Heather and I got to head out to Sin City for a few days so Paul could attend a conference for work. We headed up a couple of days early to do some site seeing before the conference started. The evening we arrived we had tickets to see Cirque du Soleil’s “O” which was absolutely amazing! The humor, acrobatics and aww factor left you speechless numerous times. I was pretty skeptical due the crazy ticket prices but I put those aside since everybody I knew who had seen the show raved about it. The only regret we have is we wish we would have attended the day after we arrived because we were so tired by the time the show started.
Before we went to “O” we walked down to the Tropicana casino to check out the Bodies Exhibit. Heather was really eager to see this during our visit and I was again skeptical. I wasn’t sure how much I would enjoy walking around looking at a bunch of preserved dead people. I’m not talking about plastic things that look like people, we’re talking actual preserved bodies. Lucky for me the bodies looked different enough that I could convince myself they were fake so I could look at them without tossing my cookies. It actually ended up being a very interesting exhibit with an abundance of facts and tidbits about the human body and how it all works. They have exhibits all across the US, if you get a chance be sure to check it out.
Once the conference started I was stuck in classes all day and the hotel asked Heather if she would help them hold down some of the chairs by the pool. We did get to sneak out a few nights and check out some more of Vegas. We had dinner at Jimmy Buffet’s Margaritaville (pretty tasty), Top of the World (restaurant located at the top of the Stratosphere, it spins slowly so you see the entire skyline of Vegas) and The Buffet at Bellagio (all you can eat sushi, prime rib, shrimp cocktail, sirloin, swordfish, salmon, desserts and on and on!). Of those three restaurants I would hit up The Buffet again in a heartbeat and a nice little tip is to get there early or wait in line forever. We got lucky and went for dinner around 6 o’clock and had immediate seating. When we finished the line was probably 50 feet long with nothing but hungry people.
This was also our first time away from our girls which made coming home even more exciting. Our summer plans are filling up pretty fast with trips planned for just about every month. Paul is heading to Orlando next month for another conference and then we are both planning a trip to Washington, DC in June. What we’re trying to get across here is that if you want to book some Peather time this summer you need to get it scheduled ASAP! We hope everybody is doing well.
Vegas Pictures <- Be sure to check out all of our pictures from the trip.
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