Perhaps a bit tardy with this post, but VegasRex has been a little busy lately.

It’s the official beginning of the summer season in Vegas, and boy was it crowded. From the pool, to the sidewalks, to the traffic, there were people everywhere.

Below was the scene at the Flamingo Pool:

During the weekend we hit the Bellagio Buffet, then walked through the Memorial Day Bellagio Conservatory Display.

I played some cards, visited the Rio, rode the Monorail, hung out by the pool, and did what I usually do on a daily basis … wandered The Strip.

But it definitely took a little longer to do the usual things, and I had a little less elbow room while doing it. But don’t get me wrong … that was a good thing.

It’s great to see the summer crowds arriving in Vegas, and they were greeted with nearly perfect weather. 95-ish from Friday-Tuesday.
On one cab ride, I pointed the camera out the window and took a short video. Gives you a brief window into the daytime scene:

On Monday night between 8pm-8:30pm, a series of large fireworks were launched over The Strip.

They appeared to be test-fires going off between Planet Hollywood & Paris … or in that general area. We figured a big show was about to start, and we watched from the window. But one never started. They launched about 4 test-fires 5-10 minutes apart, and they were the very large burst types. Pretty spectacular. Maybe the wind put the brakes on a Memorial Day Fireworks Display or something.

It was a good weekend. It was a calm weekend. Everybody seemed to be in very good spirits, and happy to be in Vegas.

I give it a solid 8/10th’s as far as major holiday weekends go.

A wardrobe malfunction here and there would have bumped it up a point, but they are making those damn bikini’s with higher quality material lately.

Bastards.