Gimme a bus pass and the world’s my oyster – or in this case, my entry to Dollar Tree and Goodwill, for a taste of what high rollers experience.  Surprisingly enough, the Dollar Tree was pretty darned similar to local ones!  I have to check my local store for these tasty Product of Italy biscotti – yum! Pita likes Loma plant-based protein and it’s much more expensive at Jewel (surprise!).

With the exception of heavy winter gear, the Goodwill selection was similar to our local stores as well.  Nevada isn’t connected to Illinois stores yet, so your loyalty account won’t transfer over, but it’s not a big deal to open a new one with your phone number.  Pita got 3 Lauren skirts, a tee and a couple of books for 40% off … paid $12!

I have so many Vegas vacation pictures taken over the past week that I’ll try to break them down by day/location.  Pita and I grabbed bus passes, which meant we decided on the fly where and what we’d be doing (sorry, Mark, we would have loved to get together).

My feeling is that Vegas is schizoid, advertising itself as family-friendly while nearly naked women costumed as showgirls, police officers and dominatrix crowd the boulevard. Unless you have some very strange family values, this will involve extensive future therapy (Daddy, why is that woman hitting the man with a whip and Tigger moving his hips like that?).  One thing that I can’t stop thinking about were the vast number of scooters on the sidewalks.  These are slightly smaller than the ones you find at stores, available for rent to any and all, and since the majority of tourists seem to be mid- to late-twenties and deeply invested in alcoholic beverages, lots of speed races and wheelies.  Just what you want – hot wheeling drunks you can’t avoid.  This photo is of a convoy of older folks ’cause they were moving slow enough to shoot 🙂