We arrived at our hotel around 4ish and relaxed a little after the long journey. We then headed out for our first experience of the strip. It was all pretty overwhelming with the bright lights and street performers. After a very good dinner at the Cheesecake Factory we went back to the strip through a variety of casinos, like Caesars Palace. We headed towards the Bellagio where we watched a couple of the infamous fountain shows which were very impressive. We then went back to the hotel using the monorail as it was quite far and we couldn't be bothered to walk.
The next day we got up in time for a buffet breakfast at our hotel and headed back out onto the strip. It was still very busy in the daytime with just as many tourists, street performers and gamblers probably wandering around after the night before. We had a look at the indoor Venice at the Vennetian and also went to planet rock and New York New York. The biggest was the MGM Grand where we also went looking for the lions, although we later found out that they had been taken away in 2012. We did however agree to watch a pilot for a new tv show and do a survey in exchange for some vouchers, although the majority of these were for meat related restaurants so were pretty useless. Afterwards we headed back to our hotel for a bit of a relax and to get ready to go out for a few drinks. We weren't really sure where to go as there's a ridiculous choice, but we stated at a cool bar called margaritaville where they do loads of cocktails. After we decided to try our luck in a casino. E didn't fancy one of the serious games so we stuck to the poker machines. We came away quite big winners in the end ($3.25) so we can say that we beat Vegas. Afterwards we went back to margaritaville for more drinks and to watch a live band who were playing. They were very good. Once that had finished we returned to the hotel.
We spent the majority of the next day in the hotel, chilling out in and around the rooftop swimming pool, it was pretty hot as we were in the dessert. We did venture out again in the evening for food. Another tasty dinner at the Cheesecake Factory. We also stopped at the Bellagio again and saw another few fountain shows, one of which was quite patriotic so even more impressive. We then headed back to the hotel to sort things for leaving the next day.
On our way out if Vegas we decided to stop at the famous sign as it wasn't too far away. This turned into a massive effort after originally missing the car park, as we weren't expecting it to be in between the two lanes of traffic. So after a little around the block detour, a stop in Walmart and finally reaching the sign for some photos, we left Vegas three hours later than planned. The drive was fairly dull again, at least until we got to Death Valley. It was still early so we thought we drive through that evening as apparently it's ridiculously hot in the day. Considering its a dessert, the views were pretty stunning, and the road was much more interesting to drive, winding up, around and down on the side of mountains. I took it carefully, obviously. One we reached the other side, we stopped in a little town called Lone Pine where we found a little hotel, had some food, and slept before carrying on our journey towards Yosemite.
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