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Las Vegas 2018



On our way to Las Vegas from New York.


Arriving in Vegas





On the 7th of May 2018 we landed in Las Vegas, and sorted out our hire car for the rest of the holiday. We scored a massive car that had plenty of room for the kids to set up and sprawl out in the back, with the possibility of getting an entire row of seats each if they so pleased. It was the perfect set up for the long car journeys that awaited us.



We then checked into our hotel for the next few days; the Stratosphere.



The morning of the 8th we went across the street to iHop where we had a massive breakfast, with some left over for breakfast the next day too 😋




We then hopped into the car and travelled to the old mining town of Eldorado. I made a separate post about that which you can see here


We spent the rest of the day at the southern outlets, before heading back to the hotel for tea.



In the evening we decided to go to downtown Las Vegas to wander around Fremont Street.








May 9th we had the remainders of our iHop leftovers for breakfast then headed off to Hoover Dam. See post here



We even got to stand on the border between ←Nevada and Arizona→



It was such a hot day that we all decided to go to the cafe at Hoover Dam and get ice creams to cool us down.


 Then we jumped back into the car and went on a long drive to the Grand Canyon where we caught the shuttle bus that brought us to Hualapai Ranch. See post here



The shuttle then drove us to the main attraction; the Grand Canyon



The views were absolutely breathtaking and we spent ages admiring and wandering around, Jodie wandered off herself for a while and we found her making her way up to the highest point.

Climbing to the top was fabulous, and gave us an even better look all the way around.

After a long, hot day of exploring we headed home, showered, and went to bed to rest up.


Our last full day in Vegas was the 10th of May, which started off with a wander around the hotel where Jodie made friends with Elvis 😜 before heading to the outlets for lunch and a final shop.


We then decided to go up the Stratosphere tower to see the views, which were fantastic.








I even had a wine at the tallest bar in Vegas!


We spent the rest of the day exploring the strip and hotels taking photos. We also went to see the Vegas sign but we had to wait in the queue to get our pics taken. 




























The kids enjoyed a wander around the coca cola store looking at the hundreds of different bottles
















We went to the Mandarin Oriental, where I got to view the Moet & Chandon vending machine, but in true Karen fashion I wouldn't buy one as the were too expensive 😜😜









At night we went back up the tower to see the city all lit up, it was a lot busier however, but we could see why.








Afterwards we went back to our room to pack and turn in for our journey to Palm Springs the next day! See blog post here
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