Friday, March 23, Eric and I dropped Parker off at Regina's at 8:00 and Maisie off at school at 8:15 and then we were off to Vegas. It was a long drive, but we made it by 3:00 p.m. We checked into our hotel, Wild Wild West. A smaller hotel just off the strip. We relaxed for a bit and then headed out to Fremont Street. Fremont Street is the life of the party. It was one of our favorite things we did there. We listened to music, watched dancing, and just watched all the people. We were probably there from about 5:00 to 10:00. We did walk down to the famous Pawn Shop. Amazing how small the pawn shop really is.
Afterwards, we went to the Stratosphere. What a gorgeous view of Vegas. You can see all of Vegas from the top. It's amazing how you can see all the lights and then all of a sudden they stop. Crazy how Vegas really is in the middle of no where. We enjoyed the views and then at the bottom of the Stratosphere we sat down and had some pizza. I kept teasing Eric because he never wanted to eat. By this time I was starving. Nothing like eating dinner at 11:00 at night.
Saturday we got up and headed to Hoover Dam. It's a 40 minute drive from Vegas. What a spectacular view. That bridge is amazing. I can't even imagine how they built that dam in the 1930's.
Then we checked out the south end of Vegas and walked through several of the casinos. At 3:00, Eric finally let me eat at In-n'-Out burger. First time we haven't eaten there. Don't really get what all the hype is about that place. It was a bit to greasy for me, but at that point I was willing to eat anything. We went back and relaxed at the hotel for a little while and then headed to the Monster Jam.
Monster Jam started at 7:00 and was finished about 10:30. It was amazing. It was a sold out show to 40,000 people. It was getting to the point that we had no idea how one more person could possibly squeeze into those seats. It was a bit frustrating how many people came late and how many had to get in and out of their seats. We were at the very top row at the top of the stairs so we had to deal with everyone coming up the stairs. We had a great time and are all ready ready to go back next year. We hope to take the kids, because we know they would love it. We took a little nap in the car waiting for the traffic to clear out of the parking lot. We didn't want to fight getting out and then sitting in line forever.
Sunday was a little more relaxed. We didn't have a whole lot planned. We visited the Dolphin Habitat. Walked through a lot of the casino's in central Vegas. We ate for the first time that day at 3:00 at Planet Hollywood. We shared a hamburger. Took a cat nap in our car, which was parked in the covered parking garage at Bill's. Then we went to the Piano Bar at the Paris Casino. The two pianists were very entertaining. Amazing that they could play and sing any song that was requested. Our two favorite things of Vegas, besides the Monster Jam, were Fremont Street and the Piano Bar.
We walked a ton. I calculated in 2 1/2 days we walked close to 20 miles. We had a great time and loved our mini vacation alone without kids, but it was sure nice to drive into the calmness of Cache Valley.
