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Joshua trees growing in the Mojave desert.
These trees can live hundreds of years and
actually
need the freezing temperatures of
a desert winter before they will flower.
5
hours travelling through the desert and we are
now in Las Vegas. Strangely enough my weather
forecasting finger told
me it was going to rain
and sure enough it did. We were driving through
the Mojave Desert and it started raining!
Arriving in this amazing city after so many hours
of desert road was quite
outrageous. In daylight
the buildings glitter in the sun. Many of them
looked like huge coloured mirrors reaching up
into
the sky and as the sun set the city seemed
to take on a life of its own as it transformed into
an illuminated wonderland.
The lights were
incredible. The whole city seemed to pulse
and there were people everywhere.
We are staying at the Palms casino hotel and
yes; I’ve just been
to the Hart & Huntington
tattoo studio, which is down in the lobby.
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| Hart & Huntington Tattoo Studio |
Nope, I didn’t get a tattoo; I’m way too poor.
I even tried
to win enough to get one done by
playing the slot machines. But I’m a total
Scrooge and only played $1, so no
tattoo
for me. I really must be my father’s daughter
because he was as stingy as me, only he
won $3. Still
not enough for a tattoo though.
The Palms complex is enormous and includes
picture theatres, a concert
theatre, a food hall,
restaurants, bars, lounges & night clubs.
There's even a night club that has a retractable
roof.
You can spend your casino and slot
machine winnings in the gift shops and jewellers
and stay in the gorgeous hotel.
There's even a
palm reader in the lobby just in case you need
to check out your luck
(or lack of it!)
Tomorrow we’re travelling to Arizona and as the
time difference between
Los Angeles and here
means it’s actually an hour later than it feels
(too
weird!) I guess I should go to bed.
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