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two RV Gypsies on the
Las Vegas strip - September 29, 2022
and a Flashback to 1993 |
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Las Vegas is Spanish for
"The Meadows" and is often known simply as Vegas. It is the
25th-most populous city in the United States, the most populous city
in the state of Nevada, and the county seat of Clark County. The city
anchors the Las Vegas Valley metropolitan area and is the largest city
within the greater Mojave Desert. Las Vegas is an internationally renowned
major resort city, known primarily for its gambling, shopping, fine
dining, entertainment, and nightlife. The Las Vegas Valley as a whole
serves as the leading financial, commercial, and cultural center for
Nevada. The city bills itself as The Entertainment Capital of the World,
and is famous for its luxurious and extremely large casino-hotels together
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Below: The pawn shop as on the TV show |
Below: An interesting building shape |
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The Las Vegas Strip is a stretch
of Las Vegas Boulevard South in Clark County, Nevada, that is known
for its concentration of resort hotels and casinos. The Strip, as it
is known, is about 4.2 miles long, and is immediately south of the Las
Vegas city limits in the unincorporated towns of Paradise and Winchester,
but is often referred to simply as "Las Vegas". |
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Below: Same Coca-Cola bottle
shown above, now lit-up at night. |
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Below: Day view and NIght view |
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Below: A night shot of the
city - notice part of the roller coaster that rises above the buildings
- Karen Duquette is about to ride it. (Part of the roller coaster also
shows up in several of the above photos). |
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Karen Duquette decided to
ride The Big Apple Roller Coaster in Las Vegas, because she is a roller
coaster fanatic. Karen has ridden many other rollers coasters that were
faster, higher, and better coasters. But still, she enjoyed this one
too. (Go to the TOC - Table of Contents,
and choose R for roller coasters to see other roller coaster that Karen
has been on).
Lee Duquette did not want to ride because he is not that fond of
roller coasters. There was no age restriction. The cost here was about
$20, and a repeat ride was $10, if memory serves correctly. This coaster
had high-speed dives and two inversions, including a unique heartline
twist and dive towering drops, multiple loops and sometimes a view of
the Strip, so it was a nice ride.
However, the only thing that made this one unique was because it was
over the buildings of Las Vegas and really special at night. But for
that reason, Lee Duquette was unable to get photos of this experience.
Max Height: 203 feet
Length: 4,777 feet
Biggest Drop: 144 feet
Max Speed: 67 mph
Ride Duration: 2 minutes, 45 seconds
Capacity: More than 1,000 people per hour on three 16-passenger trains
The roller coaster trains shown below are designed like New York taxicabs.
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BELOW: FLASHBACK to 1983 in Las Vegas |
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friends - Sue Jenkins, Phyllis White, and Karen Duquette |
Lee and Karen Duquette |
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