No comment necessary. In the photo below, you'll see... Gabe (Gaston u/s), Gene (Lighting guy), David (Monsieur D'Arque), Me (Beast / ex-Gaston), and Josh (Gaston / Beast u/s). In other words, if anything had happened to us on the drive, the show would have been OVER.  

The five adverturing compassionists... 

The Treasure Island outdoor show was the best free show we saw. Of course, it was also the only free show we saw. We all gave it a thumbs up since it was free, but had it cost us a dime we'd have walked away. I didn't even get my giant glass skull margarita. That was objective #5.  

Where we all stayed. Home of Barry Manilow's show, and the store dedicated to his merchandise. It's not the Copa.  

The Star Trek Experience is worth the money, time and again. The "rides" are fun and the environment is really immersive.  

Is it the world's largest? No. Actually, on tour, I've seen larger gift shops in North Carolina and such places. Why there? I don't know.  

Our dinners here at Quark's were comped as part of our package. That's sweet.  

This Elvis is short.  

Of all the souls I have encountered, his was the most... human.  

This is where the lovely plate of primarily proteins you see below came from. Objective #3: Eat at a Vegas buffet, complete. (Group objectives 1 & 2, "someone has to lose several hundred dollars" and "correctly identify a prostitute" had been accomplished by others before we even went to bed.) 

After a short sleep, we got a glimpse of our view. You know, without all the lights...hmm 

We arrived late at night, after an eight hour drive, and proceeded to hit the strip.  

Photos from the trip to Vegas, in no particular order.