good morning!

We’re back in Tucson- until Wednesday morning. It’s only 84° and supposed to reach not quite 100° today.

We spent the weekend in Vegas- my wife’s always wanted to see it. (unpopular opinion) What a horrible place. It’s dripping with opulence and excess and greed. People dragging little kids past -literally- half naked girls to get into the M&Ms store. Kids sitting on the floor with a iPad while their mom pounds money into a slot machine… nothing is real- it’s all for show, and it’s gone the minute you walk away. Also, it was 112° and we walked 10 1/2 miles -mostly on hard surfaces- and my ankles hurt. 😂 😆

I agree with your opinion of Las Vegas.  It's disgusting in my opinion.  I haven't been in a casino for 40 years.  All that opulence wasn't paid for by the casino, it was paid for with the client's money.  They're not there for us to make money in.  How many people have been destroyed by chasing that big score straight into the dumpster?  Nah, I don't have a strong opinion!

At one time the casinos had great food dirt cheap, buffets that were really good and cheap…
Thats gone…casino restaurants are good to real good but also expensive 

We stopped into Harrah’s in council bluffs IA to go potty & eat at Guy Fieri’s restaurant & never  even hit the gambling floors or saw any gambling 🤷‍♂️

Food was really good, service was excellent and it was not stupid expensive