Killing Time in Vegas

Last weekend I went to Portland to visit my college roommate and her husband, and found myself with a 3 1/2 hour layover in Vegas.  For such an over-the-top, ridiculous city, the airport is really, really crappy.  So to entertain myself I wandered around with my camera before settling into a corner to do what I usually do when I'm bored - call my sister.

For your entertainment, a photo recap of my wandering around McCarran International Airport:

We flew right over Lake Mead and Hoover Dam on the descent into Vegas.  Yes, this was after the "turn off all electronics" announcement.  Shhh...

There were a couple of cute displays on the history of the airport, and some of the airlines that used to fly there.

Howard Hughes' airline had a great color scheme going on.  Such a shame flight attendants no longer wear knee-high yellow boots.

 

 Bonanza is a fantastic name for an airline.

 

The one time I've actually been to Vegas, I drove, and the only other time I've flown through McCarran was after dark, after an exhausting conference.  I never realized the airport was a stone's throw from the strip.

A few times in college we'd get dressed up and go out to the casinos, but I mostly just found them kinda depressing.  Lots of older people, lots of white trash (for lack of a better term), just staring at the slot machines for hours on end in a dreary looking place without any windows so you completely lose all track of time that smells like stale cigarette.  Aside from the window and cigarette thing, McCarran was about the same.  Sad.

I would like to know how many of the guys in this show are actually Australian.  Just curious.

It's like I never left campus!  Apparently girls make terrible fashion decisions everywhere you go!

 

These looked totally disgusting.