And the view of the mountains from our hotel room:
And the massive bathroom in our room--our hotel room was so swanky and nice, there were fresh orchids in the bathroom every day. It was pretty tough to leave and return to my orchid-free home!
This is a small section of the Vegas strip. We visited New York New York and rode on the insane roller coaster--seriously, the scariest roller coaster I have ever been on. The lights of the Vegas strip are even more dazzling when seen from 203 feet in the air and upside down!
We also visited the older section of Las Vegas on Fremont Street. The casinos were a little sketchy and the food was downright terrifying:
We wandered from casino to casino, winning some money at the blackjack tables, then losing some money at the blackjack tables. I loved the crazy acrobat shows at Circus Circus:
Since we were enjoying our tour of all things cheesy and cliche in Las Vegas, we stopped by the Mirage to check out Sigfried and Roy's white tigers. How cute is this little tiger cub?
In addition to tigers, the gardens at the Mirage had leopards:
and lions:
and dolphins:
We had such a fantastic, carefree time in Las Vegas, but the highlight was definitely the Cirque du Soleil show "Love" which was set to Beatles music. It was incredible (the 32 oz. margaritas we bought at the concession stand made it even better!) and we left the show in awe of the choreography, the artistry and the athleticism of the performers.
It's nice to be back to reality, but I would love to go back to Las Vegas for another dose of fantasy in the near future!
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No matter how you try to describe it to someone, they don't really get it until they've been there. It's a pretty weird place to go if you are attending a convention and have to work - like Bill does. As many times as we've been, I still find it faSCINating.
Happy B-day Wishes!
Robin
PS - great pix!
What a place!
I think that is a leopard btw, they love to lie around in the boughs of trees and normally difficult to spot in the wild.
Robin, thanks, ever since turning the big 2-1, I haven't enjoyed the whole getting older thing, so I kind of chose to ignore the birthday this year...really, I'm still 31, right?
Joanne, oops, I think you're right, I have changed it to leopard now on the blog. Thanks for letting me know,
Emily
Emily, we missed your birthday? Happy belated, girl! Hope you ate lots of cake!
Your pictures are divine and make me want to fly out to Vegas ASAP. I am so impressed you went on the roller coaster! I chickened out, big time, and wouldn't go near that thing.
Check out the paws on those cats! Dang, them are some big, big feet.
I loved Vegas. I've only been once but I'm really looking forward to going back.
Also Cirque is AWESOME! I haven't seen it in Vegas but a saw it a couple of times in Houston. I can't believe the things they are able to do. It makes me feel sort of insecure. hehehe
I'm so sorry for missing your b-day!!!!! Happy late Birthday! Hope it was a nice one. :-) I'm turning 32 in a few weeks and prefer not to think about it.
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