{"id":1187,"date":"2016-03-05T01:06:44","date_gmt":"2016-03-05T07:06:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rickneal.ca\/travelblog\/?p=1187"},"modified":"2016-04-29T14:07:20","modified_gmt":"2016-04-29T19:07:20","slug":"fremont-street","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.rickneal.ca\/travelblog\/?p=1187","title":{"rendered":"Fremont Street"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Made it to Las Vegas. The trip was fine, and went without a hitch. The line to register at the Rio was long – there was a woman who stood at the head of the line handing out water and apologizing. But, I mean, we were checking in on a Friday afternoon; of\u00a0course<\/em> it’s going to be busy!<\/p>\n

After we were checked in, we went to our rooms to freshen up. Mine was still being made up, but that only took about five minutes until they were finished.<\/p>\n

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The room is huge, and very nice.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Once we met up again, we jumped in a taxi and went to Fremont Street. From what I understand, Fremont Street is the heart of old Las Vegas – the Strip before there was the Strip.<\/p>\n

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A large section has been roofed over with lights that keep running a display.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Binions\"<\/a>
Binion’s the home of the World Series of Poker, is on Fremont street.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Vegas<\/a>
Vegas Vic is an iconic sign, and he lives here on Fremont Street.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

As we wandered the length of the street, which is a pedestrian-only area, it was packed with people, full of busker and beggars, lined with casinos and clubs. We stopped for dinner in an “Irish Pub”1<\/a><\/sup>.<\/p>\n

\"Sandy<\/a>
Sandy spotted the Zoltar machine, and stopped to have her fortune told.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

There were also lots of zip-line folks shooting over our heads every couple of minutes. That was kind of cool.<\/p>\n

We went down onto the more normal part of Fremont Street, and saw this:<\/p>\n

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It’s a crappy picture, but yes, that’s a giant metal mantis that shoots fire from its antennae. And a blue geodesic dome.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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It marked the Container Park, which is a three-storey, open air mall made out of shipping containers.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"The<\/a>
The middle of Container Park has a play area, including an impressive treehouse.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

After we wandered back to the middle area of Fremont Street, we took a turn through the Golden Nugget. I found it kind of depressing, to be honest – so many loud, flashing slot machines, so much loud music, so many people grimly plugging in money and pulling the levers. I know, I know, if it’s not my thing, I shouldn’t say things that’ll ruin it for others, but the whole place reeked of smoke and despair.<\/p>\n

We’d been out wandering around for a few hours at that point, and decided to head back to the Rio. I found the cab ride to be far more exciting2<\/a><\/sup> than our other rides today. At the Rio, we sat in the bar for a drink, but the long day and loud music and flashing lights were giving us sensory overload. After one drink, we headed off to our rooms.<\/p>\n

Tomorrow morning, we’re going to figure out how to spend the day leading up to the main feature of our trip, the Penn & Teller show tomorrow evening. Looking forward to that.<\/p>\n

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  1. Note the scare quotes. It wasn’t very Irish. But the food was good. [↩<\/a>]<\/li>
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