The Arc de Crazy Guy

I mentioned in a previous post that there will be a couple of stunt motorcycle jumps on The Strip during the New Year's Eve festivities. One will be occurring right next door to our hotel (though we'll be gone by the time it happens). Over at Paris they have a replica Arc de Triomphe that stands about 96 feet high in one of the driveway entrances. Some nut is gonna jump his motorcycle and land on top of that thing. The jump will begin from the ramp below the balloon sign:

The ramp continues to the base of the Arc and then heads straight up:

Here's a closer view:

The approach ramp is the skinny one on the right. I think the larger ramp will be used when he comes back down off the top. I just hope he doesn't leave a big red mark on the side of the Arc.

I continued my walk down to The Mirage where Robby Knievel is supposed to jump his bike over the volcano. Of course, he's the son of Evel Knievel who famously crashed his bike trying to jump the fountains at Caesar's Palace. There weren't nearly as many signs of preparation down there as there was at Paris. They were just starting to put together the ramp for that jump:

That big pile of rocks is the volcano. It wasn't erupting when I went by there at 10 this morning.

On the way there I passed The Flamingo, and it's just a little disconcerting to look up and see the giant heads (and teeth) of Donny and Marie Osmond smiling down on you from the side of the building:

I don't know if that's good luck or bad.

Lots more walking today as we head to the south end of the Strip where you can visit old Hollywood, New York, England, Egypt and the South Pacific. Only in Vegas.