Wendover, the town that stays up past 10pm sometimes?

[♪alt13]

My thread title is a joke based on people sometimes sayin that Las Vegas is the city that never sleeps (But that saying originally belongs to NYC).

You should have gone with

What happens in Wendover shows up on an STD test.

 

[fallenchicken]

I've never actually been, but growing up my parents would ditch us all the time to go to Wendover for a night. Got to admit, want to see what all the buzz is about.

 

[fishonjazz]

I've always liked Not Utah's western **** hole, but you have to resign yourself to losing at least $300-500 and getting a solid hangover in order to have any fun. I used to do that just fine but now it doesn't sound like much fun.

This.
Well put

 

[fishonjazz]

Yeah it is. And it's probably even worse underwater. I remember our instructor going on and on about what a great place it was... and it definitely wasn't. The biggest attraction was going to the bottom and seeing some bubbles coming out of the mud where the hot spring entered. It makes me laugh all these years later to think how excited our instructor got about that. Utah SCUBA instructors are a very odd people, at least the ones I've met. They legit seem to believe there is good diving in Utah.
Who are you going to see? There isn't a bad seat in the house.

Seeing 311. It’s a surprise for my wife’s birthday. She is a big fan. I like them too but I’m just a casual fan.

 

[Joe Bagadonuts]

I guess I might be in some sense running in the same circles as Joe Bag. The Mo family that owns casinos in Wendover. Well, the Corporate Church has no qualms about stock holdings in casinos either. Good returns.

John Wayne "lived" in Wendover for years, too.

Blue Lake or any water anywhere near Wendover is justly considered one of the 77 wonders of the world. Fish Springs.... about 75 miles southeast has fame, too, as a sort of bottomless waterhole/scuba attraction.

The casinos do brisk business and stay pretty packed well past 10 pm. I drive through at various hours and sometimes use a toilet.

I guess I do treat the place like a ********.

If the guy I knew was Mo he sure wasn't very good at it.

 

[infection]

Utah SCUBA instructors are a very odd people, at least the ones I've met. They legit seem to believe there is good diving in Utah.

That’s hilarious. The only time I’ve stayed in Wendover was in 2002 when I certified at Blue Lake. What a dump. It was funny because they talked about it like it was decent. I did it through SCUBA Utah (at least I think that’s what they are/were called. Up by Brighton.

 

[Joe Bagadonuts]

That’s hilarious. The only time I’ve stayed in Wendover was in 2002 when I certified at Blue Lake. What a dump. It was funny because they talked about it like it was decent. I did it through SCUBA Utah (at least I think that’s what they are/were called. Up by Brighton.

I certified way back in 1982 through the same company I think (on 7200 S just west of Highland Drive). I had a major ski accident earlier that year and had recent knee surgery, so I had to walk across that cesspool leading up to the lake using my SCUBA tank as a crutch. The instructor was probably 100 lbs overweight land I remember him going on and on about how a whole new world was about to open to us once. He literally used the word "wonders" to describe the features at the bottom of that mud puddle. Good times!

 

[Archie Moses]

I've only stayed overnight in Wendover once. If you think it's bad, try spending a night in Jackpot, NV - it's the Wendover to Southern Idaho.

 

[JazzForLifee]

I've only stayed overnight in Wendover once. If you think it's bad, try spending a night in Jackpot, NV - it's the Wendover to Southern Idaho.

jackpot? Is that the name of the city? lol sounds very nevada like


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[infection]

I certified way back in 1982 through the same company I think (on 7200 S just west of Highland Drive). I had a major ski accident earlier that year and had recent knee surgery, so I had to walk across that cesspool leading up to the lake using my SCUBA tank as a crutch. The instructor was probably 100 lbs overweight land I remember him going on and on about how a whole new world was about to open to us once. He literally used the word "wonders" to describe the features at the bottom of that mud puddle. Good times!

That’s awesome!

 

[babe]

If the guy I knew was Mo he sure wasn't very good at it.

I'm probably way outta touch on Wendover casino owners. And now there are, what five casinos there?

anyway, the family I knew were good Mos. They made their money first in the Philippines and helped talk the LDS auths into opening the mission there.

 

[Joe Bagadonuts]

I'm probably way outta touch on Wendover casino owners. And now there are, what five casinos there?

anyway, the family I knew were good Mos. They made their money first in the Philippines and helped talk the LDS auths into opening the mission there.

This is really weird because my dad had an uncle who made a fortune in the Philippines and he was very close with LDS leadership. I wouldn't be at all surprised if he played a major role in opening the missionary program there. We used to go to a big Christmas celebration at his house every year when I was young. But their family did not own casinos (or at least, they never said anything about it if they did).