Las Vegas 2015

This week we went to Las Vegas for a credit union convention. We took Hunter and tried to shield his delicate mind from all the Vegas garbage. We did a pretty good job of it, and had a good time. We stayed at Caesars Palace.

Ceasar's Palace Forum

The Volcano going off at the Mirage across the street - as seen from The Outback where we ate our first and best meal. Loved the salmon!

The Canal Shoppes in the Venetian - one of my very favorite places to walk around - reminiscent of Venice. They also have a St. Mark's square with the blue sky overhead and lanterns. Love it.

I love the "fake" blue skies inside of Ceasars, The Venetian, and Planet Hollywood.

Aquarium inside the Mirage

Enjoying an Icee (purchased at the nearby Walgreen's) inside the Mirage

Just outside the mirage - beautiful fountains

We enjoyed the pools at Ceasar's - Played a game of Phase 10 right here.

Then we spent a day at Circus Circus - caught some free circus acts which run every hour or so, and spent most of our time inside the Adventure Dome. For future reference - tickets ran $31 apiece (but I found a $4-off coupon).  Pretty fun.

El Loco was the fastest roller coaster, and we liked it the best, but there was also the Canyon Blaster.

Inside Adventure Dome

Hunter wanted his face sculptured, so he spent a chunk of change and got this. What a cutie! He loves it.

 The rest of the pictures were taken at the Bellagio - their indoor conservatory and botanical gardens. Very unique and interesting.  The World's largest chocolate fountain is also there - not that impressive.

World's largest chocolate fountain

We also enjoyed the Variety Show that was playing at Planet Hollywood.  It featured 8 different acts - magic, contortionist, comedy, drummers, etc.

Notes for our future reference - The "half-off same-day show booths" on the strip are actually a pretty good deal. Also, if you can find a good deal on-line, the show booth may honor it (they did for the V show).  Bus tickets to ride all day on the strip are $8. The buffets are now extremely expensive.  We enjoyed our meals at the Outback, and Cheesecake factory (inside Ceasars).  Water costs an arm and a leg even at "Subway". A good idea is to take an empty water bottle to fill in the hotel and walk around with.  McDonalds inside Circus Circus was very reasonable.  We also enjoyed Subway - close to the Outback (across from the Mirage).  Check-out time was a BAD time to catch a taxi, as the taxi line was a 30-minute wait. Walking around in the morning is much more pleasant - not much cooler, but not so much riff-raff out on the streets.  Vegas was 107 degrees with week we were there, and it doesn't cool down at night.  But, despite that, you could still get where you needed to without dying.