Away Day #2

We’ve had so much fun today! We didn’t get too terribly far, but we did some lounging, some exploring, and TONS of eating! It was unbelievable 🙂 So beware, food pictures to come!

Last night, after we arrived, we were fairly dead to the world but really needed to eat. So we picked up some Johnny Rockets from downstairs and indulged before we absolutely couldn’t stay up any longer. We were sooo exhausted! However, we woke up relatively early, just because our bodies somehow figured they were ready. Not sure why, because we were still tired, but I guess we were supposed to get moving! We didn’t right away, though. We watched some tv and lay around before slowly getting up and getting ready for the day. We finally made it downstairs shortly after 11:00am for brunch. The cafe we visited had already stopped serving breakfast so Brady had a BLT and I had a strawberry tart from the display cooler. We both grabbed a coffee before we wandered around our hotel a bit, got our footings, and then made our way to the strip.

We headed north today, with the goal of eventually hitting the Venetian. We were mostly warned about the people on the street with the nudey cards they pass around. They were definitely some of that, but not even close to as much as I expected. What I found more annoying was the amount of people trying to give us free tickets to shows if we agreed to go tour their hotel for a few hours. No!! Even if I believed there was no other catch, we’re not interested for the time being, the end. And they would get sooo mad!I kind of just laughed and walked away. I’m a random stranger you approached. I don’t have to cooperate with you. Humor.

We did end up finding the Venetian, but getting through it was another thing! We walked all the way through it, got lost a number of times, backtracked, and finally found our way to our goal.

Carlos Bakery!!! No, no one from the show was there, but we still wanted to taste a few of the favorites 🙂

We picked out our two treats and made our way back out onto the strip. By that point, I had a bit of a sore back and we decided we had earned a rest. So we made our way back to our hotel, where we cuddled up and took advantage of US Netflix. We watched some Parks and Recreation, and proceeded to eat our bakery treats in record time.

Thats a lobster tail, and a cannoli. They’re similar ideas, but a cannoli has chocolate chips in it, and I liked the pastry of the lobster tail way more. Both were delicious though.

Eating one at the same time is kind of a challenge though.

Old habits die hard…

I think I can speak for both Brady and I when I say that the highlight of today was likely supper. We went to Outback Steakhouse in an effort to satisfy my steak craving, and my goodness, did we ever eat!

Appetizer. Cheesey fries with bacon, dipped in some spicy ranch-ish sauce.

Sides. Caesar salad and a potato bacon soup loaded with cheese as well.

My steak, covered in mushrooms and lobster. Saucy and flavorful and unbelievable!

Bradys mondo steak, with blue cheese.

We agree that these were the best steaks we’ve ever had in our lives, hands down.

We limped our way back to our hotel and are now plunked down on the bed, hoping our tummies eventually go back to normal. I look like I’m carrying at least three babies. It was a huge food day.

Tomorrow, our plan is to go south on the strip and see where that takes us. And hopefully we’ll do the high roller too! That’ll bring some really great pictures! Or if its stupid hot out (was a bit overcast today) we may just lounge in the pool all day long. We’ll see.

So much for “What happens in Vegas…”