A view of the highway heading towards Las Vegas
I saw this road sign on the way out to San Francisco, and tried to take a picture of it, but it came out blurry. So on the way back, when I saw it again, I was determined to get a picture. I had my camera ready in plenty of time, snapped the picture -- and it was blurry AGAIN. I was so upset about it that we pulled over to the side of the road so Rick could get a picture of the sign BEHIND us while we were standing still. Finally. At last I have a picture of the Zzyzx Road sign. Obviously a road named by aliens, as "zzyzx" does not appear to be a derivative of any sort of earthly language. It was SO worth the trouble to get this picture...
Guy on the Strip in a crazy card suit...
There's a lion habitat in the middle of the casino at the MGM Grand -- I guess these are the lions they use in some of the shows. The trainers were in there with them, scratching them behind the ears and throwing big beach balls around for them to play with. (My own little CAT won't let me scratch her behind the ears for very long without attacking me... I can't believe none of those trainers have been eaten yet...)
The New York, New York hotel...
The vertigo-inducing view off the balcony of our room. You can see how new this hotel is -- the identical hotel next door is still under construction.
I realized after I got ready for dinner that the mirrored windows on the balcony were better than the mirrors in the bathroom... I had to come outside to see what I REALLY looked like...
My camera (and me...) on the mirrored balcony...
6 comments:
Zzyzx is the Danish word for cat grooming school. Surprised you didn't know that.
No, no, no -- Zzyzx Road takes you to the town of Zzyzx, the former home of a Health Spa. Zzyzx is a type of mud that you would take a bath in.
Leave it to Eric to come up with something about "cats". Or would that be "Kats"? :-) I am so looking forward to meeting Eric's "Kat"! And by the way, whoever typed "Zzyzx" had their fingers on the wrong keys. It's supposed to be "Aatas". I thought everyone knew that. :-)
P.S. Lisa, you looked beautiful in that outfit you wore to dinner.
I can't wait to meet you guys either!!! Eric and I are talking about coming sometime next week! And yes, Lisa you looked great for dinner...cute outfit! Have you gone to any shows yet?
Actually I've always wondered about the origin of the name Zzyzx. It kind of sounds like the noise a spark makes. My guess is that if you were to take that road there's a very good chance that you'd either be struck with a bolt of lightening or bored out of your mind.
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