Jace and I decided we needed an "adults only" vacation and took advantage of the long Easter weekend since there wasn't school on Friday and Monday.
Since it was just us, there are several pictures of...just us. :) We aren't big gamblers, so we decided to splurge. We got into Vegas a little after 8:00 AM and rented a car for the day--a convertible. What better way to enjoy the beautiful Vegas weather in March!?
We visited Hoover Dam--drove by and stopped to take a picture--and then headed further south. I found a little town on "historic Route 66" called Oatman. It's a touristy little town where burros roam free. Once we exited from the interstate and were on Route 66, I think GPS said 27 miles and it was going to take us 52 minutes to get there. I read that the route to Oatman was very curvy and it was! Jace took the road with a bit of Mario Andretti in his blood. It was fun.
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| Hoover Dam--interesting, but we did just a quick drive through and then headed south. |
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| While we both know this is incredibly touristy, stopping by the side of the road to take the picture, but we had to wait in line behind another car that was doing the same thing! |
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| This is the road to Oatman, AZ. You can see the hairpin turns. In addition to the turns, I don't think the road had much maintenance over the years either. It was pretty narrow with no shoulders and huge potholes in some places. |
We stayed at the New York New York hotel. Almost all of the hotels in Vegas are cool and this one was, too. Lots of great restaurants and some shopping and even a roller coaster that wraps around the hotel. We spent time at the pool, though we didn't ride the roller coaster.
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| New York New York hotel in the background. |
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| Hanging out at the pool with the roller coaster zooming by. Thankfully, it wasn't that noisy. For the most part, you just heard people screaming as they went by (there's a big drop just to the right of this picture). |
We did walk the Strip quite a bit and tried to hit all the hotel shows. Unfortunately, it was too windy for the Treasure Island pirate show and there was a glitch with the volcano show at the Mirage. We did see the fountains at the Bellagio which happens to be my favorite.
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| Bellagio Fountains |
It was a fun trip--lots of sunshine, walking, good food and a little bit of gambling. Love spending time with my husband!
