We flew pretty low over the Grand Canyon, giving us great views and much turbulence.
Our first night, there was a concert at our hotel's beach. Thievery Corporation and Gnarls Barkley. We watched the setup but could not get tickets to attend.
Instead, we went to the Folies Bergère at the Tropicana. No pictures, sorry!
We did not stay at theHOTEL, but had a nice view of it.
Maybe next time.
Even after four days, we never quite got used to glancing out the window and seeing an Egyptian pyramid (and the Empire State Building and Eiffel Tower in the background).
We also had a view of Red Rock Canyon, but the pyramid got most of our attention.
Being at the bottom of the The Strip gave us a great view.
Marnie warned David that taking pictures of bathrooms is "creepy," but he really wanted to remember the weirdo neo-Asian toilet rooms at the China Grill. Incidentally, it took us almost two full days on this trip to find a bathroom that did not have an HD TV inside. (These did.)
The sphinx is pretty big. I guess.
The rainforest at the Mandalay Bay had a nice view of the Luxor.
We arrived too late to catch the Frontier in its heyday.
At the Wynn, Marnie admires the floor tiles.
So pretty.
We also liked the lamps above the curvy escalators.
It was 109 degrees, thus was decided against sitting outside.
We did stop to pose for a picture, however.
A few years ago, I became interested in stores in D.C. that use live models as mannequins. Marnie spotted this one at the Venetian outside Barneys New York (I had walked by thinking it was an actual mannequin.)
Marnie checks out the shopping options at the Venetian.
We had a nice stroll through the Venetian, although it took us literally 45 minutes to figure out how to go outside and cross the street.
At night, we went to a BBQ at the foot of the Red Rock Canyon. It was very pretty out there.
The Luxor at night.
All the neon was pretty amazing.
Marnie compared the Bellagio fountain to watching ballet.
The inside of the pyramid at the Luxor.
On the way home we flew over mountains. After living in 110-degree heat, it was jarring to see the snow-capped peaks.
