Just a short post tonight, as I’m getting to today’s post fairly late.  It’s another in my ongoing Las Vegas series (which will continue for a few days, even though I’m home now).

This is the convention center attached to the MGM Grand, in which the conference I was attending took place:

I’ve only been on a couple of trips in the past to places that have palm trees, so I still find them quite a novelty:

From the third floor of the convention center you can look into a large courtyard that houses a bunch more such trees, as well as several swimming and wading pools:

The pools are closed for the season, which is just as well, as I didn’t bring my bathing suit.

Here’s a view of the hotel tower during the day:

The building is actually somewhat green – it’s not just the green lights that make it look that way at night.

Here is a view of downtown LV/the Strip from the convention center:

Tomorrow I will have more time to post, so I really will put up pictures from outside the MGM complex.   🙂