Las Vegas

We left Tampa at 720 AM on Tuesday morning to head to Las Vegas for 2 nights and catch a couple of shows. After arriving about noon and checking into the Riviera we wandered the strip a little. I had already made reservations for the Terry Fator show at the Mirage for this evening so we didn't go very far. We did sign up for our Riviera gambling cards and that got us 2 free tickets to the Russian Ice show at the Riviera for the following evening. That was a good deal ..... Since we did not intend to do any gambling anyway. The tickets normally cost $90 each. Carol did some relaxing before we went out.

From Las Vegas 10-2009

We had an early dinner and walked down to the Mirage to see the show. It was an excellent show. Terry Fator won a Million Dollars on the America's Got Talent show and he is a big hit in Vegas. Show was sold out.

The next morning we decided to walk all the way down the strip. We wandered the Venetian and it is beautiful place. Also took a ride up the Paris Eiffel tower (replica) for a great view of the city.

From Las Vegas 10-2009

By the time we got to the MGM Grand we were getting tired and stopped for a late lunch/early dinner at the Outback. Even carried some leftovers back since we had a refrigerator in the room.

The Ice show started at 8 PM and was excellent. They did more strange and different things on skates than we expected. Not the normal Olympic type skating. Gals were skating on stilts, guys were juggling and skating, they did circus type springboard jumps to a chair on a pole, one gal was spinning hoola-hoops while skating around.

We got to bed early and left LV at noon their time and arrived back home around midnight. A fun 2 days in Vegas but I had to "wave" goodbye to the Crazy Girls at the Riviera.

From Las Vegas 10-2009