(Susan posting today) Well, I learned something new about the desert. Not only is the wind pretty intense, but it actually gets cold here. Holy moly, was it windy last night! We walked through what we thought was a bit of a sandstorm last night, though I'm sure the locals would scoff at us.
Yesterday was a lot of fun, though quite tiring. A few nights of little sleep really starting catching up with us (Marshall here: I'm fine). However, we're up early again today; we can sleep when we get home! We got a monorail pass and explored more casinos, sat in as a focus group for a terrible CBS preview show (please don't air it!), and eventually got lost in one of the casinos. We actually had to ask a waitress where we were - apparently the Venetian and Palazzo are linked - who knew? Also, we've discovered the trick with the monorail. They're located so you have to go through the casino and get sidetracked along the way. We keep doing this and ending up at a table or slot. Smart Vegas designers. We've been really enjoying the gambling and sites, meeting new people while playing Keno or Blackjack and just chatting up the dealers. They're a lot friendlier than I expected. Overall, I love this town and am already planning a trip back!!!
Starting an absolutely gorgeous day! And I did finally succumb to a Starbucks. They're in every single hotel.
The Lions at MGM Grand are pretty impressive and you get up so close. There are about 40 at a ranch outside of town; they only bring a couple over for a few hours every day. Beautiful animals.
Oh, and they chew on bones like they're candy.
We've been too busy to even notice missing lunch. Sometime a Ghiardelli sundae in the middle of the afternoon is the perfect meal.
It was so windy last night, the side of that sign blew off. Crazy!
Happy as a clam and about to hit up the Venetian. fyi, the Venetian stinks quite strongly of perfume. It was so bad that we couldn't even play in the casino.
This was the incredible view from the top of the Stratosphere. We hit up the Sahara for a bit and braved a little sandstorm to get to in the restaurant. My filet was outstanding! We're soooo glad we didn't stay here (location was farther than we would have enjoyed), but the view was worth the trip up. And we saw a pretty interesting wedding party up top (read: quite the rednecks, but they were having a good time) and then narrowly missed being pulled into a crazy fight at the exit. Ah, Vegas.
Luxor at night. You can see the light so well due to the sand particles in the air.
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