AHH...... VEGAS !!!

AS LONG AS WE WERE IN LAS VEGAS DROPPING GRANDMA AND AUNT KATHY OFF AT THE AIRPORT WE DECIDED TO STAY AND PLAY. WE MADE THE AIRPORT DROP AT 6:00 AM AND DECIDED TO WATCH THE SUN RISE OVER THE VEGAS STRIP.

THE FIRST THING WE DID WAS TO CATCH THE VEGAS MONORAIL TO VIEW THE SUNRISE.

HERE ARE THE WYNN CASINO AND THE ENCORE CASINO, WITH THE FIRST MORNING LIGHT.

BOTH BUILDINGS ARE BEAUTIFUL AND IMPRESSIVE.

OUR NEXT STOP WAS CAESAR'S PALACE AND THE FORUM SHOPS. I THOUGHT HIKING THE FORUM SHOPS MIGHT GO BETTER EARLY IN THE MORNING BEFORE THE STORES OPEN.

I THOUGHT IT WAS A PRETTY GOOD PLAN, BUT MAYBE MARY ISN'T THE HAPPY SHOPPER IN THIS PICTURE.

ACTUALLY THE MORNING SUN FELT GREAT ON IT'S WAY TO "SUNNY & 80", AND MARY ONLY HAD ONE ITEM ON HER SHOPPING LIST TODAY. YOU'LL READ ABOUT IT IN ONE OF HER UPCOMING BLOGS.

NEXT WE HIKED THROUGH THE GARDENS AT THE BELLAGIO. THIS WAS OUR FIRST TIME TO VIEW THE SPRING FLOWERS.

THE BUBBLE IN THE MIDDLE OF THESE TULIPS WAS A FOUNTAIN WITH RUNNING WATER COVERING THE SPHERE.

WE SPENT THE MORNING HIKING THE STRIP AND THEN DROVE DOWNTOWN TO MEET UP WITH PAULIE FOR LUNCH AND CHECK OUT FREEMONT STREET.

HERE'S A COUPLE OF SHOTS OF THE NEW POOL AT THE GOLDEN NUGGET.

THAT ROUND BUILDING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE POOL IS ACTUALLY AN AQUARIUM AND YOU CAN SEE THE BIG FISH SWIMMING BY THE GLASS. THEN THERE IS A WATER SLIDE THAT GOES RIGHT THROUGH THE AQUARIUM.

YUP, THAT MARY PLAYING BLACKJACK POOLSIDE.

AHH.......... VEGAS !!!