Las Vegas June 16-19, 2021: Thursday June 17 Barrett Jackson

I started my day walking about mile up Las Vegas Blvd, marveling at the amazing buildings! Its hot!

Today is our Barrett Jackson day! But first, we had to find breakfast. We started at he Denny's next door, and found a line out to the street. So we moved over to McDonald's (not enthusiastically) and found lots of people but a pretty efficient operation. So we settled for Egg McMuffins.

We called Uber for a ride over to the convention center. ($13) (Uber is awesome! Its so much easier than having you own car or trying to figure out public transportation).

We got to the auction about 10:30. They were in the process of auctioning memorabilia – gas pumps, signs, etc. That stuff can go for a lot!!

There are about 800 cars here of all stripes, along with a variety of vendors, car manufacturers, garage equipment, etc. We're in the city's brand spanking new convention center – its spectacular! There's also a really spacious, nice food court.

We walked around and looked at ALL the cars, ooing and awing and lots of them! There are lots of Mustangs and Corvettes. We were more attracted to mid 50's & 60s GM cars. The perfect restorations are real works of art! There are great deals to be had for Mercedes, Rolls Royce, Bentley and Masserati Quattro Porte. We sat and watched the auction for a while. Nothing sold for more than $30k.Understand that this is a "no reserve" auction meaning that every car here will be sold at some price.

There is a strategic decision to make when visiting this auction. It typically lasts three days. If you come on the first (which we did) you'll be able to inspect all the cars since none of them will have been sold and left yet. The first day's cars seem to be the lower priced ones that don't generate a lot of excitement.

By the third day, you'll see the more exotic cars which will go for the really big bucks. The bottom line is, if you are interested in bidding on anything, you need to be there all three days!

We Ubered back to our hotel by 5:00. We had tickets for a show at 7:00 next door and since we had experienced so much trouble in getting a decent meal we decided to get a snack at this little place inside the Mirage. We really wanted to have the experience at Guy Fieri's so we did that after the show. Nothing to write home about. We ate on the patio but there was so much noise from the outdoor band next door that we had virtually no conversation. (In fact, its noisy everywhere! LV is real assault on the senses!)

The show we went to was petty lame, six scantily clad dancing girls doing repetitive things to loud country music. It was called “X Country”. They were quite athletic but not very well endowed!

The weather is still very hot (110) but is also very dry so its not really that uncomfortable.

We have tickets for Matt Franco tomorrow night but no particular plans for the day.