Tired from the shopping all day and the concert last night, we drug our sorry butts out of bed early as we were being picked up between 8:30 and 9 am for the quilt tour.
Breakfast over we went to the lobby and waited for the white van with a quilt on the side to drive up.
Our guide – Sue – drove up and we were on our way. We signed up for a 4 shop tour along with lunch. We spent the morning going to 3 different shops and spent a good 45 minutes in each. We visited:
Nancy’s Quilt Shop
Christmas Goose
Fabric Boutique
We drove all the way down to Henderson and went to a very good soup and salad bar buffet. I think that was the best meal we have had all the time in Vegas. It was nice and relaxing and the food was really good – all made from scratch each day.
The final quilt shop was called – Quiltique. If I would have known, I would have saved my money and done all my shopping here. They had a lot of 1930s Reproduction fabric.
Overall the quilt tour was a huge success. On the way back to our hotel Sue drove past Wayne Newton’s estate and up to the famous Las Vegas welcome sign.
We got back to our hotel and sorted our piles of fabric. Thank goodness we came down with very light or empty suitcases as we fill both of ours with the material. Here’s hoping we aren’t overweight when we check in tomorrow!
After a little bit I asked mom if she wanted to go down to the strip the other way before we called it a night. I was getting tired and if I stopped now I would not have wanted to continue on. So out we went again, this time down the strip the other way.
We went into New York, New York and went through the casino. It was busier than ours but not by much. Continuing on we next hit Excalibur. This hotel is very family oriented and there were a TON of kids everywhere – even in the casino! We found mom’s favourite thing, the moving sidewalks and continued on. We wanted to continue onto the Luxor but got lost as the signs weren’t the greatest.
Cutting through the Luxor’s casino we continued onto the Mandalay Bay. We only got in a few shops when I saw another Jack Gallery. Of course I had to go in and I bought another poster but this time for only $20. What a price difference! The poster is called Boom Shaka Laka Laka.
Mom was getting sore with blisters and her hips and I was getting tired. So we turned around and started back. Once outside the Excalibur we crossed the street and started looking for someplace to have dinner.
We slowly made our way and stopped in at the M&M shop. It is 4 floors of everything M&Ms. From t-shirts to candy to towels to mugs. Quickly going thru the Coke shop we finally decided on dinner at the Outback Steakhouse. We had a good meal and went back to our hotel.
While mom was in the restroom I started playing a penny slot machine. She came out and found me so sat down beside me and plugged the machine. Mom eventually won $13 and I had lost $2. Overall our gambling I think I lost about $10 but that is all I really played. I could not understand how the slots worked.
We found out that there was a marathon tomorrow morning that would close down Las Vegas Boulevard so had to get up early (YET AGAIN!) so we could catch a taxi to the airport. So we went to bed early after packing our suitcases.
Total walking distance today: 2 miles
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