The
sites of
Las
Vegas
from the
Eiffel
Tower
replica
are far
different
than
those
seen in
Paris.
Like a
kid
"stuck
at the
beach"
(poor
me), the
sites
and
sounds
of Sin
City or
Las
Vegas
lured me
ever
closer
to my
trip
away for
a
weekend
getaway.
While
Southern
Californians
who make
the
drive
regularly
find it
long and
laborious
after
doing it
so many
times, I
stopped
along
the way
at the
touristy,
yet
totally
fun and
fascinating
Calico
Ghost
Mines.
Purchasing
some
great
Southwest-styled
CDs at a
little
shop
where
the
music
was very
lively,
with
guitar
strums
and a
steady
beat, I
headed
back on
the road
from
Yermo to
Las
Vegas.
My
driving
partner
took
control
of the
wheel in
Las
Vegas
when I
knew
that I'd
need to
map the
terrain
and
photograph
the
buildings
and
skyscrapers
as we
drove
along
the
Strip.
Wow,
building
after
building,
lots of
congestion,
traffic
and
hoards
people!
Exactly
what I
am used
to in my
home
town, a
beach
community
of
200,000
people
in
Orange
County,
California.
If I
tire of
hearing
discussions
about
the
minimal
attire
of
locals
at the
beach,
in
visitor
guides
and in
the
press,
Las
Vegas
has
taken
care of
that.
The
images
are not
nude,
but the
girlie-girls
on the
oversized
screens
broadcasting
ads
along
the
Strip
are
scantilly
clad and
quite
sexy.
When I
visited
Las
Vegas
from the
Midwest
during
my
college
days, I
found it
boring.
Now it
is quite
fascinating
as a
phenomenon
as I
notice
"down
home"
folks
who are
able to
throw
reckless
abandon
and walk
the
children
along
this
advertisement
of sex,
sounds
and
color.
Well,
just
cover
the
kiddies'
eyes or
talk to
them and
find out
that
they see
more on
their
favorite
television
programs
and on
the
Internet
than you
realized.
Get over
it, mom
and dad.
So the
tourist
has
gathered
this
list
from
time
reading
travel
sections,
looking
at other
people's
boring
photos
and
deciding
what
needed
to be
done in
Las
Vegas.
1. Go to
the
Eiffel
Tower.
That's
where we
took the
photo
above.
You are
totally
caged in
with a
solid
mesh
screen
that
makes it
most
easy for
smaller
digital
lenses
to poke
through
and get
a
photo.
If you
want to
eat at
the
restaurant
with a
view in
the
Eiffel
Tower,
the
prices
are on
the
luxury
side
with
meals
beginning
at $25
per
entree
and
going
up. The
attraction
at this
nicely-decorated
restaurant
with
sweeping
views it
the
water
show you
overlook
at
Bellagio.
2. Take
a walk
down The
Strip to
size up
New York
New
York,
Luxor
and the
other
attractions
of the
world
found in
one
place.
You have
to stand
next to
them to
see the
facades
and
scale of
these
look-alike
buildings,
casinos
and
attractions.
