Vegas - Day 5

Mandy and Nick meet us at the Starbucks in the lobby of our hotel for breakfast this morning. We ate and talked about our trip and how much fun we had all had. Today was their last full day in Las Vegas as they were flying out tomorrow morning. After breakfast, we all went up to our room to study a map of the monorail that runs along The Strip. We decided that taking the monorail would be a better way to get around than walking, as the latter ate up a lot of our time. We went to the monorail station in the MGM Grand and bought day passes for $12 each, which allowed us to take the monorail as many times as we wanted in a 24-hour period.

We returned to Tickets 4 Less and we were able to secure passes to tonight's performance of Penn & Teller. They were on sale for half the regular price, which was a great deal. We spent the rest of the day walking around, visiting the many hotels and casinos on The Strip, and taking several pictures, and even stopping for lunch at a very nice indoor patio in the Venetian. We each returned to our rooms to get ready and met back up at the monorail station in the MGM Grand. We took the monorail half way up The Strip, go out, and jumped into a taxi and made our way to The Rio.

The World Series of Poker was underway at The Rio and in the hallway leading to the poker rooms, I caught of glimpse of Evander Holyfield walking in the opposite direction! We made our way to the theatre box office and redeemed our passes for tickets to the 9:00 show. Before going in, we had a bite to eat nearby. The theatre was very nice and had a very jazzy atmosphere. There were two performers on the stage, a jazz duet, a pianist and a bass player, who were warming up the audience for the show. I soon discovered that the bass player was Penn! They had an envelope on the stage for everyone to sign, which I did. They put on a great show, with comedy, magic, and many things to take away and think about, but I won't spoil it for anyone. Go and see them yourself!

After the show, we took a taxi back to The Strip, and caught a show of the fountain at The Bellagio, which I recorded on video, and for which Mandy was obsessed at finding the perfect viewing position. We were also entertained by a street performer who did some close up magic using elastic, foam balls, and a coin. We left Mandy and Nick soon afterwards and went back to our hotel for the night.