{"id":3529,"date":"2018-07-03T08:15:50","date_gmt":"2018-07-03T12:15:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/67.249.26.136\/wordpress\/?p=3529"},"modified":"2018-07-03T08:15:50","modified_gmt":"2018-07-03T12:15:50","slug":"vegas-vacation-2018-day-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/romeyn.me\/?p=3529","title":{"rendered":"Vegas Vacation 2018 &#8211; Day 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>We found breakfast at a restaurant in our own resort this morning. \u00a0We got their buffet because it had all the foods we wanted and if we added up the costs of any single entree, coffee, and juice, it was more than the buffet! \u00a0(The buffet was cheap, for Vegas!)<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>After breakfast, I played cash poker (and lost the money I won yesterday). \u00a0Amanda had better luck with the slots and treated herself to a Spa package (and myself to a neat electronic gizmo I had been ogling yesterday!). \u00a0Back to the room for a little rest and then back to The Mirage for their daily 2pm poker tournament. \u00a0I made it to the final 9, but then busted out. \u00a0On the way back to the room I explored a little bit. \u00a0This resort is comprised of three massive towers. \u00a0I went to the \u201cPool Deck\u201d of one of the other towers. \u00a08 stories up, it\u2019s a huge collection of 8 different pools surrounded by lawn chairs, misted private cabanas, and bars. \u00a0The opulence and decadence are staggering all on their own, but one has to appreciate the architecture and the engineering that goes into the creation of a place like this. \u00a0The gondola \u201ccanal\u201d in which we rode yesterday, for example, is hundreds of feet long and 2 stories above the street! \u00a0Once minor earthquake\u2014one small crack in almost any place\u2014and the amount of actual splash damage to a place like this will be the stuff of insurance adjuster nightmares.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>We found dinner at a joint just up the strip called \u201cStrip Burger.\u201d \u00a0Not much in the way of ambience, but the food was delicious! \u00a0We walked through the Treasure Island casino on our way back to The Venetian, watched a movie, and went to sleep.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>More coughing fits at night. \u00a0Not at full energy levels during the day. \u00a0Am seriously wondering it I actually have mono. \u00a0I\u2019m listening to my body, am not overdoing it, and am drinking lots and lots of water.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We found breakfast at a restaurant in our own resort this morning. \u00a0We got their buffet because it had all the foods we wanted and if we added up the costs of any single entree, coffee, and juice, it was more than the buffet! \u00a0(The buffet was cheap, for Vegas!) After breakfast, I played cash [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3529","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/romeyn.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3529","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/romeyn.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/romeyn.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/romeyn.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/romeyn.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3529"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/romeyn.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3529\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3530,"href":"https:\/\/romeyn.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3529\/revisions\/3530"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/romeyn.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3529"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/romeyn.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3529"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/romeyn.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3529"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}