To read part one of our awesome Las Vegas trip go here!
So Thursday was Neal's 25th birthday. We decided that instead of paying the extra money to rent a car before Neal turned 25, we decided to go to the airport that day and rent one and save some money. We rented a Chrysler 200.
This is when we got the "free" $100 voucher for food. We went and listened to a time share presentation for two hours and in return for our time were given the voucher. We didn't end up buying one, but we learned a lot, and are going to keep it in mind for our future.
After the time share presentation we drove to the temple and did a session. Being in the temple felt so amazing, and it was absolutely gorgeous.
After that we rushed to the Monte Carlo for Blue Man Group. We were so excited! The opening part of Blue Man Group was really cool. They had these floating eyeballs that came out over the audience.
Before the actual show started they told us all that the creator of the Whack-a-mole was in the audience and also that the bronze medalist for one of the swimming events in the Olympics. It was pretty cool. The show was ah-may-zing, and at the end they let us "geek out" and take pictures of the end. We mostly took videos, so we only have one picture. They had this pretty legit contraption that symbolized "brain synapses" and every time they hit the drum, you would see the different brain synapses light up. At the end they "overstimulated" the brain by hitting it with a HUGE mallet and HUGE balls fell down from the ceiling. It basically turned into a big beach ball party with awesome Blue Man Group music in it.
Afterwards we got to take pictures with the Blue Men.
We then headed back to the Luxor (with our $100 voucher) to the fancy steakhouse "Tender." We sat down and decided that we were WAY out of our element. Neither of us had ever been to a place that expensive before (you literally could have easily spent $500 if you were drinking and didn't have a reason to buy some of the less expensive things).
We started with salads (I chose a delicious arugula salad) and then Neal got a wonderful steak and I got a buffalo stew of sorts. Neal's first comment after biting into his steak was "Now I know why people are willing to spend so much on steak!" We also decided to get some cheesecake to celebrate Neal's birthday that we ate in our room later that night.
Our servers were hilarious. When one of them took the picture below he kept saying "I hope that actually turned out because I can't see!"
After we got done with dinner we drove up to Fremont Street. That was an INTERESTING experience. They have a really cool LED ceiling that fascinated Neal, and a zip-line that ran down it. Neal would have done the zip-line but he was wearing nice slacks so we decided not to risk ruining his pants. Fremont Street was more of the "sex and alcohol" that we had been expecting the Strip to be. It was cool though because they had two bands on stages jamming (one of them was a Poison cover band...the band was really good but the sound engineer wasn't the best).
After that we headed down to the part of the Strip we hadn't been to yet. We parked at Treasure Island, and went to the front to see the ships. At this point it was about 1:30 am, so there weren't many people out and about - they were either in bed or in the bars/clubs.
Then we headed home, ate our cheesecake, and went to bed. We were exhausted!
On Friday we had to check out from the hotel at 11 am, but we didn't have to be to the airport for our flight until about 3 pm. This is part of why we decided to rent a car. We decided to drive to the Hoover Dam.
We decided to pay the money for the tour inside. We got to watch a movie about the Dam, and then go inside.
Going inside and walking around was super impressive. It blew both of our minds that they built this in the 1930s before modern machinery, and that so much of it had to be done by hand. Even more impressive was the fact that only about 95 out of 15,000 people who worked on the Dam died.
^^A statue of the high scalars who worked on the Dam.
^^The oldest working cable-crane that is still in operation and used often.
On our way from the Hoover Dam to the airport, we decided to stop and get something I had been waiting for the entire trip - In N Out. I LOVE In N Out, and get so excited every time we get to eat it!
We had such an amazing trip, and it was SO nice for us to go away together. We were able to see so many incredible things, and to grow closer together. I don't know that we'll be gunning to go back there soon, but if the opportunity presents itself, we definitely won't say no!!
This is when we got the "free" $100 voucher for food. We went and listened to a time share presentation for two hours and in return for our time were given the voucher. We didn't end up buying one, but we learned a lot, and are going to keep it in mind for our future.
After the time share presentation we drove to the temple and did a session. Being in the temple felt so amazing, and it was absolutely gorgeous.
After that we rushed to the Monte Carlo for Blue Man Group. We were so excited! The opening part of Blue Man Group was really cool. They had these floating eyeballs that came out over the audience.
There also was a "robot" that was walking around "cleaning." She was hilarious.
Before the actual show started they told us all that the creator of the Whack-a-mole was in the audience and also that the bronze medalist for one of the swimming events in the Olympics. It was pretty cool. The show was ah-may-zing, and at the end they let us "geek out" and take pictures of the end. We mostly took videos, so we only have one picture. They had this pretty legit contraption that symbolized "brain synapses" and every time they hit the drum, you would see the different brain synapses light up. At the end they "overstimulated" the brain by hitting it with a HUGE mallet and HUGE balls fell down from the ceiling. It basically turned into a big beach ball party with awesome Blue Man Group music in it.
Afterwards we got to take pictures with the Blue Men.
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| The "autograph" I got |
We started with salads (I chose a delicious arugula salad) and then Neal got a wonderful steak and I got a buffalo stew of sorts. Neal's first comment after biting into his steak was "Now I know why people are willing to spend so much on steak!" We also decided to get some cheesecake to celebrate Neal's birthday that we ate in our room later that night.
Our servers were hilarious. When one of them took the picture below he kept saying "I hope that actually turned out because I can't see!"
After we got done with dinner we drove up to Fremont Street. That was an INTERESTING experience. They have a really cool LED ceiling that fascinated Neal, and a zip-line that ran down it. Neal would have done the zip-line but he was wearing nice slacks so we decided not to risk ruining his pants. Fremont Street was more of the "sex and alcohol" that we had been expecting the Strip to be. It was cool though because they had two bands on stages jamming (one of them was a Poison cover band...the band was really good but the sound engineer wasn't the best).
After that we headed down to the part of the Strip we hadn't been to yet. We parked at Treasure Island, and went to the front to see the ships. At this point it was about 1:30 am, so there weren't many people out and about - they were either in bed or in the bars/clubs.
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| Neal thought it was pretty smart of them to put their lighting equipment in these little bubbles to keep the water off of them during the shows on the ships. |
Then we headed home, ate our cheesecake, and went to bed. We were exhausted!
On Friday we had to check out from the hotel at 11 am, but we didn't have to be to the airport for our flight until about 3 pm. This is part of why we decided to rent a car. We decided to drive to the Hoover Dam.
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| The river/lake was SUPER low. |
We decided to pay the money for the tour inside. We got to watch a movie about the Dam, and then go inside.
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| Walking through the tunnel...crazy to think this was dug in the 1930s. |
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| Each of these turbines is -70- feet tall!! |
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| This generator provided all of the electricity needed to run everything at the Dam. |
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| AND there's us :) |
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| These poles were leaning, a lot. Compare it to the bridge to see how much. |
^^A statue of the high scalars who worked on the Dam.
^^The oldest working cable-crane that is still in operation and used often.
On our way from the Hoover Dam to the airport, we decided to stop and get something I had been waiting for the entire trip - In N Out. I LOVE In N Out, and get so excited every time we get to eat it!
We had such an amazing trip, and it was SO nice for us to go away together. We were able to see so many incredible things, and to grow closer together. I don't know that we'll be gunning to go back there soon, but if the opportunity presents itself, we definitely won't say no!!
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