Las Vegas Part 2

Don’t forget to hop over and read Las Vegas Part 1 andread about some new-to-us Vegas experiences.  You’ll find it here ß

 

When we visit Vegas in December, the National Finals Rodeo comes to town.  This means we look forward to taking part in Cowboy Christmas at the Las Vegas Convention Center.  What worked even better this trip is our hotel was on the monorail line which dropped off/picked-up at the convention center.  As it got later in the week, the monorail was packed with cowboys and cowgirls!  Our stop at Cowboy Christmas was on Wednesday night after we had a bit to eat at Mas Por Favor and a drink at The Golden Tiki.  We took a Lyft back to our hotel, boarded the monorail, and walked all around the convention center.  It is crazy how much there is to see at Cowboy Christmas.

We went in search of burgers and after a private event at one possible location and a closed restaurant for remodel at another, we found ourselves at Earl of Sandwich pleasantly surprised by the prices and the taste.  I am really excited to have tried them as we have a location in Meridian.  Yeah!  We were exhausted and so tired from all the walking that we headed back to the room for the night.

 

Thursday after going back to Miracle Mile Shops for a cheap breakfast, we made our way to Bellagio to check out the conservatory.  This was the first time in many years that have really changed up the December display.  It was amazing.

 

We continued to Mandalay Bay to take part in more Cowboy Christmas shopping (we didn’t actually buy anything) we redeemed our free play at Luxor and Excalibur where we had a late lunch at Buca di Beppo.  This is one of our favorite places to visit in Vegas.  Join the email club for great coupons.  I redeemed the free birthday colossus sundae.  The waiter said he would get me a “small one” and boy was this still huge!  And quite delicious.

 

I had reservations at Fights, a restaurant/bar known for their flights of food drink. 

 

You MUST visit and when you do, look at the website ahead of time as the hours vary for which particular type of drink flight is available.  I wanted to try the cocktail flight so we had to visit between 3pm-6pm.  You get a flight of three drinks for $10.  That is a great deal for Vegas.  I tried the mojito and mule flights.  I much preferred the mojito.  It was really hard not to order more so there will be a return visit.

 

Our feet were practically killing us when we arrived back at the hotel so we made it another night in.  Eventually we ordered pizza to-go from one of the restaurants in the hotel food court.

 

Friday we had an afternoon flight out and time left on our monorail passes.  We made our way to Westgate for their buffet.  It was only so-so for the price and a bit underwhelming.  We did a little bit more gambling afterwards, which Kenyon won over $100!  We moved to Sahara, which is the last stop on the northbound monorail line.  They were super struck on mask wearing and after Kenyon had another good win, we loaded back onto the monorail and headed to MGM Grand where we planned to catch a cab to the airport. 

 

And with that…we are back home until our next Vegas Vacation.