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We have returned from Vegas. I didn't take a lot of pictures. You're not really allowed to take them in the casinos. I probably could have, but they would have just been pictures of Nemo or I sitting at a video poker machine. We didn't win any huge jackpots. We did have a lot of fun though.
We got to our hotel and discovered that it's being turned into the Planet Hollywood casino. I had this image in my head of what a casino looks like and because of the construction, it looked different. We wandered around the mall there and got some food. Played a few things in the casino. Right off I won $4. I didn't win huge amounts, but I managed to win a few dollars here and there.
We wandered over to the Rio to see Penn & Teller. I got our tickets a while ago, so we were in the third row. It was a lot of fun even though there were a few hecklers. The ones behind us shut up after
ednemo glared at them. I tried to get them to take him up on stage for the bullet trick, but they picked two other guys. He got them to sign one of his books after the show and I got pictures.
After that we wandered back to the hotel and went to sleep.
Monday, we ended up wandering all the way down to the Stratosphere. It's a long way...I have a tendencey to wander though, so we'd walk to a casino, play a few games, then wander to the next one. I found the Sanrio store and got some Hello Kitty stuff and wandered some more. Then we ended up at the Stratosphere. Since we were there, we decided to go ahead and go up for the view. I'm not a fan of heights and was OK as long as we were in the inside part. I was only outside for a minute and there was NO way in hell I was riding any of the rides on top of the tower. We talked to an Elvis impersonator and then decided to take the monorail back down to our hotel. Someone gave us a pass with an hour left on it, so we got to ride for free. We made the mistake of having the sushi buffet for dinner. We did a buffet for lunch and walked it all off. Dinner just sat in our tummies. Lesson learned: only have buffet for lunch, not dinner.
After dinner, we saw the fountain show at the Bellagio. We could kind of see it from our hotel room, but not the whole thing. Here's a kind of crappy pic. I only took a few of it since I actually wanted to watch it instead of snapping pics the whole time.
Tuesday was our last full day so we headed to the New Rock store. It wasn't a problem getting a cab there, but trying to get back was another story. I got shoes and
ednemo got boots. We got some extra goodies too. I was going to get a pair of boots that I've been eyeing for years, but getting them back would have been entertaining. We had enough problems getting our stuff back without me getting springy platform boots. We ended up taking the bus back and went to see the tigers at the Mirage. Then we dropped our stuff off at the hotel and wandered down the other end of the strip. We got to the MGM in time to see them feed the lions and we got to see M&M world. It's really just a store where you can buy lots of M&Ms stuff. They have all the different colored M&Ms. I was told they had ice cream there, but we couldn't find it. I also found Weinerschnitzel. I hate hot dogs, but like their pretzel buns. We also found a bubble tea place and got some bubble tea. It still wasn't as good as what they had at Pearl Tea in Stony Point, but wasn't bad. We wandered down to the other casinos on that end of the strip, then headed to our hotel, packed and went to sleep.
Coming back to Richmond always sucks. I always end up on a tiny plane. My bag didn't even fit in the overhead of the plane from Pittsburgh to Richmond. We get back to Richmond and ALL of the women's bathrooms were closed, causing me to start yelling about it, which got them to open one pretty quickly. The construction there is a joke. It's still Richmond...I still can't fly back into the city on a real plane. I can fly out on one, but not back. I didn't have to pay much for parking though. My parents picked up my car, so I only had to pay $2 to park. :D
Now I'm getting ready to go back to work.
We got to our hotel and discovered that it's being turned into the Planet Hollywood casino. I had this image in my head of what a casino looks like and because of the construction, it looked different. We wandered around the mall there and got some food. Played a few things in the casino. Right off I won $4. I didn't win huge amounts, but I managed to win a few dollars here and there.
We wandered over to the Rio to see Penn & Teller. I got our tickets a while ago, so we were in the third row. It was a lot of fun even though there were a few hecklers. The ones behind us shut up after
ednemo glared at them. I tried to get them to take him up on stage for the bullet trick, but they picked two other guys. He got them to sign one of his books after the show and I got pictures.
After that we wandered back to the hotel and went to sleep.
Monday, we ended up wandering all the way down to the Stratosphere. It's a long way...I have a tendencey to wander though, so we'd walk to a casino, play a few games, then wander to the next one. I found the Sanrio store and got some Hello Kitty stuff and wandered some more. Then we ended up at the Stratosphere. Since we were there, we decided to go ahead and go up for the view. I'm not a fan of heights and was OK as long as we were in the inside part. I was only outside for a minute and there was NO way in hell I was riding any of the rides on top of the tower. We talked to an Elvis impersonator and then decided to take the monorail back down to our hotel. Someone gave us a pass with an hour left on it, so we got to ride for free. We made the mistake of having the sushi buffet for dinner. We did a buffet for lunch and walked it all off. Dinner just sat in our tummies. Lesson learned: only have buffet for lunch, not dinner.
After dinner, we saw the fountain show at the Bellagio. We could kind of see it from our hotel room, but not the whole thing. Here's a kind of crappy pic. I only took a few of it since I actually wanted to watch it instead of snapping pics the whole time.
Tuesday was our last full day so we headed to the New Rock store. It wasn't a problem getting a cab there, but trying to get back was another story. I got shoes and
ednemo got boots. We got some extra goodies too. I was going to get a pair of boots that I've been eyeing for years, but getting them back would have been entertaining. We had enough problems getting our stuff back without me getting springy platform boots. We ended up taking the bus back and went to see the tigers at the Mirage. Then we dropped our stuff off at the hotel and wandered down the other end of the strip. We got to the MGM in time to see them feed the lions and we got to see M&M world. It's really just a store where you can buy lots of M&Ms stuff. They have all the different colored M&Ms. I was told they had ice cream there, but we couldn't find it. I also found Weinerschnitzel. I hate hot dogs, but like their pretzel buns. We also found a bubble tea place and got some bubble tea. It still wasn't as good as what they had at Pearl Tea in Stony Point, but wasn't bad. We wandered down to the other casinos on that end of the strip, then headed to our hotel, packed and went to sleep.
Coming back to Richmond always sucks. I always end up on a tiny plane. My bag didn't even fit in the overhead of the plane from Pittsburgh to Richmond. We get back to Richmond and ALL of the women's bathrooms were closed, causing me to start yelling about it, which got them to open one pretty quickly. The construction there is a joke. It's still Richmond...I still can't fly back into the city on a real plane. I can fly out on one, but not back. I didn't have to pay much for parking though. My parents picked up my car, so I only had to pay $2 to park. :D
Now I'm getting ready to go back to work.