Three Days into Our Vacation

Day three was loaded with fun!
We headed down for breakfast at 10:00am. (We had gone to bed so early the night before...so we decided to sleep in, since breakfast is served later on the weekends.) Breakfast was yummy once again!
After breakfast we hung out in the room and played Hand and Foot or while again. Then we got ready and went down to the pool in soak up some more sun. I went in again, but just my legs (and I think it was mostly just up to my knees.)
We then got ready to go grab something to eat. And, guess where we went....In-N-Out. We had a very later lunch. (Before we left we arranged for shuttle to the Strip at 4:30. While out for lunch we also walked over to Von's (Safeway) to grab some more water.
We got back just in time to slap on some more sunscreen and catch our shuttle down to the Strip. We walked around for a long time. We first went to New York-New York and walked around through the shops and restaurants. While doing so...we ran into some people we know from Damascus. Gaila and Scott Collins, along with their three children Jenna, Britton, and David, left the same day as we did and our headed on an almost 9 week cross country trip while the kids are on summer vacation. It was totally cool to run into people we knew, especially when there are soooo many people you pass all the time.
Okay, so our whole purpose in going to New York-New York was to ride the Manhattan Express. And...we did. After paying $14 per person (we could have paid $600 and got married on the roller coaster...that's including the minister)..we sat in the very front (we had to wait longer, but totally made the ride better) and rode The Roller Coaster. Let me tell you...it was fun. We hadn't been on a roller coaster since...well we can't figure it out...but it has been years (and I think at least before we had children...and Tyson is 4 years old!) Let's just say we had fun. Luke and I LOVE roller coasters. The Manhattan Express has a 204 foot climb before we droppred 144 feet (almost straight down), which got us going around 67 miles and hour. The ride also had one complete loop and also a spiral where we were hanging sideways. What a thrill! *Side note: The public restrooms in the New York-New York were beautiful!*
After riding the roller coaster we headed to walk through the Miracle Mile shops. We watched a fountain show in there and walked through the mall. By then it was already after 7:00 and we were starting to get hungry. We walked and walked and walked and tried a place called Raising Cane's Chicken Fingers. It was very good...I think partially because we were so hungry. We walked across the parking lot to Target and got some ice cream and then walked back to our hotel. We got back shortly after 9:00 and just hung out for a while. We actually showered because our feet were black from walking so much...dust...and I don't know what else. Plus we sweat on and off all day since it was close to 90. We just felt dirty!
When all said and done we got in about 10 miles of walking again today. (And in flip flops...our feet are hurting!!)
And, here we begin our next and final day!