It was jumping on a trampoline, while you are suspended in a harness. Hardly a bungee jump. I declined the whole deal. I had planned to buy the all day pass for twenty-five dollars, so you can ride the rides as many times as you want. But, the wall climbing (and the so-called bungee jumping) weren't included in the all day pass! So, I paid for the wall climb and it was taller than I had ever done, so that was cool. But, I forgot to ask the guy to time me, and I think I did it pretty fast. Oh, well!
The roller coaster was next. It was cool! Fast, and a couple of upside down roundy rounds. But, I have to admit something here . . . something embarrassing. It was so exciting that my mouth was open the whole time, and I was kinda, well, kinda drooling. Yes, drooling. All down the front of my shirt. And . . . the poor kid next to me . . . as we were getting off, I noticed him wiping his glasses off! Gross! Sorry kid!
After the roller coaster, I headed back into the casino looking for the Circus Circus midway. It, too, was disappointing . . . just not like I remembered. It seemed a lot more expensive than before, and most of the patrons were little kids. Since a lot of the games are multi-person, it meant that if I won, I would be beating a little kid. The whole thing turned me off. I left . . . in search of a poker game.
I found the poker room in approximately the same place it used to be. But, the lowest limit was $3/$6, which is really expensive . . . especially when you're talking about hold 'em. So, I passed it by. Oh, well. I thought maybe another casino might have stud poker and a little cheaper limits.
Even though it was interminably hot, I began the long walk back to my hotel. I wasn't going to go for the monorail again! There were some things I wanted to see on the way, anyway. I passed by the Excalibre . . . the casino with the King Arthur theme. It was kind of cool. Then, I made my way to the Mirage. They had a dolphin and white tiger exhibit that I thought was free, but it wasn't. Last time I was there . . . it was free. That was back when Siegfried and Roy were still there, though.
WAlking on, I checked poker games in a couple other casinos, but to no avail. Nothing that I wanted to play in. Oh, well. Finally back to my hotel, and I settled in for a short evening of surfing the net. Good night.
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