When this trip was booked back in September 2013 I had no idea just hoe epic and magical of a trip this would be!
This trip was meant
to encompass a celebration of my graduation, my birthday and, of course, to
celebrate my favorite weekend of the year, SUPER BOWL! We flew out of Sea-Tac
International Airport on Thursday, January 30th.
I was so excited to fly Virgin America Airlines, since it was on my bucketlist!
I took a few pictures from the flight. . .
It's dark, cozy,
and sexy! The flight was smooth (all 4 of them!) We flew into LAX for a short
layover - just enough time for lunch and then off to Las Vegas. Oh, did I
mention Virgin offers FREE drinks on all flights into Las Vegas? How cool is
that?! I got to kick back, watch some ESPN and read the whole way. Their
channel, movie and music selection was awesome!
We got to our hotel
around 4pm on Thursday night. We stayed at Treasure Island on the North side of
the strip, the same place we stayed in October 2012. We immediately decided to
get the party started by buying a 3 day bus pass -- The Deuce, and head on up
to Fremont Street! I don't remember the ride being a short one, but this time
around we were up there in about 20 minutes, which was not bad at all!
Isn't
Las Vegas just BEAUTIFUL with the crisp winter sunset?! I have actually been
there three times in the summer, once in the fall, once in the spring and now
once in the winter. This was the first time I actually had to wear a coat, but
I did enjoy my fall/winter attire!
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| Let's go to FREMONT! |
Once
arriving on Fremont Street we had dinner at the famous Golden Nugget Casino and
then walked around. Fremont usually has an older crowd, but we enjoy it a lot!
It has an entirely different vibe up there. If you didn't know that is Downtown
Las Vegas or Old Vegas or the Old Las Vegas Strip. I really had my heart set
on zip-lining down Fremont Street, yes, you CAN do that normally. That is
also on my bucketlist, but they were reconstructing, so it was CLOSED!
SO bummed. BUT, that just means that I will have to go back in the near future
to do it!!!
By the way , I think that the Golden Nugget is the best dinner buffet
there is. Some people go to Las Vegas to drink, I go to eat and shop! ;) Some
of the other fun things here are Mermaid's Casino (they give out Mardi Gras
beads) and all the live music and entertainers!
It was a long day of traveling, so we decided to head back towards the hotel around 9:30 or so, but before we could do that we had a stop to make. . .
Stratosphere
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Stay Tuned!
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