Saturday, November 22, 2008

Vivaaaaa Las Vegas!


We had SUCH a good time! The weather - mid to upper 70s every day and sunny! It made it SO hard to come back to the snow and cold we knew was here....

Saturday - we left Chi-town and flew west. We checked into the Hilton Grand Vacation Club - not bad, just a very cozy room. We drove out to Red Rock Canyon (see photo) BEAUTIFUL! For those of who live in the flat states, mountains are VERY exciting! It was worth every penny of our admission fee to hike a little and drive the 13 mile scenic route.
We certainly did our fair share of gambling and drinking while we were there (isn't that why you go?).

Sunday - We checked out of the Hilton; drove to Wynn for their brunch buffet. If you left hungry, it was your OWN FAULT!!!! The dessert room (yes, I said room) was incredible! We checked into the Bellagio - where they upgraded us to a junior suite corner room with a partial lake view. We could see a little of the fountains but the views of the mountains were amazing! We spent part of the afternoon exploring Bellagio and a couple of the other hotels. We saw "O" that night - we were quite disappointed in it. Very cool concept but the story was lost on us.

Monday - we slept in (ok, I did - DH went downstairs). We went "looking for breakfast" - which meant we walked around for about 4 hours taking it all in. (Yes, we did find McDonald's for breakfast). We visited the pool again that afternoon and relaxed. We headed out early evening to take in the evening "entertainment" (aka: Sirens of TI; Volcano at Mirage [being remodeled right now]; Show in the Sky at Rio [only runs Thurs - Sun]; so we headed back to Bellagio to catch a fountain show); then a big foofy dessert to end the evening.

Tuesday - packed; had Bellagio's breakfast buffet (YUM!). DH surprised me with a mini-massage and facial at the spa. WHAT A MAN!!!! Sorry ladies, he's mine! :D We took a snooze before check out. Then drove to Paris to check out the hotel and find one more dessert before leaving. Our flight home was with 28 passengers (including the crew from the 6:05 flight that had been cancelled)

I promised DH if he took this picture - I'd put it on my blog...this was my picture with the Chippendales.....







4 comments:

  1. Jen your pics rock and it sounds like you had an awesome time!

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  2. thanks for sharing!

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  3. Looks like you had an awesome time! I am living vicariously through you!

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  4. So envious.. I would love to see Las Vegas just once. :)

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