almost Vegas
by huge on May.26, 2009, under Poker
I’m in Springdale, Utah, a mile from the South entrance to Zion National Park and 2.5 hours Northeast of Las Vegas. I’ll spend tomorrow hiking around Zion, one of the most surreal and most beautiful places on the planet, then a quick drive to one of the most surreal and … most … something other than beautiful places on the planet. I hadn’t realized Zion was so close - aside from the weird juxtaposition it’s nice to know that I can run away from Vegas for a day-hike in Zion.
Tomorrow is the official starting day of the 2009 World Series of Poker. They’ve added a clever gimmick this year, a $1000 buyin “stimulus package” event starting on May 30, which is the first bracelet event I’m likely to play (they’re calling it that because normally the cheapest bracelet event open to the general public is $1500 - so Harrahs is just looking out for the poor poker players feeling the pinch of the weak economy, like poker welfare).
I’ll keep you posted…
-huge
May 26th, 2009 on 12:27 am
You lucky guy - Zion is awesome! I remember Sally and I rode our bikes through there many years ago which was much more spectacular than driving. But when it comes to surreal I think Bryce takes the cake on that. At times you’d swear you were on another planet. Which is more or less what Vegas is like…
Here’s hoping you get plenty of stimulus to bring home!
May 26th, 2009 on 5:25 pm
Zion’s one of my favorite places on the planet. It’s a little jewel compared to the Grand Canyon, but has unsurpassed delights.