Ahoy there mateys!! Welcome to another rousing rhetoric from your Capt'n of this here blog and first mate Antho! In this edition we'll be bombarding your eye holes with a bounty of photographic booty from the Las Vegas Springs Preserve's WaterWorks and Boom Town exhibits! We spent a lovely afternoon stretching out our sea legs and scoping out all the landlocked locales.
Now that's a big cactus!
Enough pirate puns? Debatable if such a thing is possible, but I'll relent for now.
We'd already been to their animal exhibit (which could be called a zoo) and the butterfly exhibit but there was still some time yet before we had to leave for the day's end. We caught the little train over to the station in Boom Town and hurried over to WaterWorks to see if we could fit it in first. Being that this is a desert, after all, water is an essential resource for the population of Las Vegas. Despite all the glam and fancy fountains of the Strip, we've actually been in a drought for quite some time- something evident with any trip to Lake Mead to see the ring left from where the water level has plummeted. There's been an ongoing campaign to inform residents of our fair city about water conservation and in a lot of places it's working: people are switching to "desertscaping" instead of lawns, replacing water-hungry grass with hearty desert plants that thrive more readily without requiring as much hydration, but the effort must continue as there are always new individuals moving in who might not be as aware of the water situation. The Water Works exhibit is a good way of getting families informed and involved without being too preachy. There's no cost of admission to enter Water Works beyond the initial cost of entry to the Preserve itself, so it's a fun and cost effective way to spend a fun afternoon learning and exploring with the whole clan! We had a lot of fun... so much fun, in fact, that we missed the last train ride back from Boom Town! Womp womp... no worries, though, for despite how big the Springs Preserve itself is (180 acres) the walk back from Boom Town was relatively short and easy. We even met some out of town visitors along the way and stopped for some photos with the friendly folks!
More photos after the cut~
We ended the night with sushi burritos from Soho... I put up a lot of resistance to the idea of sushi burritos at first. Sushi is about balance, with both nigiri and rolls cut so that you can easily get a perfect bite with all the textures and flavors in one go... sushi burritos seemed, to me, a quintessential example of the American tendency to take something and run with it in a uniquely "American" grande-sized way, for better or worse. I'd write scathing comments, from Reddit to Youtube, about how it was an abomination... and in some ways, it still is- I like to imagine the expression on a traditional sushi master's face should he be confronted with one- but it's not bad either. In fact, much to my surprise and personal chagrin, I actually like them. When Antho and I do sushi we typically opt for an All You Can Eat restaurant so we can get all the uni and amaebi, ikura and salmon that our gluttonous hearts desire...but the tab still adds up, even with the set price set up. With sushi burritos we're able to get some of our favourite items and combinations for half the cost of a meal out. Will it ever outrank a glorious ikura gunkan in my eyes? Hell to the NO! But when a craving for fatty raw salmon on sticky rice hits, this certainly hits the spot. Way to go, Soho, you made a convert out of me.
Hope you enjoyed this recollection of our outing!
Check back soon for new posts.
XOXO,
NAU
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