Vegas and back again... This week is Spring break for me... yay! So we took a couple of days and flew out to Las Vegas. Which was awesome. We got a cheap airfare and hotel deal (staying at the Hilton!), which made it even better.
Day 1: The trip out there Brian, Chad and I flew from Houston to Vegas, with a layover at DFW... was suposed to be like, 2.5 hours, ended up being closer to 4. Luckily, DFW is huge and has lots of places to eat and sit and play cards. Ate Bennigan's, played Chrononauts. With the time difference, it was close to 2am when we got to Vegas, and closer to 3am by the time we got checked into our rooms. High point of the day: The hilton magically upgraded us from one room to two rooms, no extra charge.
Day 2: The Strip We ate the most expensive breakfast buffet eVar, and headed out to try and see some of the sights. We bought these Power Pass things that got us into most of the attractions, which I would highly recommend. After spending like, 30 minutes at the fashion show mall to pick up our passes, we went to Circus Circus to visit the indoor theme park (which was ok, but not all that great). 1st high point of the day: saw the girl who plays Claire in Heroes, doing the tourist thing and riding the coaster at Circus Circus. After that, we stopped at New York New York, which was probably the most well themed casino I've ever seen. The guys rode the coaster, but I can't ride coasters anymore... Then we went to Excalibur, and bought tickets for the Tournament of Kings dinner show (which was really cool). Before dinner, we managed to take the train to the Luxor... my new favorite hotel. @nd high point of the day: seeing hte Luxor. It's awesome. We did the museum thing there, and I took about a million pictures. Then back to the Excalibur for dinner. After dinner, I dragged the guys back to the Luxor, where I proceeded to spend most (all, really) of my vacation money on Eqypt stuff (three statues: Thoth, Osirus, and Isis with her wings spread). We got done there, and started walking back down the strip, stopping at the M&M store, and at the Bellagio to see the fountains. I discovered that hookers can be bought for $50, or two for $99 (no, I didn't ask, they were advertising). We finally gave up waiting for the trolley, and took a taxi back to the hotel.
Day 3: The dam Woke up, ate a slightly less expensive breakfast buffet, and got on a bus to go to the Hoover Dam. What was suppoed to be a 4 hour tour took more like 7, but we had a good time, anyway. We didn't eat lunch, and thus were starving when we got back to the Hilton. So we stopped at Quark's, in the Star Trek Experience. Ate Hamborgers while being insulted by both Ferengi and Klingons. Then we did the rest of the experience... the star trek museum and the two rides. Hihg pont of the day: Star Trek. In general. Also, the three of us got our picture on the bridge of the Enterprise. Very cool. Chad and I stayed up for a bit, so I could play slots... I left almost $25 up.
Day 4: The trip home Had to be at the airport at like, 4am to come home. ate breakfast at the airport, and had naother 2 hour layover at DFW. Played more Chrononauts. Got home at like, 3:30pm, picked up the dog from the kennel, cooked dinner, and played video games until 11 or 11:30.
All in all, it was a great trip. There's a few things I'd like to go back and see/do, but overall I think we got our money's worth. I'm staying in the Luxor next time, I think :)
Today we woke up, and Chad's sick... he's going to the doctor this afternoon, so we'll see what the deal is then. Hopefully I'll either avoid getting sick somehow, or get it over with before the break ends.
This is my brain..... in part, at least.
: Wednesday, March 07, 2007 11:31:00 PM
