The night before we had to be at the airport, it snowed... and snowed... (12 to 18 inches were predicted, we got around 12)
Luckily, the storm ended a few hours before we had to be at the airport (about an hours drive away) and the main roads were plowed.
The wife had to stop at McDonalds, on the way, so I decided to take a few pics. Here they are...
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Here's a shot of outside the airport
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Here's a few pics from the air... We're supposed to be somewhat near the grand canyon, according to the pilot.
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Here's a pic of part of the Vegas Strip, from the airport
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Here's a couple of pics of the view from our room. It's not a great view, but it sure beats the view we had during our last visit.
(one day view, one night view)
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One of the places we went to was Mandalay Bay. We decided to finally vsit their aquarium. ($14.95 a person)
Here's some pics...
Golden Crocodile
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Here's a moray eel
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Here's some big gourami..
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We really got a kick out of the tank of jellyfish. It was almost like watching a living lava lamp
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My wife looking at the jellyfish tank (the flash from my camera seems to have altered the color)..
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Here's a monitor lizard
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Lion fish...
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A piranha.. (sorry for the bad pic)..
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A puffer..
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One of my favorite parts of their aquarium was the petting tank, You actually got to touch a stingray. I touched a shark, and was later informed that the sharks weren't used to the tank, so.. "don't touch them yet". LOL.. A bit too late :)
(sorry, no pics of the small sharks. I think they were dog sharks)
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Here's my wife touching a stingray...
(She's the one with her hand in the water)
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Here's a stingray in another tank. It's kind of comical to see the way they suck on the glass walls of the tank.
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Here are some shark pics...
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Here is one of their pride and joys, a hammerhead shark.
(Sorry for the poor quality pic)
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Here's my wife looking at some fish.(check out the tank.. It's like walking through a tunnel)
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Mandalay Bay has girls with birds walking around.
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Here's my wife holding a bird
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I held the bird for a bit, and as I should have expected, that's exactly when it decided to.. ummm.. "do it's business". luckily, it missed me :)
Here's a pic of my wife in a place in Mandalay Bay. I think we were just amazed that a room that size had no on else in it.
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Here's a pic of my wife throwing money into a fountain in the Luxor (myself, I'd rather save my money for the slot machines :)
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Here's a couple of statues at the Luxor
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We finally went to some casinos on the other end of the strip, that we never actually visited before. Here's some pics.
The Riviera
Circus Circus
The Stardust
Westward Ho
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Note... If you ever visit Circus Circus, remember that The Stratosphere isn't as close as it seems. We found that out the hard way. The size of the building can fool you from a distance. I convinced my wife to walk to The Stratosphere from Circus Circus, and it was a big mistake. What seems to be close, is actually about a mile away. Seeing that she has a hip problem that acts up from time to time, and the weather was rather chilly... I'm lucky she didn't kill me :)
Here's a pic of my wife playing a slot machine. What promted me to take the pic, was that it's a 10¢ slot machine. You don't see very many of them around.(it was at a place called Slots-a-Fun)
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Showgirls at the Stratosphere
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