A Visitor from SoCal

 Las Vegas, NV

Having a Friend In Town

Over the past few days we have had a visitor.  Darrin drove out from SoCal and stayed at The MGM Grand and we ended up hanging out for quite a bit.  We showed him some of our new spots and he showed us some of his spots.  He comes out a few times a year so he has good knowledge of the area.

Some of the highlights over the past few days included:

Dinner at Cornish Pasty

We introduced him to Stray Pirate

A brunch at Makers and Finders

Walking around looking at antique malls in The Arts District.

Darrin treated us to a fancy steak dinner at Bavette's Steakhouse at Park MGM

Everything was delicious

Breakfast at Wicked Spoon, one of Darrin's favorites. It's a great Vegas buffet

A trip to Frankies Tiki Room

A trip to Golden Tiki

And a trip to Starboard Tack, a locals bar with a great happy hour and Taco Tuesday

It was a really fun few days.  Now we have 2 days to relax and catch up on chores before new guests come into town.  

That's it for today.  If you missed, Free Stranger Things Store in Vegas, check it out.

Free Stranger Things Store in Vegas

 Las Vegas, NV

Stranger Things

This week we have a visitor from SoCal in town.  I will tell you all about that soon but for now I can talk about The Stranger Things Store on the strip. 

A few nights ago we were catching the bus and saw a Stranger Things sign and wondered what it was.  Today we had some extra time before we met our friend for exploring casinos so we popped in and I am really glad we did.  It was way cooler than I expected.

Giant Funco figures

A cool Demogorgon Tiki shirt

The store had really awesome "One Degree of Separation" merch.  Merch that was from Stranger things but not Stranger things.

Like this Palace Arcade hoodie.  The Palace Arcade was a big part of a season of Stranger Things.

Look!  It's the old Yawn and Stretch pickup move!  I am hip to you Demogoron!

I had to take a photo with the bike.

That's it for today.  If you missed The Clark County Museum, check it out.  It was the best $2 we have spent here.

The Clark County Museum

 Henderson, NV

You can't lead a fake horse to water but you can try to feed it rocks.

Learning About Clark County

Today we did the 30 minute drive to Henderson, NV to visit The Clark County Museum.  The museum costs $2 and is TOTALLY worth it if you have the time.  The exhibits go from early settlers trying to steal land from people that were already here all the way to present day in the museum then you can step out to their nature area and visit preserved historic buildings from the area.  There is also a ghost town that we didn't visit because we had already gotten our $2 worth.

Dire Wolves lived in the area before they all died.

A Camelops Skull.

Jon, destroyer of primitive toys!

Historic gambling machines

I wonder how many swizzle sticks I threw away before I started saving them?

Place your bets!

A cool looking early black jack machine.  Now I want to go to a retro themed casino!

The last part of the museum leans into McCarran, Now Harry Reid, Airport.  The name change is talked about but they don't mention that the name change was overdue and that Pat McCarran was racist, xenophobe, and an anti-Semite.  

  

Check out this awesome flight attendant outfit from Western Airlines in the 80s.  Flight attendants only wore this uniform on inbound flights to Hawaii from the mainland.

I didn't get any info on this uniform but I thought her hair looked sultry so I snapped a photo.

This isn't DB Cooper.

Outside, they had a nice water feature that brought in the birds.

There was a cool locomotive on display.  We knew what 0-6-0 meant from our visit to The B&O Railroad Museum in Baltimore.

Check out this cool cocktail shaker!

That cool Caterpillar logo!

Check out this awesome Union Pacific Dining Setting!

How do creepy dolls like this end up as kids toys?

We visited different houses from different eras from the area.

They were furnished with period pieces

Looks like a party!

We also went into an historic wedding chapel.

Let me tell you about life on the road!

That's it for today.  It was a great museum and you should go.  If you missed, A Food Truck and a Speakeasy, check it out.