We set off for Las Vegas from the Minneapolis-Saint Paul international airport after our friends Jess and Lucas joined us from Wisconsin.
We arrived late at night and checked in at the Flamingo hotel. It was quite cheap to stay here; we booked through Expedia so we got a discount on both our hotel and flight. The location of this hotel was ideal because it was right on the hotel strip near very famous and fancy hotels like Caesars Palace and Paris hotel but not as expensive as those hotels.
We took a night walk after we had gotten into our hotel rooms and found some delicious deep dish pizza. We took the pizza back to our rooms for a relaxing night in and played cards.
Day 1
The next morning we really didn’t get start until after noon and took a nice stroll through the Flamingo Hotel Zoo before checking out the shopping neighborhood.
We found the famous sprinkles store which is known for its cupcake ATM machine! The cupcakes weren’t as great as the hype around them but it was still very cool getting cupcakes from a machine!
We also found a great stop for brunch/lunch: In ‘n out! None of us had ever been here before either!
After lunch, we took the train to the shopping mall to get Lucas some new pants (his had broken). We took the train back and stopped at the start of the hotel street. We thought we could walk the whole thing, but the huge buildings make everything seem much closer than they really are.
We were very excited because we had gotten VIP entrance to MGM Grand’s club, Hakkasan.
Day 2
The next morning, Jack and I were up early to explore more of the hotels!
After Jess and Lucas woke up, we met them at the Eggslut restaurant. The line for this place was over an hour-long, but it was delicious!
We spent the afternoon on the other end of the strip from yesterday,
We followed this up by taking a picture at the iconic Welcome to Las Vegas sign! Warning, the line for this is also REALLY long.
We were exhausted and came back to the hotel for a quick nap before heading out for our dinner reservations at the Paris Hotel.
I got the salmon salad while Jack got the steak, and while the salmon salad was delicious I wish I had gotten Jack’s because the sauce on the steak was amazing.
Day 4
Bright and early we packed up, picked up our rented car, and were off to the Hoover dam! Lucas was particularly excited to come here and it was only an hour and a half from Las Vegas.
Between the Hoover Dam and Red Rock Canyon we stopped at the Shake Shack for our first time.
The final stop on our journey was Red Rock Canyon where we took the scenic road around and stopped to admire all the views.
One our way back to the Las Vega Airport, we stopped for a last bite to eat in some restaurant along the road. It hit the spot!
