Kyle and I recently got back from our two-city vacation in Las Vegas and Seattle. With cameras in hand and travel maps close by, we were determined to make the most of our 3 days in Vegas and 2 days in Seattle... even if that meant barely stopping to sleep! I give us an A+ on being good tourist!
Las Vegas/Seattle in Brief:
Day 1...
Check bags at hotel. Walk down the Strip. Stop in at the Cosmopolitan. Kyle puts $10 on black. Loses. Allie puts $10 on black. Wins. Walk to New York, New York. Ride rollercoaster. Place bets at sports book. In and Out Burger. Back to the Strip. See Bellagio fountains (my favorite :). Check-in at Mirage. Go and buy Jersey Boys tickets. Play roulette at Palazzo. Lose money playing roulette at Palazzo. Gamble a bit at other casinos. Go back to Mirage. Dress for dinner. Walk a long way to dinner. Allie and Kyle complain about feet in new dress shoes. Walk a long way to Jersey Boys. Allie and Kyle complain about feet in new dress shoes. Find seats at Jersey Boys. Empty theater. Move up closer to better seats. Great show! Back to Mirage.
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| Bellagio Fountains was definately one of my favorite things in Vegas! |
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| First winnings at the Cosmopolitan! |
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| After Jersey Boys. At this point we had been up 22 hours and were ready to sleep! |
Day 2 and my 25th b-day!...
Place new bets at sports book. Pick up for Hoover Dam tour. Stop in front of the Vegas sign. Go to Hoover Dam. Great tour! Back to Strip. Walk around more hotels. Accidentally buy a $20 margarita. Gamble. Back to Mirage to dress for the night. Celine Dion concert!! Dinner at Julian Serrano!! Watch some guy lose $10,000 playing roulette at the Bellagio.
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| Vegas Sign! |
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| On the Hoover Dam tour |
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| Outside at the Hoover Dam |
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| Found these inside the Hoover Dam gift shop on my birthday :) |
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| One of our only pics at Celine Dion... BEST SHOW EVER!! |
Day 3...
Bellagio buffet. More gambling. More walking the Strip. Down to the Stratosphere. Stratosphere rollercoaster (what was I thinking!!) Back to Mirage to dress for the night. Sushi at Tao!! Gamble. Cirque du Soleil LOVE. Dessert at Serendipity 3. Downtown Las Vegas. Back to the Mirage.
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| Kyle at the Stratosphere |
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| The ride Kyle forced me on ;) |
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| Downtown Las Vegas |
Day 4...
Hotel check-out. Airport. Train to hotel. Seattle is cold. Everyone stare at the tourists in shorts. Hotel check-in. Space Needle. City tour. See house boat from Sleepless in Seattle. Chittenden Locks in Ballard. Walk around Fremont. Dinner on the lake.
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| Kyle at the Space Needle |
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| In the Fremont area of Seattle... so cute and quirky |
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| Kyle standing in the center of the universe ;) |
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| And, they have their very own statue of Lenin. :/ |
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| Fremont Troll |
Day 5...
Food tour of Pike Place Market. Coffee at original Starbucks. Shop at the Market. Tour of Seattle's underground. Klondike Gold Rush Museum. Washington State Ferry. Dinner on the harbor.
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| Kyle inside the original Starbucks |
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| and with a fish monger |
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| Seattle skyline from the ferry |
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| very windy and cold on the ferry |
Day 6...
More Starbucks. Go to first Nordstrom. Gum Wall. Smith Tower. Seattle Public Library. Hotel check-out. Airport.
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| In front of Pike Place Market |
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| the gum wall... gross but cool |
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| Seattle Public Library... very cool on the inside as well |
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| what a cutie |
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| at the library... walking down into the all red hall |
Day 7...
Pick up Bailey at my mom's. :)
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