So, went to Vegas awhile back and I'm just now getting around to blogging about it. I was going to do a generic "Summer 2013" post but once I started talking about Vegas I realized too much happened to do that. So here we go...
At the end of June Nick and I headed out to Las Vegas for some sun and fun, oh and the National Athletic Trainer's Association Yearly Meeting. This was a trip we had been looking forward to for sometime. We had known it was going to be out for a couple years and had been planning the entire time to attend. Nick had never been to Vegas and I hadn't been since I was in high school. There was a lot we wanted to see and do but the things we wanted to make sure hit were Old Vegas (Freemont Street) and a show.
On our second day we grabbed the bus with a couple of our friends and headed down to Old Vegas. The first stop was the Gold and Silver Pawn Shop from the History Channel's Pawn Stars. Overall the store was a lot smaller then we anticipated and smaller then it seems on TV. It was cool to walk around and see all the neat stuff they had. We'd just about made our way around when they announced that they were closing to film, so that was cool. Here's some pictures from the pawn shop:
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| Nick and me at the Gold and Silver Pawn shop. |
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| One view of the pawn shop |
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| Panoramic view of the pawn shop. |
After that we headed to the older casinos to gamble and had a ton of fun. These tables were a lot less expensive and so Nick could play black jack longer and we could try more things. After we were done gambling our friends Matt and Sara decided to zip-line down the middle of the road that all the old casinos sit on. It was all a lot of fun and probably the best part of the trip for me.
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| The zip lines and a view of the street and ceiling. |
The next morning we went to a fantastic brunch buffet call the Wicked Spoon. It was in the Cosmopolitan Hotel and was so good. It was all individually plated items and everything was so good. I'd eat there again if I went back. Here's a picture in front of a really cool bar in the Cosmopolitan Hotel.
That night we headed out to the bar on top of our hotel. It had a great view of the strip but of course everything was insanely expensive. But it was fun to see the view and when you went to the bathroom you were even overlooking the strip from your stall. Weird but entertaining.
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| From the bar at the top of our hotel. |
So while on the West Coast we of COURSE had to to try In n Out burger. Nick had eaten before on trips out West with volleyball, I however had never had the experience. It was delicious. :) And we need some out here in the Midwest/South.
That night we bought tickets to go see David Copperfield and were not disappointed. It was an amazing show and is one that I would highly highly recommend to anyone. As my mom put it, it's just so Vegas. He was very very funny and is an amazing all-around entertainer. Since he doesn't really tour it's worth going to see him while you're out there. At dinner before I tried two beers that were off the beaten path for me. A wild blueberry and a banana bread. Both were SO good and I'd recommend to anyone. They weren't too strong and had just enough fruity flavor. Here's the beers and a picture of us after Copperfield.
Since it was our last night we decided to do a little walking around. We still needed a souviner for Henry (we had dumbly left the one we bought and other items sitting at a slot machine earlier in the day) and so we walked the strip a bit and ended up the Coke store. For under $10 you can sample different sodas from around the world. So as dorky as you may find it, that's what we did on Friday night in Vegas. We were exhausted from the week (it had been so hot) and this was something we couldn't do at home. Here's the sodas and labels that came with. The Beverly was the most disgusting. Most we finished but this one we barely sipped.
Overall we had a ton of fun and I am so glad we were able to go. Thank you to my parents for watching Henry while we were gone. As much as were love him and were excited to get home, this wasn't a trip for a one year old.
Glad I finally found the time to blog about this. It was fun to look at all the pictures again and think about all we did.
