Viva Las Vegas!

We just had a wonderful time in Las Vegas for the past two nights!  Eating out at fancy places, sleeping in a king size bed, and not having to wear shower shoes in the shower were all a plus to me! 

We arrived two days ago (Thursday), and dropped Layla off at her own “hotel.”  The people there were really nice and let you walk back to wear her room is.  But my darn puppy immediately put on her “sad puppy eyes” when we put her in the room and closed the door behind us.  Even the employee there looked like she was about to cry. “I’ve never seen such sad eyes before when an owner has dropped off their pet! How does she even do that?!”  I don’t know lady, but it’s how she gets what she wants most of the time. She’s mastered it.

So after that drama and Jordan reassuring me about a hundred times that “she’ll be fine” (whatever), we drove through downtown Las Vegas with our less-than-shiny FJ and camper.  A class act for sure. We were able to park our camper in an over-sized lot (I think it’s more like a “your rig is too ugly to be seen with all these other fancier cars” lot), and park our FJ in the garage. 

We stayed at Treasure Island right on the Boulevard, and enjoyed some rest time in the room before we went out to eat.  Jordan outdid himself again and surprised me with the King Suite in our hotel, complete with two bathrooms, a Jacuzzi, and as mentioned before, a king. size. bed.  My friends, you just can’t understand how appreciative I was of this bed after three weeks of cramping together in our little full size camper bed. Hallelujah. We attempted to enjoy the pool, but after five minutes of degrading rap music, cigarette smokes, and speedos ((shudder)), we quickly came back upstairs to the comforts of our own room.

Our first night we walked down to Bally’s Casino and found some Mexican food to eat.  Then we just enjoyed the sights (and looked away from some others), and shopped around a little.

Yesterday we spent more time exploring Las Vegas.  We went to the Gold and Silver Pawn Shop from the History Channel’s famed Pawn Stars show.  We got right in to look around, but none of the cast was there.  Apparently they were on vacation or something.  Didn’t they know we were coming?

Last night was one of the best date nights we’ve ever had.  We got all dressed up, ate a fancy schmancy dinner at the Venetian hotel (not too far of a walk as I was in heels), and enjoyed a fabulous Cirque du Soleil show at the Mirage.  It was the most amazing show I’ve ever seen.  Period.

Alas, now we embark again on this journey towards the Grand Canyon for two nights.  I am a little nervous about the heat, as we do not have AC in our camper, so please pray for miraculous breezes to blow while we’re there!

In front of the Mirage with the Beatles "Love" picture behind us, where we saw the show last night.