Saturday, February 5, 2011

Las Vegas for Wayne’s Birthday

Wayne and I flew to Las Vegas on Thursday, January 19th. We flew out with out daughter, Nola, and her step-sister, Catherine. We stayed at the Excalibur Hotel below.

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It was late when we got there and so we didn’t do anything that night. But the next day we walked across the street to the MGM to see the lion habitat. There is a walkway under the habitat where the lions often lay.

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They look really dead from below.

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After awhile they got up and started moving around.

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One of the wildest things is that there were trainers in the habitat with the lions at all times.

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Here is one of the lions with a big bone.

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They also had a lion cub that you could have your picture taken with for a price.

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Walking back to the hotel we could see the cute gnome house on the moat.

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No gnomes but there were two Mallard ducks on the pier.

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The 20th was Wayne’s birthday so he got dressed up. Here he is waiting for the girls to get ready for dinner.

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We went to the Bellagio early enough to see the sights in the conservatory before dinner. The current theme is Chinese.

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These warrior replicas were covered in seeds.

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It was a spectacular display of flowers and statuary.

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Here we are at dinner. Wayne, Nola, Catherine, and me. The waiter didn’t do the greatest job taking the picture.

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I had made it known that it was Wayne’s birthday so they brought him out some cake and ice cream which we three women devoured.

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After dinner it was back through the conservatory with more pictures of the displays.

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The fuzzy bunnies were really cute.

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We were at the Bellagio to see the Cirque du Soleil show “O”. I took a picture of the opening act and then the usher yelled at me that I couldn’t take pictures. They want you to buy their program, etc.

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Took a cab back to the hotel.

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