The Bellagio fountains from the window in our hotel room!
We got to the airport and took a shuttle to the Barbary Coast where we were staying and we were there by 11:30 am... check in was at 3 pm so we planned on just checking our bags at the front desk and taking a tour but when we got there they had a room ready for us so we went straight to our room, the staff was sooo great to us! I hadn't slept much the night before so I took a 2 hour nap and Josh went down and did a parlay bet on football for 20 bucks... he won 14 ...hehe! Then when I woke up I took a nice shower and we decided to walk up north of the strip towards Treasure Island... Saturday night in Vegas is insane I have never seen so many people or cars and limos... we checked out all the hotels along the way and the casinos... we walked through the Mirage and thier gardens (beautiful) and the Venetian is unreal... you are walking through at night yet it looks like day inside with the canals and the clouds on the ceilings etc... these hotel/casinos are HUGE! We took a shuttle from the Barbary over to the Orleans and had a great buffett dinner.... there was every kind of food you could imagine... one trip through and I was full but Josh went back 2 or 3 times.... then back to the strip to walk some more.. .We watched the dueling pianos at Harrahs for a while ... I enjoyed that ... then we threw some money in some penny and nickel slots for a while ... we actually made 40 bucks so I was happy...hehe! After all the walking and sight seeing on Saturday night and not looking at the time (time what is that in Vegas?) once we turned around to head back to our room I looked at my cell phone and it was 3:30 am ... we got to our room around 4 am and I was blown away at how many cars and people were still out , they aren't kidding when they say Vegas never sleeps!
Sunday we took a shuttle over to the RIO for brunch but the buffett was sooo packed we played the slots for a while instead, we lost but then I won about 60 bucks so I cashed out fast as I was ahead of the game...haha! We made our way to the buffett... again way way too much to choose from , they had seafood, prime rib, fried chicken, mexican, chinese, italian, my mind was mush I didn't know what to choose... so I wondered around in a daze for a while...haha! After our meal we made our way back to the Barbary for a freshen up in our room and to relax for a bit before we took off for the other end of the strip towards NY NY... loooooooong walk but we stopped at the Bellagio, Monte Carlo etc.. along the way and watched the fountains from the outside.... took pictures etc! NYNY was hoppin with live music and more dueling pianos... but cocktail waitresses were hard to find and I just wanted a coke... so I found my way to the starbucks inside instead! We walked all over NYNY then we took the walkway outside to the MGM Grande... to be honest I wasn't that impressed with the MGM....it was ok but I enjoyed Bally's more... now its something like 2 am and we are clear down at the MGM and need to get back to the Barbary... aaaack! More walking... and we were thirsty... so we bought one of those HUGE drinks with a margarita (Josh drank most, haha I just wet my whistle on the walk back)we stopped at the Aladdin for $10 free slot play on thier card so that was fun... then back to the Barbary for some well earned sleep!
Monday around 11 we hopped on another shuttle over to Sams Town (this place is really cool) off the strip but the shuttle was free... Josh was getting cards so I played nickel slots and won 80 bucks ( for not being a big gambler , I was having a blast) then we ate at thier buffett... and took a taxi for 7 bucks to Arizona Charlies... now I liked this place... they had a deal for 100 dollar free slot play , that means you can play 100 of your money but if you lose it all they give it back to you... now thats a deal! Josh proceeded to lose all of his 100 but went and got it paid back and I however won $140 on it so I cashed out I had $240 so I was happy happy happy!!! We took the taxi for another 7 bucks but we gave him the whole ten back to Sams town and grabbed the shuttle back to the Barbary Coast... took a couple hours of rest in our room and freshened up then we took a taxi to the HardRock Hotel/Casino... we bought the kids some shirts , Josh played a few hands of blackjack and came out about 20 bucks ahead then on the way out we played the nickel slots on the star wars and I hit the bonus and walked out with 60 something bucks... all in all a good trip to the HardRock! Took pics of the big guitar then grabbed a taxi to the Palms and got a free duffle bag (believe me we needed it so our suitcase wouldn't go over 50 pounds) .. Josh was all over the coupons and free gifts and buy one get one free buffetts...lol! We got 2 free t-shirts at the RIO, a free duffle bag and t-shirt at the palms and some dorky wine glasses too...hehe! We are such the tourists...haha! We walked around the Palms for a while then played some slots , at around midnight Josh said I'm hungry so we ate at this small buffett... he had them make him a killer omlette and I had chicken , and salad ... was good... then back to get some sleep!
Tuesday is still a blur... oh yeah we went to the WYNN... WOW!~ That place is something else... the seats are plush plush plush, the waterfalls are awesome... the bathrooms are not your average bathrooms... all granite and marble... and the stalls well they are not stalls you have granite walls and an actual door so you basically are in your own little room.... the sink is made of granite and more like a huge granite trough... we went and got free player cards and just got Josh and receieved two cards to play on... it only took a lil over an hour to get 250 points on it for the buffett to be free and we were only down 10 bucks... the buffett is 64 for two so not bad for a free dinner... I must say I only went through one time but the deserts were rich rich rich ... the chocolate brownie thing was sooo rich one little square is all you could handle... but sooooooo good! The rasberry tart was good too...heehehe! Josh tried sushi... he had eel I think wrapped in seaweed or something.... not my cup of tea but he said it was good... he also had duck, lamb and anything else he could try that is not the norm... All in all we loved the Wynn.... we also checked out the Ferari dealer there... Josh had to see the cars... then we jumped on the Duece bus (double decker bus $5 for 24 hours not a bad deal) we rode it down to Freemont Street and checked out the Freemont Street Experience... I enjoyed that... the light show was really cool... we walked around and got souviners for the kids... can't forget the kids ya know! I actually liked Freemont Street as everything is closer together and you are walking under a dome... we did a few slots and went to the all night Starbucks ( now that is heaven for me) then took the Duece back to the Harrahs and walked back to the Barbary ... we played at the Barbary for a while then finally made it back to our room... late or should I say early again... I packed the suitcase and grabbed a few winks... then up and downstairs to check out Wed around 11 ... Josh decided since we hadn't even spent what we brought to spend to try his hand at the blackjack table I went to Seattle's Best and grabbed a latte' and said we better go ... he was on his last hand and walked out on a blackjack... not a bad way to end the trip... we were almost 400 bucks up still so we were happy! We caught the shuttle to the airport for our trip back home and I was asleep before the plane even hit the runway... Vegas wore me out...haha! All in all we had a great time and saw a lot for my first trip to Vegas next time we are going to check out a show... we were way to busy checking out all the hotels and casinos on this trip... when we got back to Seattle we were both wiped out and decided to stay in a hotel and drive home in the morning... sleep was well needed!!!! I can't wait to do it again had a blast!!!!!