Viva Las Vegas!!

This post has been a long time coming and I'm sorry for the delay. I had so many pictures that I couldn't just pick a few, so I have been pulling my hair out trying to do a slide show and have finally got it done!! Ed and I had a chance to go to Vegas to see his daughter and son-in-law for a few days. So I called my mom to see if I could twist her arm and have her babysit for us and we were off!! It has been about 13 years since I was last in Vegas and who knows how long for Ed. I couldn't believe how much has been built since I was there last. The saying "Vegas wasn't built on winners" is definately true. We stayed at the Venetian Hotel and needless to say, if there wasn't so much free stuff to do I could have lived in the room or at the pool the entire time! Our first night we started off sight seeing and what sights we saw! Lets just say nothing is off limits in Vegas! Later that night we made our way over to the Freemont Street Experience and it is just that an EXPERIENCE. They have a huge canopy that stretches 4 blocks and is nothing but a huge light show. Girls dancing on bars and game tables, people smoking who knows what,and people of all walks roaming the streets. The next day was again spent sight seeing and we made our way to Hoover Dam. They have been constructing a new bypass bridge since the whole 9/11 thing and needless to say it is quite a sight to behold. They have built a whole new road to the bridge and traffic stacks up fairly quickly because of the random vehicle checks. Afterwards we went to M&M World and the Coke Store. Those were pretty fun. We taste tested Coke from all around the world. You would think a Coke is a Coke but boy were our taste buds in for an adventure. Most of them were tollerable but there was one from Italy, the thought alone makes me gag. I was later informed it was used for a "pallet cleanser" I thought, more like a floor cleanser. Yuck! Later that night we went to the Bellagio and saw the Dancing Fountains. That was pretty cool. Then it was over to the Eiffel Tower and up to the observation deck. Once we got on top there was a slight breeze blowing. The woman standing next to me commented on how nice it felt. I thought, Nice if you like a hair drying blowing on you. It was HOT! It was a pretty awesome view of the Strip and we were able to see the Dancing Fountains again from our birds eye view. The next day again was spent sight seeing. Its a good thing we were only there a few days. We were starting to get bored by Saturday and looking forward to heading home. We did a little gambling and won $56.00 on penny slots. Wahoo we were rich!! We took our winnings and had Panda Express for dinner. We know, we are high class people. Only the best for us!! Sunday morning we said our goodbyes and dropped Jesse and Paul off at the airport and headed for home. We were glad to see the city that never sleeps in our rear view mirror. We had a great time but were glad to be going home.