Tip: For your own health, please don’t drink water from the ice buckets. Sometimes, people puke in those things. Gross, I know, but some time back in the LV press, there was a case of someone who got horribly ill (as in “required hospitalization for a month”) from drinking water out of the room’s ice bucket. I’d absolutely agree that the best course of action is to call guest services and get the bottled water.
By now, I’m sure you’re getting the idea that we don’t spend a lot of time in Vegas. You’d be right if you make this assumption. The whole town just has this patina of slime and corruption about it, and that’s before we start a serious examination of Harry Reid’s political wheeling-dealing with the real estate industry (Del Webb) down there.
I get nosebleeds all the time, especially when we get into the super-dry period of the summer and the alkali dust starts blowing off the playa around here. It is like breathing in lapping compound. Worse yet is when I’m baling or stacking alfalfa hay and the weather is super-dry and the leaves are shattering into a fine, abrasive powder. Snort a little bit of that up your schnozz and you bleed just standing still.
Regarding the nose bleeds, it took me two weeks to heal.
The only reason for going to Las Vegas was to host a PMA show for Nikon Europe. They moved the convention from Orlando to Las Vegas. Since I’d never been, I took the spouse and our daughter. We don’t gamble and instead took advantage of the great restaurants at the Venetian where we stayed. The best thing was a helicopter tour at night. The lights were amazing.
Your are right about the overall sleaze factor of Las Vegas though and Harry Reid fits that bill perfectly!
The show will return there next February and so will I. I think we’ll go a few days earlier so I can consume a few hundred gallons of water prior to shopping the strip.
I will say, winter is beautiful in Nevada. Cool nights and day temps in the 70’s. The lack of humidity is my enemy out there. I’ll be much more prepared next time around.
NVDave, you might try an allergy mask while baling that alfalfa! I wear one during the spring oak bloom here while mowing the ever growing grass. The stuff is suffocating during March/April.
Good luck and thanks for the advice. Try visiting Florida in February. You might be pleasantly surprised!