All praise the weather gods! Got outside this morning and got a pleasant surprise – the temperature had dropped overnight from about 107° to somewhere in the mid 80°s (from over 40°C to a more comfortable 30°C). So actually tolerable outside compared to the last two days.
We made the most of it by going to the Las Vegas Neon Boneyard Museum. Over the years, the hotels along the strip have constantly upgraded their flashy neon signs in order to keep up with the neighbours and try and keep the attention of the punters.
Most of the signs were actually leased in order to make upgrading more regularly more viable – and when you’re talking about signage up to three storeys high, affordable during the start up stage of a new casino or hotel venture.
The Boneyard is full of Vegas’ history. It’s a completely nonprofit organization that relies heavily on donations of funds and signage from the hotels to keep a record if Las Vegas’ luminescent history. Our guide was full of stories of the Brat Pack, mobster history in Vegas and even the eclectic billionaire, Howard Hughes who bought entire hotels (plural!) just to control their annoying signage!
Not up mention a totally cool place to wander around and take some photos. 🙂
