What Happens in Vegas...

I realized on our last day that, though it was in general a good trip, there were several things we should have done differently. Thus, despite the "what happens in Vegas" line, these are things I would have done differently:

1.  Eaten at a buffet first thing, like on Thanksgiving Day (though pizza in the sunshine was nice). We put of off until the last day, and I wish we had not. Luckily the buffet we picked had a bottomless mimosa bar.

2. Explored a wide range of casinos at first. We walked around a lot of mid-range places, putting the over the top exuberance of the Bellagio off until the last night and the sort of dismal sense that is Circus Circus until the last day. I wish I had had a better sense of the range.

3.  Seen the volcano at the Mirage explode.

4.  Had the drink. I spent days looking at people drink frozen daiquiris while walking around before I finally got one. Life was a lot nicer after the daiquiri.

5.  Seen the conservatory at the Bellagio. We saw it on Saturday night but it seemed too late to walk through — and then it took us 2 hours to get out of the parking lot. By the time we got back the next morning they were dismantling it. I can't believe I missed a giant floral peacock.

6.  Walked more/walked less. The first day we walked too much (over 27K steps) and I got  blister. The last night we drove between Treasure Island and the Bellagio, and it took so long we almost missed the show (and we literally had an hour to get that few blocks). We should have walked (especially noting poor comment on the parking lot situation).

7.  I wish we had had more time to swim/putt putt golf/relax by the fire at the hotel. By the time we had time to do that, we had to check out.

All things to note for the next vacation....