Skiing — A day and night in Las Vegas, Nevada

My last day of the trip

February 2015

Vegas is a weird place. It is doubly weird when you have spent the morning hiking in Zion National Park and the evening wandering around the strip in Las Vegas.

The casinos are particularly interesting.

There are no clocks, so you have no idea how long you have been in there; there are no windows, you don’t know whether it is day or night outside; there are no clear routes between places, pathways are not direct and tend to wander, you can’t find your way out; the place is dark and yet, the lights on the slots are bright, and the sound is loud to keep you awake. The casinos are designed to keep you in there, keep you awake and spending money. Sneaky!

Las Vegas is not my kind of town.