We spent the morning packing Dolph back up and then headed up highway 15 towards Vegas. We stopped on the way at In and Out Burger (just in case we didn’t see another one once we left California – cause their burgers are THAT good)!
We got into Vegas around 3, found my parents, grandma & aunt and sat up in the room with the best view of the strip to catch up a bit. Later we went out to the Outback Steakhouse for dinner and enjoyed some lovely cocktails.
We got there a bit early, so went to a little lounge to watch a live band play, before heading into the theater to see ‘Jubilee.’
It was great though. Too many boobs for sure, but amazing costumes and really fun sets. Joni reckoned she counted about 50 showgirls – wow. I would have had trouble holding my head up with some of those gigantic headdresses – nevertheless dance as well!
One frightening part was the recreation of the Sampson and Delilah story. The guys were wearing….. thongs – ewww. Too much information is all I have to say.
They also had a big sinking of the Titanic part of the show – with a huge fake boat that ‘sunk’ into the stage. So gaudy and over the top – I loved it. The best was the finale though. The huge lighted staircase – the absolutely amazing costumes, and every single one was different, all the kicking and dancing – wow. Totally a VEGAS show – just fab!
Afterwards the group caught a cab back and Murray and I walked. I craned my neck to take in everything going on late night on the strip. It was my first time to Vegas – everyone else in our group has been many times. And you know what – it was better than I expected! Fun
Day 359 – October 22
Today we started off our day the right way – with a Starbucks Chai latte. The girls then went shopping (we hit the ‘1 mile of shops’ – super fun). They even had a ‘rain storm’ inside while we were shopping – everyone stood around to watch the rain pour down into a pool while fake thunder clapped all around us – gotta love Vegas!
We had a lovely lunch on the outside patio at Mon Ami Gabi. Great view of the strip and the Bellagio, and fabulous French food. The fresh bread and butter they brought out was fantastic!
We met up with the boys late afternoon and hung out by the pool until it closef – at 5?? (does this seem early to anyone else – odd). But alas it was time to get ready for dinner anyhow.
We then walked back down the strip to the Rosewood Grille – where we had made a reservation to celebrate Mom’s birthday.
Everyone else had steak and we had some fabulous wine. They also brought out an amazing piece of chocolate cake with candles – fun to sing Happy Birthday & sample a piece as well!
After dinner - of course – we quickly ran down to catch another Bellagio fountain show – great every time because the music is always different.
Eventually we decided to start making our way back towards our hotel, walking on the way through the Paris hotel. There we came across a piano bar with dueling pianos – FUN!
So we put our suggestions and five bucks up there, pulled up a table close by, and sang along with the great pianists! My lovely husband gave three song suggestions and the one that got cheered loudest for by the audience was one of my all time favorite songs – Walk Like an Egyptian.
A really fun night – fun to get to celebrate together!
Day 360 – October 23
Aunty Joni and I got up early and stopped by Starbucks before lining up for half price tickets. Unfortunately – the tickets we wanted (to see Louie Anderson perform – he is from Minnesota) were unavailable because he was out of town. However we did score a good price on some tickets for a Magic/Comedy show later that afternoon.
We then went back to the hotel, everyone packed up and we moved all of our stuff into one room before heading out in search of some lunch. We had THE most expensive subway sandwich of our lives (I understand rent is high here – but still – wow – no $5 footlongs here)!
Then we started working out way down the strip. We stopped at the one mile mall again so Murray could pop into the Thomas Mangelsen gallery – Images of Nature (we LOVE his photography). Then we stopped by Bill’s Gambling Hall to pick up 99 cent Margaritas before lining up for our show.
We got some great seats (close, but not SO close that we would get picked on – he is a Comedian after all) and settled in to enjoy the Nathan Burton show. He was very funny and his magic tricks were great. We were sitting close enough to watch carefully – but for most of the tricks we were completely stumped – very impressive!
On our way back we stopped at Bill’s for another one of those cheap and yummy margarita’s and we stuck around to catch the end of the ‘Big Elvis’ show. He is a big big guy who sits on a throne in his Elvis costume singing – pretty good singer I must say - although he didn't move around much.....
We caught one more Bellagio fountain show (great song this time – Viva Las Vegas) and saw the highest water canyon I have ever seen – it seemed to shoot water higher than the hotel itself!
Back at the hotel we freshened up, and then caught the tram from Excalibur down to Mandalay Bay. WOW is that a nice hotel – so classy and so many yummy looking restaurants! We ended up eating at the House of Blues, with live jazz music on stage.
After dinner we caught the tram to the Luxor to see what that was like – just ok in my opinion...
We then had to rush back to our hotel to grab everyone’s bags – say goodbye (their flight out was at 12:50 am) and go to bed! It was sad to say goodbye so soon – we had SUCH a great time. Viva Las Vegas!
Day 361 – October 24
We got up, walked embarrassingly through the hotel and casino with our tupperwears full of clothing (no luggage for us) out to find lonely Dolph and hit the road again. We hit the local Wal-Mart hard and tried to stock up for the next few weeks in the Grand Circle.
Next up – coming soon - the Grand Circle – Utah & Arizona
2 comments:
Great photos from Vegas - looks like you had such a good time!
By the way, I can see the rest of your photos from the last post now so I finally got to read the rest of that post. Don't know what what going wrong before... Anyway, you guys had some amazing shots in that batch!
Hey I loved the photos of Vegas.. especially 'the American in Paris' one!!!!! We stayed in the Luxor when I went with the irish show all those years back, Paris was under construction so it's nice to see it finished.
Also liked Murrays' creative smile shot...! V funny. x
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