Spring Break Havasu: The Quasi Live Blog [Day 2]

My final day in the land of street-legal dune buggies and penicillin resistant syphilis.

Havasu	I failed to mention that our hotel smelled like someone had fouled up a bathroom 20 minutes ago but didn’t properly ventilate.  Apparently there is a city-wide sewage problem and the whole town smells like that. The complimentary free breakfast looked as if we were in a Cocoon casting call.  And people really were eating those preprocessed frozen egg disks. What is Ellen Page doing running our call center in Havasu?? Dangit, they’re ordering in for lunch.  No second trip to In-n-Out.
Pre-Flight	We got to Vegas 2 1/2 hours before our flight.  Time enough for a swing by Hooters Casino (formerly the great [cheap] San Remo). All my times in Vegas and I’ve never seen the famous sign.  Like the Mona Lisa, it is much smaller than I had imagined. I would classify this as an near epic win.  Three free gin&tonics, up $70 bucks on blackjack and I got to ogle the double Fs of the dealer for 45 minutes, all in lieu of sitting at a dreary airport terminal.
The Flight	Seriously, dude in the center seat of my row.  You went ahead and boarded with your “zone” so you can get properly situated in your coveted center seat?  Do you not know you’re supposed to wait and board last so that if there’s an aisle seat you can take that one instead? US Air has some cute, perky stews.  At least the Vegas-DFW run does.  I was too tired to notice on the flight to Vegas.

Sleeping Las Vegas: Super 8

I was a little worried when the kid behind the counter looked like a young AJ Soprano with a Bam Marjara hat. But the place was ok – about to be excpected with this class of hotel. The towels were small and rough. The soaps were nothing to write home about. It's only standout feature was an internet connection that never dropped. Oh, how I wish I could experience that again as I write this in the shitty Days Inn in Barstow where the internet is serious need of some Cialis to stay up longer. Sorry for being Obvious Joke Guy. I'm better than that.

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Walkabout Day 2: Pictures

Walkabout Day 2: Summary

It was much harder to find WiFi in New Mexico and Arizona. But on the good side, many many many more pictures were taken. The journey today started in Las Vegas, NM and ended in Flagstaff AZ with stops in Santa Fe, Albuquerque and Petrified Forest National Park featuring the Painted Desert. Meteor Crater was closed when I got there. Probably spent to much time in looking for parking in Sante Fe.

Day 2 Quick Hits

• Beautiful clear, cool morning -- 60° ish.
• What is with the douche wearing a Bluetooth at the complimentary continental breakfast. He's staying at a Super8 for chrisake with his wife and 3 kids. Who's he trying to impress, Sanjiv behind the checkin desk?
• Note to the people of Santa Fe. I get it. You guys really really like adobe. Now let's move on.
• I nominate Santa Fe as the best city in the US to play Homeless Guy or College Student.
• Speaking of the homeless, what's with letting them sell newspaper in the middle of the street?
• Despite my rant, there is a definite pleasing aesthetic in New Mexico. Most everything looks nice. I saw a Burger King that was gorgeous.
• I'm starting to think that planning to go to the Grand Canyon on a Saturday was not the smartest thing I ever did. What was? Shortening "Too much information!" to "TMI!"