Hotel at manadalay bay /3 nights : $1200

Losing all night at the black jack table:$700

Driving a suv to get there: $300 +

Finding out you could have driven there in a MINI in less time and half the cost: painful.

MINImize . . . call Bob Smith MINI.

WARNING: after a visit, sudden urges to tackle all 4 million miles of road in the U.S. are not uncommon.