Singing "Leavin' Las Vegas!"

Leavin' Las Vegas!
Leavin' Las Vegas!
Viva, Leavin' Las Vegas!

(Sung to the tune of "Viva Las Vegas!", of course.)  We were very glad to leave Las Vegas after our stay there extended an additional, unplanned week.  As is the way of life when full-timing in an RV, we are rather at the mercy of service providers and parts availability when anything needs repair or maintenance.  Such was the case while we were in Las Vegas.  Our HDMI matrix went bad, and getting it resolved resulted in our 1-week stay stretching to 2 weeks.  Las Vegas is fine for a few days of fun, but it's much too hot for much longer than that.  To make it even worse, it wasn't a 'dry' heat as the tail end of the monsoon season brought daily showers and kept the humidity very high.

For the most part, we did enjoy our stay and left less than $50 in their gambling coffers.  Rather than gambling, we decided to spend our money on live entertainment.  We went to see Penn & Teller at the Rio one evening.  They put on a very good show, and afterwards made themselves available for pictures.

When we were looking for shows that were available during our stay, we had seen that Jerry Seinfeld was coming to Vegas.  However, it looked like we would miss him since we were scheduled to leave a couple of days before he arrived.  As it turned out, our HDMI matrix went bad, yadda yadda yadda, we bought tickets for Jerry Seinfeld.  He performed at the Colosseum in Caesars Palace and we really enjoyed his show.  As you might expect, there were no photo ops with him after the show, so this is the only picture we got.

We are big fans of the TV show 'Pawn Stars', so had to go see the pawn shop while we were there.

It's actually much smaller than it appears on TV--maybe a case of the camera adding 10 pounds AND 20 feet?  We could easily identify the spots where the show is filmed, and we spotted several of the items we've seen them buy.  We made a point of looking for the sports championship rings.

We made the drive down to Lake Havasu City to see the London Bridge.  We were expecting something a bit bigger and grander, but were glad that we saw it.

Anywhere that we stay, we figure that once we're able to navigate around the city without the aid of maps or GPS, it's time to move on.  We became very familiar with getting around Las Vegas.  We understand that it's one of the fastest growing cities in the US, but truly we don't see the appeal.  Maybe we're just getting old?  In any case, we're heading for cooler climates.  Our next real destination is southern Colorado, making a couple of quick stops along the way.