Stratosphere

This is NOT the pool at the Stratosphere! This is a picture from the pool at the Monte Carlo. This was a trip we took to Vegas last year. This was what my expectation was of a pool in Vegas. Well we decided to break our drive up to Southern California and stop in Las Vegas for the first night. We, or Mel and her frugal tendencies rather, decided The Stratosphere at $65 a night is a great deal, and technically still on the Strip! Well a chihuahua and a great dane are technically both dogs. I know what you’re thinking... when you go to Vegas you expect trashy/tacky. But you expect trashy/tacky in a good way. There is a difference. We ventured to pool because it was 109 degrees. I noticed walking down the hall that a lot of the people walking down the hall were Raider fans. We got to the pool and I started noticing some scars on some people that to my untrained eye looked a little like bullet hole scars and possibly a few knife wounds. Again I am not an expert nor did I think it was a good idea to stare for more than half a second to verify my suspicions. I also didn’t realize cutoff denim shorts were approved swimming attire. The fact that denim can take 24hrs to dry might be beneficial in keeping you cool in the hot Vegas sun.These Stratosphere folk might be on to something. I was also shocked to see or rather not see the bottom of the pool. The water was a tad murky. It was amazing how different it looked on their website. From the pictures I didn’t realize the palm tree near the pool was spray painted on the wall gangsta style. Despite my better judgement I jumped in the pool I started to swim. When I pulled my hand out of the water I realized I somehow swam through someone’s hair because I had a clump tangled in my fingers. If you don’t plan to use the pool and just need a place to sleep the Stratosphere is not bad. But if you plan on leaving the room look elsewhere.