Sam And Saundra's Second Time Around - Part 7

Sam And Saundra’s Second Time Around – Part 7

Nevada

10/19/10 - 10/22/10  - Las Vegas

Rome

We enjoyed the Venetian. We ate at the Noodle Asia Restaurant - twice.  Good.  The Stratosphere was our other great event.  We took an elevator (after paying) up 109 floors.  This structure is the tallest in Vegas and the fifth tallest in the US. Taller even then … The Space Needle.  It even has a revolving restaurant.  It was amazing that I had no difficulty going up a high-speed elevator 1149 feet. Must be the holes in my head. We watched several people jumping off the top of the Stratosphere, connected to high-speed descent wires.  Bungie-jumping similar, but different. I figured they must have holes in theirs too.  I wanted to jump, but intelligence finally prevailed.  Sam would not let go of my hand.

France

We watched one of the other high quality mega-scare rides up at the top. The Insanity ride. It looks like an octopus that is holding a rider in each arm while it flips off the top of the building and spins like crazy.  The riders get to look at nothing but little itty bitty cars moving around down below.  Sam and I calmly watched and had a beer at the highest bar in Vegas.  No, I am not bragging. The view of the whole area from the top deck is breath-taking. We could see and see and see. So we spent time looking. Worth the cost of the elevator ride. We spent three days seeing the sights, the statue of liberty, Eiffel tower, etc. We enjoyed the good parts, hated the ‘bad’ parts, and wore ourselves out.  We did not see everything, much of which does not start until after dark. But it was time to move on.