Friday, October 22, 2010

Las Vegas–Day 18

My last day in San Francisco started with a visit to the Hiller Air Museum.

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The museum is full of exhibits I had never seen before. Such things like huge unmanned vehicles, the Boeing SST program, hovering platforms, oblique wing aircraft.

After this I was picked up by a contact and taken to Sacramento (which is about 2 hours or so away) from San Francisco to meet with some business contacts and give a presentation.

After two days in Sacramento I returned to San Francisco for another presentation before heading off early to Las Vegas for the SMB Nation conference.

After arriving at the Flamingo Hotel and checking into the hotel and discovered that my room wasn’t ready yet. Luckily I dropped off my bags with another person attending the conference I knew, grabbed something to eat and then headed out to the Las Vegas Gun Range for more target practice.

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First weapon of choice was a M-16

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Then a Baretta pistol.

It is always an interesting experience to actually shoot some of the weapons you see on TV and movies. Very different from the way it is portrayed in my opinion.

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Here’s the shop.

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and the indoor range.

After returning to my hotel and picking up the keys to my room I can only show you the pictures of what $99 buys you here.

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The place is huge. I have already gotten lost a number of times on my floor. If you see the length of the halls you’ll see why.

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My room actually overlooks the strip and is right across the road from Caesars Palace

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I’ll get some better shots tomorrow and post them up of the view during daylight.