Day 209

Today was a good day - one of the best days in a good while.  It started out with a leisurely breakfast, followed by a 9 o'clock departure.  Our first stop was a gun range where I fired 150 rounds through a Thompson.  It was a whole lot of fun.  The gun isn't the world's most controllable though.

Our next stop was the "Zombie Apocalypse Store".  It was filled with zombie stuff.  We bought a couple of small things for Dorie's kid.  The place was really entertaining.

The next stop was a train store way on the west side of town.  It was kind of neat.  I bought a building kit and a train car for a nice price.  On the drive back to the strip we saw this huge Ferris wheel kind of thing.  It looked interesting, so we parked at Treasure Island, which was near it, to go see it.  Unfortunately all of the buildings on the strip were so tall that we couldn't see it.

We started a search, walking down the strip.  Eventually we saw a sign on a sidewalk with a guy selling tickets using a smart phone.  He convinced us to go, sold us tickets, and told us how to get there.  We stopped for a quick lunch first.  It was $22 for two hot dogs, a side of fries, and two drinks.

The ride on the observation wheel was really cool.  The thing is almost 500 feet high and gives a great view of the central strip.  We took a whole lot of pictures.  We want to go again either at night or at sundown.  The wheel was just by the Flamingo casino. We went in there and walked through this cool nature exhibit.  It had flamingos, ducks, parrots, and a whole lot of huge goldfish (carp).

After that we walked back to the car.  We kind of got lost inside some casinos and ended up walking in a big circle.  All in all we walked over 5 miles.  We got back to the truck at 4:30.  Surprisingly the drive back was quick, with only one slight delay.

When we got home we took the dog to the park.  We walked around the park 4 times while she explored and did a little socializing. 

After that we were tired.  We spent about half an hour resting and then went for Chinese.  It was really good, much better then the last time we went there.  We got there at 7 and the place was packed.

After dinner it was just surfing.