We got 2 free nights at the Plaza Hotel and had to go to a 90 minute presentation about time shares.
We weren't super good at documenting our trip in Vegas with pictures, so bear with me. We got to The Plaza on Thursday, June 23 around 5:30pm. Unfortunately the trip we won did NOT include airfare, so we "got" to make the drive. The drive was long and quickly affected my mood. Poor Andrew. I kept wishing we were only going to St. George. Luckily Andrew suggested 20 questions which kept me occupied for a few hours. The book we got on CD lasted for about 5 minutes even though I helped pick it out. (I have never liked those. They always give me a headache and you have to turn them up extremely loud.) On the way home, I started reading my book out loud which helped pass the time. I Am Malala is an amazing book and I had a hard time putting it down.
Once we got to Vegas, we were starving. We headed to Shake Shack and were pleased with our meal. We then walked quite a ways to Ghiradelli's ice cream. I didn't hide my disappointment well when we walked all that way (in 110 degrees) only to find out that they discontinued my favorite Sundae. (Peanut Butter) On our way back to the car we stopped at the Bellagio to watch the water show.
Shake Shack
Salted Caramel Sundae instead of Peanut Butter :(
The light show
Friday morning we had to go to the 90 minute presentation. Yipee. After that, we headed to the temple for a session. The air conditioning was blasting which was a relief. I'm not exaggerating when I say it was 115 degrees. We couldn't resist a stop at Jack in the Box. Why don't they have these in UT? Friday night we met Andrew's uncle and cousin at a buffet-- Harrah's. I am pleased to say I didn't make myself sick by eating too much. I'm surprised by my self control in this situation.
We were feeling tired when we got back to The Plaza and strongly considered not going to the show we had free tickets to. In the end, we decided to go. Mostly because I said, "Did we really come all the way to Vegas to stay in our room and watch T.V.?" The show was in our hotel and called "Lovers or Losers." It didn't start until 10:15pm which is 11:15pm our time.
"Lovers or Losers" is a game show and we were asked to be contestants. At first we were hesitant, but we decided to go forward with it. There were 5 different rounds and 3 couples in each round. In each round there was a different game and I'm so glad we got called up in the fourth round. Our round was basically catch phrase. Andrew was blind folded. We spun a wheel and got the category Holidays. All of the words I described were either specific holidays or words related to holidays.
We did pretty well. "Santa Claus" caused some grief and Andrew guessed Jesus based on my description. The audience had a good laugh about that one. They all knew we were form UT and thought it was hilarious. Candy was also problematic and Andrew continually guessed Reese's-- my fav. (Good man) We ended up winning our round by the skin of our teeth. We got 60 points and another couple got 55 which is just 1 question less than us. We won a 7 night trip to Mexico! Boy were we glad we didn't stay in our room and watch T.V. Our trip doesn't include airfare. All we know is that we have to fill out some tax paperwork and send it in. We will then get to choose from 19 different resorts. Can't wait!!
Saturday morning we stopped at Panera on our way out of town. We had a gift card and it was delicious. Vegas was fun to visit, however we weren't too sad to leave. Our eyes hurt from all the smoke and our clothes smelled horrendous. We haven't missed being woken up at 2:00am by partying, drunk neighbors either. We did enjoy spending time together though and it looks like we get to do it again, but next time in Mexico!
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