My aunt and I stayed for 2 nights at the Jockey Club. It was a timeshare "resort" that wasn't part of a casino, so it didn't reek of smoke. It took 6 hours almost to the minute to get there. We ditched our bags in our comfortable suite and hit the Strip. First, we wandered through Ceasar's Palace, saw fake Elvis, and went to the Mirage. We walked around in Seigfried and Roy's Secret Garden. They had dolphins and rare white big cats. It was a face-melting 115 degrees that afternoon. We ended up in the Venitian and met the Blue Man Group. We ate a yummy(and ridiculously expensive)Italian dinner at Lavo. We walked a few blocks back to the Jockey Club. I got all dressed up in my fishnets and heels. We took a cab to the Hard Rock. I felt like a celebrity when the valet opened my door and invited me to step out. Neither of us were searched or anything and could have brought the camera my aunt reluctantly left home. We had pretty good seats. Watched the concert in the comfy balcony of the Joint. The opening band sucked. Don't know who they were but I never want to listen to them again. The concert ended about midnight. It took us half an hour to get back with all the traffic. We sat by the pool at the Jockey Club until 2 and retired for the night.
The next morning we hunted down a Trader Joes to stock our kitchen with munchies and food for later. On the way, we found the Liberace Museum! A close second to the highlight of my trip. It was the most fab-u-lous thing we did. We even tried on a reproduction of one of the robes he wore! My aunt got a Liberace t-shirt and tried to get me to get one. After that, we found the Fabulous Las Vegas sign and got our pictures taken with it. Kermit even joined! To here his stories go to: . We then went to Coke and M & M world. They were crazy packed because of the rain. We headed over to New York New York to ride the rollercoaster, The Manhattan Express. Kermit sat up and enjoyed the ride in the very front car with us. We then went back to our room and vegged out in front of Ocho Herbie(Herbie Fully Loaded in Spanish)and other fine spanish programming. We then took her car to the Stratosphere for some more rides. We got a pass to go on all 3. The Insanity:
It dangles you 900 feet above the Strip and is a really mellow ride considering the backdrop.
Then the awful X-scream. Never, ever, again!
And finally, The Big Shot. This is our actual picture we got.
