What happens in Vegas does not have to stay in Vegas

Chris and I returned from Las Vegas on Monday. We had a great time. We dropped off Sam at the vet office for boarding on Thursday morning and then made the long trip to Vegas. We thought we were going to arrive before check in time, but they had construction on I-15 and we hit it during rush hour traffic. Once we got settled in to our resort, we went swimming and then went to Pizza Hut for dinner and shopping. On Friday morning, we went to a Worldmark presentation (we found out we are VIP members!) so we could get a $50 gift card. Then we drove to the strip. I had found this restaurant online that was only supposed to be about 1 mile from the Stratosphere. As we walked down the strip, we saw a few things in the casionos. By the time we were past the strip, we realized that it was definately farther than a mile. We finally got to the restaurant 2 miles later. We decided to take the bus back to the strip because both of us were beyond walked out. The buses in Vegas are crazy busy. We found out quickly that day that we had gone to Vegas on spring break weekend. When we finally got back to the resort, we went straight to the hot tub and soaked for an hour.
Saturday morning we went to the temple. We have found a new favorite temple. It is gorgeous inside and we really didn't want to leave. Afterwards we went to In-N-Out Burger; Chris's first time there. We then went to the strip again where we saw more casinos and attractions. That evening we drove downtown. We ate at the Main Street Station Garden Buffett where there is probably a mile of food. It was so good! We then went to the Fremont Street Experience. I thought downtown was way cooler than any of the Strip. They put a 1200 foot screen of 1.2 million LED lights and they play a show set to music. It is way cool.

Sunday morning we went to sacrament meeting at a nearby church and then relaxed at the resort. That night we decided to take the resort's shuttle to the strip. We then saw the Mirage volcano and the Pirates at TI (I do not recommend this show. It is pretty much just half-naked women dancing around). We tried to make it back to the Bellagio for the dancing fountains again, but ran out of time.

We really enjoyed our trip. We hated to come home, but plan to go to that same resort again sometime. We still want to see some things that we didn't have time for this trip. I tried to post these as an album, but had not luck. Here are a few of my favorite pictures.

A brief explanation of the pictures in order:

The aquarium at Caesar's Palace

Fashion Show Mall (it looks like a flying saucer)

the dancing fountain at the Bellagio

New York, New York

Fremont Street Experience-the screen is huge as you can see

Chris at his first In-N-Out Burger

you can't really see it, but there is a motorcyclist in that ball

the volcano at the Mirage

a view of the strip at night

the beautiful Las Vegas temple