Girls Weekend in Vegas...Part 2

This past weekend, a good friend of mine (Lauren) flew into Las Vegas from Colorado to come visit me (and to see the fantastic sights in Vegas). The fun began when I picked her up from the airport. The passenger pickup lane was basically deserted, except the one car stopped in front of me. I stopped behind that car, and Lauren and I happened to see each other then. She hurried over to the car and put her stuff in. The car in front of me started moving, but a cop (on foot) motioned for me to stop. He pointed out to me the fact that I was in a thru lane, and there was a sign that read "No Stopping in the Thru Lane." He then proceeded to tell me that it is a $100 fine for stopping in the thru lane. Fortunately, he thought we were "incredibly good looking" so he let us off with a warning and told us to have a good weekend. And don't worry, we did!


Friday night, we went to see Cirque du Soleil's O, which is an amazing show in the water.

Saturday, we explored the strip for a good 8 hours. We started off at Mandalay Bay, and walked all the way to Treasure Island (while detouring through casinos).

First stop: The Bellagio (where O was playing). There is a room off to the side of the main lobby that always has beautiful garden scenes. This time, there was a Japanese theme. Here is one of the beautiful plant sculptures.

We walked past the House of Blues, and I had to get a picture. There are so many random things cemented into the wall, it caught my attention.

As it started to get dark outside, we happened to be walking by the Bellagio. A group of guys asked us to take a picture of them, and then they snapped a picture of us in return.

We kept on walking and got a good spot to view the fountains. They are so beautiful, and I love how they sound like firecrackers.

This duck swam by as fast as he could in the beginning of the show. It was probably thinking the world was ending lol.

Next, we went to Caeser's Palace Forum Shops. Here is the entrance to FAO Schwartz toy store, a HUGE wooden horse whose head moves up and down when its eyes glow red.

A little further down in the Forum Shops, there is a mechanical show. This show has a huge fish tank built into it.

A stingray in the fish tank smiled at us!

And our last stop for the day was Treasure Island where we watched the show "The Sirens of T.I." It is always cool to see a ship sink......

.....and catch on fire!

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