Day 5
Amanda’s stomach wasn’t feeling the greatest this morning. I ran across the street to McDonald’s to grab breakfast for me, coffee for her, and returned where we relaxed and watched videos on the computer. I left her to play in the 10:00 daily poker tournament. I again did not place well, but I played well and had fun. By the time I got back, Amanda was feeling better and we went out.
We booked tickets for the DInner and Tournament at Excalibur. We then boarded the "Deuce", which is a public bus that does nothing but go up and down the Strip all day. We rode it up to downtown and looked around Fremont Street. Compared to where we are staying and have spent most of our time, this section of Las Vegas seems very, very…"tired". While there’s a lot to see, it’s not nearly as well kept up as the lower strip. I would not feel comfortable walking there at night.
We made it back down to the south end of the strip in plenty of time for the dinner and tournament. I was less-than-enchanted by the nickel-and-diming that went on (I’ll write more about that in a later post), but the entertainment was awesome. Real horses and riders having an extremely well-rehearsed and well-choreographed "tournament" right in front of us. There was not a bad seat in the house. I dare say it was one of the highlights of our trip!
Before coming we had planned on seeing The Lion King, which is playing right here in our casino. At this point in the trip, however, we have seen (and spent!) so much, it seems almost frivolous to do so. We’re probably just going to relax tomorrow and keep things low-key.
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Day 6
Low-key indeed. We lounged around the hotel room for much of the morning. I left in search of the concierge to make sure the hotel would let us check our bags after checkout tomorrow, as we have a very late flight and don’t want to be lugging them around all day. I looked at the hotel’s gift shop and then went next door to the Luxor to play some cash poker. I did well, leaving the table with $126 more than I started with. On the way back to the room I shoved a little money into a slot machine in Mandalay Bay and made another $50. Not bad!
Amanda and I walked over to the Hooters Hotel and Casino to have a late lunch/early dinner and to generally check the place out (as we’ve been doing with all the hotels). They have a neat pool area with a large water fall!
Tomorrow is checkout. We’re ready to go home. We have tentative plans to take a tour bus dedicated to sight seeing, and to stop and at least look around in the Venetian, currently the largest hotel in the world.