VEGAS BABY!!!
Martha would like everyone to note that now not only does she have to put up with the infamous Texas camping chair in the backseat of the car but now she has rose stems poking into her ribs.After our late brunch we set off to catch the Deuce bus. The Deuce is a double decker bus that runs up and down the strip and stops at all the hotels and casinos. Best of all it is AIR-CONDITIONED, which is something we are quickly growing to appreciate. The plan was to see if we could find tickets to a Cirque de Soleil show for that night. We headed for the Mirage and found a couple tickets left. We grabbed the last 3 seats together in the building! At least that’s what they told us…they may or may not have said the exact same thing to the person in line behind us!
Next up: shopping!!! Unfortunately very, very quickly we realized that if we hoped to have any gas money left at the end of the trip, the most we could do here was look. Some of the hotels were amazing! Caesar’s Palace was all done up with imitation statues and fountains from Rome and was all very Coliseum-y.
The Venetian had canals with little gondolas like a mini Venice. And there were many more spectacular displays and hotels. Go see for yourself, Las Vegas is cheap.
We stopped for supper at the Cheesecake Factory and ate a lot. While waiting for our bus to go back to our hotel to clean up for our show, we met a professional gambler who was wondering if any of us had won it big. We were a disappointment to him as I’m sure he was hoping he could win our winnings back off of us. After a quick stop at our hotel, we caught the bus back to the Mirage for our show!! We managed to be a little late – story of our lives – and missed the first song. The rest of the show was phenomenal though! We saw Love by Cirque de Soleil featuring the Beatles music. It was crazy awesome! Some of the performers are so acrobatic and the different sets were very imaginative! (Amanda, definitely check it out!) Martha felt right at home in the English-themed show which included red telephone boxes and the Queen. Unfortunately, they did not allow us to take photos.
After the show, it had mildly cooled down outside to around 100 degrees so we walked down the strip and checked out the hotels that we had missed earlier in the day. There are so many things to see here! It took us close to two hours and we only covered half of the strip! The Bellagio has a beautiful fountain and music show every ten minutes and we watched a couple of songs.
After making it almost to the end of the strip, we turned and caught the bus back to our hotel. I think almost everyone had the same idea as us and we were stuck in traffic for close to an hour it seemed. We had a group of people entertaining us on the bus though so we weren’t too bored. The bus driver would freak out on people if they even looked at going down the stairwell when the bus was not at a specified bus stop and this group took turns going down the stairwell. Finally the driver said he would stop the bus and kick them off if they kept it up. Amusing, yes. We made it back to our hotel at an early (for Vegas) hour and went straight to sleep.
Upon checking into our hotel, we immediately dropped off our bags in our room and set off to explore! Char and Martha debated whether or not we should try to lose money in the penny slot machines. LeAnne made the executive decision that we should go buy dinner instead of losing $2 in less then 28 seconds. One thing that no one ever warns you about Las Vegas is that it is super hot. Like death HOT. We walked down the strip and it was stillllllll over 100 degrees at midnight. It was insane so we went to our lovely $24 air conditioned room and went to sleep.
The next morning we slept in until 10 am and it was fabulous. We hung around our hotel room for hours! LeAnne was starving and the other girls refused to allow her to leave and get breakfast. Apparently we were expecting a delivery. Finally we got fed up and left to find a buffet. We had pizza for breakfast. And it was happy. We made a quick stop back up in our room and were shocked to find a fabulous bouquet of flowers sitting on our table! Suddenly it became clear to LeAnne exactly what all the procrastinating was about early that morning and put her in quite a happy mood for the rest of the day.
The next morning we slept in until 10 am and it was fabulous. We hung around our hotel room for hours! LeAnne was starving and the other girls refused to allow her to leave and get breakfast. Apparently we were expecting a delivery. Finally we got fed up and left to find a buffet. We had pizza for breakfast. And it was happy. We made a quick stop back up in our room and were shocked to find a fabulous bouquet of flowers sitting on our table! Suddenly it became clear to LeAnne exactly what all the procrastinating was about early that morning and put her in quite a happy mood for the rest of the day.
Martha would like everyone to note that now not only does she have to put up with the infamous Texas camping chair in the backseat of the car but now she has rose stems poking into her ribs.After our late brunch we set off to catch the Deuce bus. The Deuce is a double decker bus that runs up and down the strip and stops at all the hotels and casinos. Best of all it is AIR-CONDITIONED, which is something we are quickly growing to appreciate. The plan was to see if we could find tickets to a Cirque de Soleil show for that night. We headed for the Mirage and found a couple tickets left. We grabbed the last 3 seats together in the building! At least that’s what they told us…they may or may not have said the exact same thing to the person in line behind us!
Next up: shopping!!! Unfortunately very, very quickly we realized that if we hoped to have any gas money left at the end of the trip, the most we could do here was look. Some of the hotels were amazing! Caesar’s Palace was all done up with imitation statues and fountains from Rome and was all very Coliseum-y.
The Venetian had canals with little gondolas like a mini Venice. And there were many more spectacular displays and hotels. Go see for yourself, Las Vegas is cheap.
We stopped for supper at the Cheesecake Factory and ate a lot. While waiting for our bus to go back to our hotel to clean up for our show, we met a professional gambler who was wondering if any of us had won it big. We were a disappointment to him as I’m sure he was hoping he could win our winnings back off of us. After a quick stop at our hotel, we caught the bus back to the Mirage for our show!! We managed to be a little late – story of our lives – and missed the first song. The rest of the show was phenomenal though! We saw Love by Cirque de Soleil featuring the Beatles music. It was crazy awesome! Some of the performers are so acrobatic and the different sets were very imaginative! (Amanda, definitely check it out!) Martha felt right at home in the English-themed show which included red telephone boxes and the Queen. Unfortunately, they did not allow us to take photos.
After the show, it had mildly cooled down outside to around 100 degrees so we walked down the strip and checked out the hotels that we had missed earlier in the day. There are so many things to see here! It took us close to two hours and we only covered half of the strip! The Bellagio has a beautiful fountain and music show every ten minutes and we watched a couple of songs.
After making it almost to the end of the strip, we turned and caught the bus back to our hotel. I think almost everyone had the same idea as us and we were stuck in traffic for close to an hour it seemed. We had a group of people entertaining us on the bus though so we weren’t too bored. The bus driver would freak out on people if they even looked at going down the stairwell when the bus was not at a specified bus stop and this group took turns going down the stairwell. Finally the driver said he would stop the bus and kick them off if they kept it up. Amusing, yes. We made it back to our hotel at an early (for Vegas) hour and went straight to sleep.
Pizza for breakfast? Cheesecake for dinner? And RED roses for lunch? Hmm...Sounds like a bit of crazy! Glad you're having fun.
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