Viva Las Vegas

"Slots of Fun" !!

I think that was our slogan for the whole trip. If you've been on "The Duece" and remotely paid attention, you'd know.

The Duece....... the super-slow double decker bus that stops at (practically) *every* Hotel on the strip. Which is good and bad. Bad, 'cuz it feels like an hour to get to Old Town, but great 'cuz you can get on and off 24 hours a day - whenever, wherever.

It was - in all the cliche words I could find - Amazing, Fantastic, Phenomenal, Overwhelming and Electric!!

We stayed at the Luxor which was an awesome engineering feat, considering the inside is hollow. So they have "inclinators", not elevators. (Fancy-schmancy) A little weird to get used to at first, with that side-ways motion. And when you walk out of your Hotel room, you look down into the foyer and see nothing below you - yikes!

Since it was both Shawn & my first time there, we were a little awestruck taking it all in. I think we agreed we liked Old Town better than the newer part of The Strip, but either way it was all HUGE and sparkly. (what a great word)

I loved seeing the Flamingo, the heart of Vegas where Bugsy started it all. (well, not all). Bellagio, Caesars Palace, The Eiffel Tower at Paris, The Venetian, New York New York and of course, The Luxor were all awesome to roam thru at 3:30 in the morning!!!! Yep, we did it two nights in a row - in my opinion, the BEST way to see Vegas!

There also happened to be a Champ Car race the weekend we were there and thanks to Shawn's awesome friend, Chris, we got pit-passes once again!

We saw a Magic Show with white tigers, black panthers and the coolest Transported Man trick I've ever seen!

We saw the Lions at MGM Grand, saw an Imax Lion film with an 80 foot screen, visited the sharks at Shark Reef at Mandalay Bay and I was able to pet a Ray (my favorite!) which was very soft and slimy..... and I pet a shark. Yep, all in Vegas.

My one disappointment was missing the fountains at the Bellagio......... if you know me well, you know that I was almost in tears on the Vegas Strip when I realized it was 1am and the last showing of the fountains is at Midnight..... ugh.

It just means I have to go back.