Spent last weekend (Sat. - Mon.) in Las Vegas. A big group of friends, coworkers, old co-workers, their friends... we all stayed at the Flamingo. We got in a day later than everyone and worked hard to catch up (read "got really drunk").
Nothing really of note. Just a really fun time all around. Ate well, gambled like addicts, won some money, lost a little more - but didn't come home broke.
No pictures to show; I took a point and shoot camera but left it in the room.
As always, Vegas did not disappoint. I haven't been in three years but not too much has changed that I hadn't heard about. The whole family friendly thing is pretty much done and gone. The Flamingo has pole dancers right at the entrance of the casino. One of the smaller places downtown has girls dancing in the pit between the table games - not nude in either place but scantily clad. This of course doesn't stop lousy parents from bringing their kids.
We had a lot of fun at Buffalo Bills and all over downtown where us non-high rollers can still afford to gamble. Tore up Craps but couldn't win at Black Jack or Pai Gow.
Got home on time on Monday and the rest is history.
The last two days I've been home sick. I'm covered nearly from head to toe in a mysterious rash that came out of nowhere on Tuesday. Went to the doctor on Wednesday - he called it "impressive" and sent me home with an industrial sized tube of steroid cream. He said I should be good to go in a couple days - feels pretty miserable right now though.
Over the 4th of July we took an extended weekend camping trip in the Hiawatha National Forest in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. We had a beach front campsite at Bay View Campground on Lake Superior. The campground is nothing special with only 24 sites, pit toilets, and and hand pump for water. (You really feel like an animal when pumping water by hand and getting torn apart by mosquitos.) The sandy beach in front of the campsites makes up for the lack of amenities - sitting all day with a couple beers is the way to go.
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