Our flight from Orlando arrived in the early evening and we headed over to the car rental centre to pick up our car. After not getting our Chevy Tahoe in the earlier part of the trip, Wade decided to upgrade our car here so we could get it here for the last part of the holiday and our drive back to LA. The only problem was that when we got upstairs to select the car - there were no Tahoes available. We ended up having to take a Ford Expedition which Wade was not pleased about!
We made our way to our hotel (via Walmart to pick up drinks and snacks). This trip we decided to stay at the Cosmpolitan for the first time - and now that we have stayed there I don't think we would ever stay anywhere else! Our room was amazing. It had a separate bedroom and living area, kitchen and best of all - a balcony that overlooked the Bellagio Fountain.
Our first full day in Vegas we had a late start and decided to hit the Bellagio Buffet for lunch (instead of our usual dinner). It ended up being a lot quieter (ie. we didn't have to wait as long in the line), and meant that we got the tail end of the breakfast food, as well as the start of the lunch/dinner food. After this we decided to take a walk through Caesars to do some shopping. However, Wade - who can't let go of anything when it comes to cars - was still not over the fact that he didn't get the car he wanted, so he decided to contact the rental car company to see if he could swap the car! It appeared that he should be able to so at this point we split up and he went to deal with the car and I kept on shopping and met back at the hotel later in the afternoon! And yes - he did succeed and got the Chevy Tahoe in the end!
Later that afternoon we decided to hit the hotel pool. There were two towers to our hotel and the pool in our tower was considered the party pool (as opposed to the swimming pool!!). I must say it was a very strange experience! We arrived, eventually found some lounges on the poolside and grabbed a few drinks from the bar. The pool itself was pointless - there was one small section that was waist deep, and the rest of the pool was basically ankle deep, with chairs & lounges in it. We took a dip (that's about all you could call it) and hung out on the lounge chairs for a while and had a few drinks. It all just felt super awkward to me - clearly we aren't "party pool" people! We eventually found some foosball tables so played that for a while which was fun (I think I may have even beaten Wade on one occasion), and had a few more drinks, before calling it quits. For dinner we grabbed a few pizzas and hung out on the balcony for ages watching the fountain.
One of the things Wade has always wanted to do on our trips, but never has before, is go to a gun range. We had no major plans for our time in Vegas, so had plenty of time and on our second full day, we ventured down to the gun range and Wade got to have a go at using a range of different guns, while I watched on. He really enjoyed it (although you probably can't tell from the photos and the serious face - apparently you don't smile when having your photo taken with a gun!!!).
The rest of our time in Vegas was spent either shopping in different locations (mall, outlets, casinos) or relaxing on the balcony, with dinner at the Cheesecake Factory on our final night in Vegas!
Our final day of our holiday was spent driving from Las Vegas to LA. There is always so much time to fill on the final day before heading to the airport for the late night flight home. So we decided to do the Warner Brothers backlot tour again (we had done it a few years before as well) to kill some time. Every tour is always a bit different, so we saw and heard about alot of stuff that we hadn't previously. After that it was a final (usual) stop at the Westfield Culver City to kill a bit more time and pick up a few last minute things, before heading to the airport and checking in for our flight home. Thankfully as we were flying business class we got to use the lounge again, so were able to have showers, and grab something to eat while waiting out the rest of our time.
It really was a great trip (even though we had done alot of it before), and was a much needed change of scenery for us after what had been a pretty awful year to date.
Here are some photos from our last few days:
Views from our room
Night shots along the strip
Terrible photo but this is our hotel
Wade at the gun range
Backlot Tour
Me holding a real Oscar!
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