The Agnew Family aboard the "Dog House"

Another evening visiting the strip. Margaret had a bad migraine and opted to stay at the trailer so it was just Ed, Colin and myself. This time we visited the Flamingo, Treasure Island, Mirage and Caesar’s Palace. Colin drove and he decided to park his Dodge Ram 4x4 pickup truck in the parking garage at the Flamingo. He fit under the clearance chains hanging at the entrance of the garage but he was a little nervous going under the concrete beams especially the ones with scrape marks on them. I think crouching over the steering wheel to avoid hitting his head helped at lot. The traffic behind him encouraged him along by honking their horns. When we left the garage he was passed by a couple of cars — people just don’t have patience these days.

We toured around the Flamingo like a train — I led the way followed by Colin and Ed. Everywhere I went they followed — Colin did stop when he realized I was walking in a circle around a group of slot machines! Out on the strip Colin noticed a sign for $1 Margaritas — had to stop and get one of those. Treasure Island has a free outdoor show that you can watch from the sidewalk in front of the casino. We arrived about 25 minutes early and there were already lots of people there but we were able to get spot right up front. By time the show started the entire area was jammed with people. The show was called Sirens of the TI and involved a pirate ship and a ship with Sirens (mythical women who could control the sea and the weather with their songs). The show was good but I’m not sure that I would want to be in that crush of people again. After a tour around the Treasure Island casino we headed to the Mirage for the volcano eruption. The front of the Mirage is a beautiful garden with a large pond with waterfalls. The “volcano” erupts from the top of the waterfall with . Luckily, this show is more frequent so we didn’t experience a crush of people again. We toured around the Mirage casino then headed for Caesar’s Palace. Now this is one big place — it has two casinos and countless shops and restaurants. We wandered around for a while and finally found the exit.

Colin had skipped dinner (Margaret and Colin had gone to a buffet for lunch) so he was getting hungry. We decided to stop at the Nevada palace (just up the road from the RV park) for their $1.99 breakfast served from 11pm to 9 am and as it was after 11pm. we stopped in. What a deal as it also included coffee!
Elvis sighting....



Treasure Island siren's ship


attempted boarding


ship on fire!!


Mirage's volcano


The lobby of Caesar’s Palace