- checked out of hotel around 10 AM
- drove around Vegas looking for a breakfast place, wound up back at Peppermill for another psychedelic adventure in dining
- picked up some schwag at a souvenir shop
- drove out to Hoover Dam and did the dam tourist thing. Really awe-inspiring sight that is, and that it's 70 years old and in great shape is just so cool. There's also a new Pat Tillman-dedicated bridge being built next to it so the bulk of traffic can be diverted off the dam, and that is equally remarkable. Gotta hand it to the public works people of the Southwest, they have some serious style.
- drove back to Vegas, had dinner at a pretty decent Mexican place
- headed up to Mandalay Bay, walked around marveling at how much nicer it smells in there - also tripped out that I was right near so much famous stuff (House of Blues, the Events Center where so many UFC and boxing matches take place, the Shark Reef aquarium, etc)
- checked out the Minus 5 Lounge
- made the trek back (1 hr flight to Reno, 2 hr drive home)
- good times
Diet for 9/13/09 (I wasn't so good today):
Brunch
- 3 scrambled eggs (I'd asked for egg whites the previous day but they gave me Egg Beaters, gross)
- 2 strips bacon
- 2 out of 3 mondo pancakes with butter and syrup (couldn't finish them)
- coffee
"Snack"
- bag of M&M's with Coke Zero
Dinner
- chips and salsa
- my absolute favorite Mexican dish, chimichanga with chicken/poblano sauce
- rice
- refried beans
- a giant Patron-based marguerita
After-dinner @ Minus 5
- another strong marguerita
- chills
Exercise for 9/13/09:
- nothing too strenuous, but we did do quite a bit of walking at Hoover Dam, including walking up and down those Dam stairs, but time was not on my side today
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