Vegas 2008 part 2

I think I left off going into Friday.......

Friday morning, I woke up at 8:30 but let Bobber sleep until 10:30. Our plan for today was to purchase tickets for Second City at the Flamingo. Denise and Scott were planning to go to the Price is Right at Bally's. We met up at 1 at Caesar's buffet. If you ever have the opportunity to eat there..... Don't. Avoid it at all costs!!! Overpriced and lacking edible entrees. Anyway, after lunch, we walked through the forum shops towards the strip. We happened to catch Pete Rose signing autographs in one of the stores for the low low price of $70-$4000. Needless to say, we are not the proud owners of a Pete Rose autographed anything. We played for a short time at the Mirage and Treasure Island before I needed a nap. Bob and I wandered through the Venetian before heading back to Bally's. Denise and Scott made their way down to the Strat via the Wynn. They were able to win two buffets at the Wynn. About a $100 deal for dinner. I slept for about 40 minutes and then got ready to go to Second City. Second City is skit comedy similar to SNL. The show was hilarious. The drinks were overpriced. We had a beer and a Mai Tai and it came to $22. Coming out of the show we were a bit disoriented. Fortunatly we were able to see Donnie Osmand while looking for where to go. Next we had planned to walk a block behind Bally's to Ellis Island for dinner. We enjoyed the sirloin steak special with choice of potatoe and veggie for $6.99. I had a 2 for 1 coupon and payed for the rest with some of my 11,000 points. Apparently, I'm a high roller at Ellis Island. LOL. So, free dinner! Not quite the deal Denise and Scott had but a much shorter walk. We played the slots and video poker for a time until a spot opened at the craps table. Had a little luck there and then walked back to Bally's. We had done a small amount of packing already so there wouldn't be too much to do in the morning.

Saturday we woke up still needed to buy some things for Alex. I was able to find her a NYNY light up cup to replace her Luxor one. Whew.... I also bought a sparkly blue Bally's cup for me. It's so pretty. Bob and I headed to the airport at about 9:15. Our flight was scheduled for 11:25. By time we got there, we were starving. We went through security in no time at all and ventured to our gate. We were in a different section than we usually were and there were not as many options as we are accustomed to. We settled on Burger King and gasped at the prices. I had a double cheese burger meal and Bob had a whopper meal all for the low, low price of $16.90. Ouch. Oh well. The flight was ok. A lot of tourbulance close the MSP and a rough landing but, it was good to be on the ground. Next, we picked up Denise's van and made our way back to Deana's house. We picked up our car and drove the van to the Mall of America. It was an uneventful drive home and we picked up Alex shortly after 8:30.