Bellagio

Back at the hotel we changed clothes and rested for a little while before heading out on foot. This evening we walked all the way down the strip towards Mandalay Bay. We walked thru several of the hotels that I've already posted about. We spent a little more time inside the Bellagio since we hadn't been in that hotel yet.
Next to the Cirque Du Soleil Theatre there was a display of sculptures.

We browsed thru the gallery admiring the craftsmanship and the asking price! Several of the sculptures cost more than our house!

Next we found the Conservatory at the Bellagio. The foyer leading into the Conservatory was covered with flowers made from blown glass. The colors were vibrant!

I don't know why I didn't take very many pictures in the Conservatory, but it was neat to walk thru. My favorite things were the animals that were crafted out of various flowers and other vegetation.

Caleb and Mike found the arches of water interesting. I think they were devising a plan to squirt us as we walked under the arches.

View of the Eiffel Tower from the Bellagio.

It was almost time for the fountain show as we were leaving the Bellagio, so we decided to wait and see it.

It was awesome to watch! We really want to go back when it's darker to see the show under lights.

The water shoots so high that we can see the climax of the show from our hotel at night!

We stopped for dinner at a restaurant called Palm Grill and then continued on to our destination of Mandalay Bay. We were in search of a place called Minus 5 that we'd seen on a TV special called Adventurous Las Vegas. It's a bar that is made entirely out of ice! We thought it sounded like a cool place to go on a hot day...but when we arrived we weren't quite as excited. The show on TV didn't tell us that they charge $25 just to enter! That includes parka, gloves, pants, and one drink...but we didn't think it was worth $50 a couple just to see the ice bar. So...we'd walked all that way and were bummed that we didn't get to go inside the object of our trek. As we dejectedly started walking back towards our hotel, the fatigue set in. We had several miles to walk to get back to our hotel. When people started getting grouchy and complaining about things hurting, we decided to get a cab to drive us back. We walked up to New York New York and boarded a taxi.

Don't think we were wimping out. Even with the taxi ride, we walked 9.8 miles today! That doesn't include the 2 hours of jet skiing.

We went to our rooms with the intention of going downstairs to watch the Sirens of Treasure Island show...but again...we fell asleep. Maybe tomorrow???