#Winning

Going to bed early meant I couldn't sleep in very late so Jackson begrudgingly joined me for a 6 a.m. breakfast at a place called, "Hash House a go go."   

Chicken and waffles

The food was pretty good, but the entertainment was better. Being out that early meant there were plenty of people still winding down from a wild Saturday night that became a Sunday morning.

These guys had a rough night!

There were multiple parties in the restaurant who were still drunk and acting foolish. When you're well-rested and completely sober this kind of thing is comical. We decided that such a big breakfast meant we should take a good long walk to we walked all the way to the Stratosphere at the end of the famous Las Vegas strip.

A cloudy day in the desert

We weren't so ambitious that we walked back to our hotel, though. We took the little Vegas tram and enjoyed a different vantage point of the city. We saw the famed Wynn golf course and had more views of the High Roller. 

Wynn's golf course

I'm still in shock that I went up in that thing!

The day turned out to be a rainy one (boo!) so we spent most of the day inside catching up on sleep, watching football and walking around the casinos people watching. That evening we ventured over to the Rio with Dad and Diana for dinner at their buffet. It is one of our favorite places to dine out there. Jackson loves it because he gets all you can eat crab legs with warm, drawn butter. He didn't like that he dumped said butter all over himself. I'm talking his shirt, favorite shorts and flip-flops were all a butter nightmare. (Update: Google to the rescue! Dawn dishwashing soap was able to get the butter out of his clothes. Whew!)

Dad and Diana were nice enough to get us tickets to see Penn & Teller which we'd heard great things about in the past. It was a really cool show! They do magic with kind of a twist. It is very interesting and kind of intellectual. We were a bit thrown when at the end of the show an audience member passed out. We could not tell if it was a part of the show or not. Turns out it was not. He appeared to have just passed out. So odd. The show went on after a brief pause, but our attention was elsewhere by then. Too bad because it was during their big final stunt with guns!

Great, comfortable seats!

We even met a new friend!

While we were at the Rio I looked down and stumbled upon a $100 bill on the ground. I quickly picked it up and ran off. HOORAY! I gave $20 to Dad to gamble for me during the show and he turned that into $46! I left there with $126 more than I walked in with without gambling. I also didn't pay for dinner or the show. Dad correctly pointed out that I was that night's winner! Ha! Thanks again for everything, Dad and Diana!

MONEY, MONEY, MONEY!