When we got to our hotel room Friday afternoon and turned on the TV, we saw a clip on the news about the preparations they were making for the celebration that night. It wasn't until then that we learned that we had chosen to go to what was actually the largest new year's celebration in the world! We hurried to our car, drove to the strip, and managed to find a parking spot just before they closed down the roads to traffic.
We still had 7 hours to kill before midnight, so we wandered the strip and explored the different casinos for a while. It was fun just walking around and seeing all the sights, even though it was a lot colder outside than I expected. No wonder they said it was the world's largest, because it was packed with people! And we definitely saw a fair share of interesting intoxicated people. There were tons of cops everywhere though, and Travis is pretty well trained at throwing people to the ground, so I felt pretty safe.
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| The Strip |
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| Inside The Mile Mall |
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| Paris! |
This is the castle that Travis took me to dinner at the first time we went to Vegas before we were married, over two years ago.
Our hotel the 2nd night had a sweet casino on the bottom floor, as well as a bunch of restaurants.
At midnight we went outside and they showed a countdown on a bunch of the big screens. When they reached zero, fireworks were set off from the roofs of five different hotels along the Strip. It was pretty neat!
On Saturday we slept in and went to a big outdoor mall next to the strip. We spent several hours there and still only saw about half of it! I got some new clothes and we walked around and got some really delicious frozen yogurt. There was also a theater there, and we went to see Voyage of the Dawn Treader in 3D. What a fun trip!
