Vegas - Part 6 - Tuesday tanning

Tuesday came round, and oh the relief!! Got to spend ALL day at the pool. Yay!! Mr and Mrs S, CT and Lanky came to join us at our fabulous pool (which I'm sure was better than theres!), which included 2 pools and 2 hot tubs, (which were SO hot you had to settle into them very slowly) all surrounded by palm trees.

It was very relaxing, and absolutely gorgeous. But so, so hot! The pool dips were gladly welcomed I can tell you. We thought we would grab a quick snack by the pool, so all ordered something relatively small - only to discover that our lunchtime bites were actually significantly more and we were all subsequently stuffed!! ATM and Mr ATM were eating home made cheese rolls at this point - bless them! (I blame it on Valerie forcing them to spend money on dresses and wedding dinners!!)

So plenty of reading was done. A bit of napping. The occasional cocktail. And lots of attempting to be more tanned than I currently am. Grrr!! (What little tan I had has now faded to nothing. Waaah!)

After a lazy day, we decided to get round to that wander in Fremont street, so Mr and Mrs S, ATM and Mr ATM, CT, Lanky and I hopped on an extremely packed bus (I'm not sure they understand health and safety on these things) and took a short ride out to see the sights.

Had a nice wander around looking at the various sights to see - mostly casino's and little stalls, with the odd "show" happening. While we were there we saw a band on a stage, a man playing the saxophone, and a man on the back of a huge truck tinkling on a grand piano!! Yes, I know, very strange.

At a certain point in the evening there is a light show, where all the casino's and entertainment turn off their lights and music, and the roof, which is covered in millions of lights quite literally lights up. I have to say I was expecting some kind of flashing light thing, but in actual fact it was like a massive television screen (which was a bit disappointing), and they played music video's on it for about 15 minutes. It was quite impressive, purely for scale - the roof runs the entire length of the street, which is a fair old way!

Feeling a little peckish after all the wandering we decided to find somewhere to eat (and drink) and decided to try out the Golden Nugget. On our way to the restaurant, we discovered this fabulous indoor (but uncovered overhead, so kind of outdoor) pool, which has a large circular aquarium, complete with fish and sharks, right inside the pool. Not only that, but it has a circular clear perspex waterslide right through it. I have to admit, I'm not entirely sure I'd be comfortable swimming in a pool with only a thin layer of perspex between myself and sharks (even small ones), but it did look very cool!

So, another pleasant meal later and we headed back to the bus. As we were queueing, some big fat ass woman in an electric buggy was also waiting, so naturally (?!) the bus driver told everybody to wait whilst the woman boarded the bus, parked in the designated area, and was secured for safety. That's fine, most sensible. However, the woman had obviously not been required to take any kind of electric buggy driving test before being let loose on the unsuspecting public and proceeded to reverse, drive, reverse, drive, reverse, drive for around ten minutes, while we all stood outside waiting, and 2 more buses pulled up behind unable to park in the bus bay!! Fortunately for her, she managed it about ten seconds before I marched up to her and told her to get her fat ass out of the chair and I would park it my fucking self!!

We finally manage to depart, and actually achieve a relatively early night to bed around 11.30pm. For once!