CAUTION>>>>An almost x-rated pic near the end of this post!

 Good afternoon.
Spent most of my birthday downtown on Fremont St. That's the old Las Vegas. Everything is close together, not spread way out like out on the 'strip'. I had 5 coupons worth $10 each for free slot play at 5 different casinos. We arrived around 1pm, parked the car and  walked a couple of blocks to Fremont street. That's the main street with most of the casinos. I think there's around 10-12 in the downtown area. All within a short walk of each other. Anyway, we got a drink and sat at the outdoor patio at the Four Queens and did some people watching.

 Then we headed to the El Cortez to use my first free play. Had no luck there, so then headed over to the Grand Hotel and checked into our room. This was the first time we've stayed at this hotel, and it was very nice! A spacious room and beautiful bath.
 here's a couple of views from our room on the 23rd floor.

Part of the downtown area and a view toward the northern edge of the valley with the Sheep Mountains in the background. We live just in front of those mountains. That's about 15 miles from our hotel.

After checking in, we headed back out and over to Binions Casino where I managed to get a few dollars profit from my $10. Then to the end of Fremont and The Plaza Hotel/Casino. I didn't do very good, but Craig won about $60. Then back down Fremont St to the 4 Queens where we both did well. After that, we headed back to the Grand, where neither of us had any luck.
So we headed back to the patio in front of the 4 Queens for drinks and people watching.
And this is where you'll see the almost x-rated pic I warned you about in the post title, so leave now if you don't wish to see this........
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I wanted to post a pic of what you might see down here on Fremont. There are all sorts of people dressed in all sorts of costumes, and as you see, sometimes not much. They work the crowds for a few bucks. You 'pay' them to have your pic taken with them. And people do!
Anyway, after drinking too much and done people watching, we headed down the street to the new White Castle Hamburger place that opened 2 weeks ago. Got us 12 burgers and headed back to our room. They were soooo good! Love those little sliders!
So, we ate, gambled, people watched, and spent the night. We even came home with about $125 extra from the gambling. That pretty much paid for the food and drinks we had.   :-)
So a very nice birthday!