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By Mike Thiel |
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"Good landing, and good luck!" was the flight attendant's cheery and poignant welcome message while taxiing to the gate. The landing was smooth, but the real treat was the evening approach to Las Vegas, which was truly dramatic. After flying for hours over desert as black as velvet, Vegas pops out of nowhere like a brilliant well-defined diamond—make that cubic zirconium—surrounded by several glowing baguettes, its 'burbs. McCarran Airport is practically downtown, and the view of The Strip, high-rise and pulsating with multi-colored lights, confirmed that we'd just arrived in the adult version of Orlando. I also came to the conclusion that Vegas must rank right at the top of any world city in per capita electricity consumption. As for the "Good luck!", we'd see about that.
Las Vegas is certainly not an ordinary haunt for this hideaway-seeking traveler, although it is for Gail, my better half and the gamble-aholic among us, who comes here regularly for "quality time" with her mother. I've been excluded from those trips and had not been to Vegas in 15 years. Attending a major travel conference was a good excuse to come as a couple and for me to learn first-hand what ever-changing Vegas is all about.
May 2007
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