Craw and I went on a much needed vacation at the beginning of July to Las Vegas. His parents purchased a timeshare last year and they asked Craw and I to join them on their trip along with both of Craws brothers and their significant others. Craws oldest brother and his wife were unable to go so it ended up being just the six of us (his parents, Cooper, and Allie).
Craw and I brilliantly decided to pull an all nighter the night before and we left our house at 2 AM headed for Waffle House. We flew out of RDU at 6:20 AM on Monday headed for LAX for what was supposed to be a 3.5 hour layover that turned in to 8 hours. We didn't think we would ever make it to Vegas but we finally landed around 8 pm Monday night. We lost an entire half day in Vegas because of flight delays so that was a big time bummer.
Once we got checked in to the hotel, we headed over to Caesar's Palace and ate at Gordan Ramsay's Pub & Grill (Hell's Kitchen). The burger was delicious and Craw got the shepherds pie and said that it was delicious as well. After dinner, we hit up the casino for a little bit before going back to the hotel and crashing since we had been up since 6:30 AM Sunday morning (36 hours).
Tuesday morning I was up bright and early thanks to the 3 hour time difference. I woke Craw up and we made a grocery run and then crashed at the pool for a couple of hours. The pool was extremely nice and the food was AMAZING! I also enjoyed my FAVORITE frozen cocktail, a Miami vice, which is a strawberry daiquiri and pina coloda mix. After the pool, Craw and I took an AMAZING 1 hour nap. It was seriously the best nap ever and then we headed over to the Rio Grande. The coolest part about Rio is the World Series of Poker was happening live and ESPN was covering it so we were able to walk through and see people that were on live TV playing poker.
After Rio, we ventured to Top Golf Las Vegas and had a BLAST! We had to wait about 1.5 hours for a bay to open up but they had plenty to do while we waited. We had so much fun and will definitely play again. After Top Golf we took an Uber to the Bellagio because we wanted to see the Fountain Light Show. It was beautiful and definitely a really neat FREE thing to do in Vegas. By this point, it was 10:30 and we realized we never ate dinner. We snacked at Top Golf so none of us were starving but we ended up going back to the hotel and eating pizza rolls courtesy of the grocery run Craw and I made earlier in the day.
Wednesday we woke up and went down to the pool again. I could literally sit out there all day. It was by far the highlight of the trip for me. That afternoon, we went with Allie and Coop to the New York, New York hotel to ride the roller coaster. That was a lot of fun! Then we went and ate the infamous In-N-Out and that was delicious. We spent time exploring more of the strip and toured the Flamingo hotel/casino. Craw and I enjoyed playing a little bit of 25 cent poker before heading back to the hotel to get ready for the night. We are not gamblers at all but did enjoy playing a few of the games here and there. You can't go to Vegas and not play at least once.
Wednesday night we had buffet meal vouchers at the Rio so we went there for dinner. After that, Craw and I headed back to Caesar's Palace to explore. It is such a HUGE hotel/casino and we still only saw a small portion of it. We ended up going back to the hotel and hanging out before calling it a night.
Thursday we had to check out of the hotel by 11 AM but our flight didn't leave until 11 PM that night. The hotel let us leave our bags while we explored more of Vegas. We went to eat lunch at the Hard Rock Las Vegas and went back to the New York, New York because that's a really neat hotel. Craw and I also went and toured the MGM Grande. We headed back to the hotel around 5 and got our bags and headed to the airport.
It was a great, but fast, trip so we definitely want to go back. We didn't get to do everything we would have liked but it was nice to slow down and relax for a bit and spend time with Craw. Next time, we plan to see some shows and eat at a few more well known restaurants.
We are so incredibly thankful for Craw's parents allowing us to go on this trip. We love every minute we get to spend with family and this was another memory we created together.
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