the first time i set foot in this place, i was on my way out of town and decided to drive through the red rocks canyon before i left. but when i got there, it looked too good and it was too hot to go hiking in the afternoon, so i pulled up to the resort and got a room. and because they never had a walk-in before, they gave me a suite for the price of a standard room as a reward for my obvious impulse control issues.
not only did i get back to the canyon in the morning for an amazing hike, in the meantime i won enough money at the black jack table to pay for the room, my sushi dinner, and a half-hour massage.
as you can imagine, i've been rather enamored of the place ever since.
the next time i went, i didn't win. i lost. i lost at black jack. i lost at bingo. i even lost at bowling. but i had a great time doing it. even in the standard room. it's everything i love about vegas without the desperate strip vibe.