Greetings From Vegas

It's past 7:30 right now, Saturday night. I find myself here in Vegas for the third time, with Juan. I remember the first time we visited together we stayed at Circus Circus...probably the cheapest on the strip of the big hotels...and I did a lot of the touristy stuff, even buying souvenirs. lol I had a good time. The second time we went was for Juan's Bday and we were joined by some friends. Now this, our third time, was the first time we (well, HE) drove to Vegas rather than fly. We left Friday afternoon at around 2:30 and arrived around 7:30 (with a brief stop at a Barstow Baja Fresh to eat). It was a fun drive, we just listened to music and enjoyed the scenery (when there was some) and enjoyed each others company.

We're staying at the Four Seasons this time, 39th floor, located above the Mandalay Bay, which we absolutely love! The room is really nice, clean, beautifully decorated and has everything we could need! And the view from the floor to ceiling windows is sweet! We overlook the pools (both the Four Seasons and the Mandalay Bay) as well as the southern end of the Strip, an airport and the city view along the 15 Fwy and beyond. This isn't our exact room, but it's pretty much the same:



After we arrived we chilled in the room a bit, freshened up and then headed out for a lil walk along the strip. We didn't end up going to any clubs or stuff like that, so we just grabbed a quick McD's bite and picked up some water and snacks to bring back to the room. (We may be staying in a nice room but we ain't paying more $$$ for snacks we could get for 1/5 the price elsewhere! lol)

This morning we woke up and hit the Buffet over at the Excalibur. We had a nice breakfast which has so far fueled us along the whole day! It's nearly 8 now and I'm barely starting to feel hungry. (Wake up Juan!!! Time to start getting ready to head on out!!!) After we ate, we changed into our pool attire and went down to check out our hotel's private little pool. It was nice and all, but seemed to be more to just lay back in a chair and be waited on. Hmmm...don't know about Juan, but it's not really my thing. hehe So I suggested we just head over to the pools nex to ours, the Mandalay Bay, which we get to use for free as guests of the Four Seasons. They have a big wave pool, a lil river area, a hot jacuzzi, a regular pool, etc. We hit each of them and soaked in some sunshine. Loved it!!! Right after that we went to our hotel's Spa and freshened up in their Sauna area. So nice and relaxing. We felt all refreshed after that.

So now we're here in our room, planning what's up for tonight. I'm about to wake Juan from his trademark nap so we can see where we're heading to next. I want to check out the wax museum too, just for fun, then from there we'll see what's next...