May 7, 2009
Best Western, our hotel in St. George, had a great free full breakfast this morning. I had pork chops, scrambled eggs, etc.
We planned to go shopping at Pioneer Square this morning for more pasalubongs but were disappointed. The shops were more for locals’ needs than tourists. While driving to get on Highway 15, we noticed a Mormon handicraft store and decided to stop. Dek bought some Mormon sarsaparilla and root beer drinks.
About an hour from St. George, on the way to Las Vegas, is the town of Mesquite. We decided to eat the lunch buffet at the Eureka casino. No, we did not play the slots. The buffet was okay, not great.
We reached Las Vegas at around 2:30 pm and checked in at the MGM Grand hotel. We agreed to upgrade our accommodation for an additional $35…this gave us a hotel room that was almost 1000 sq ft. Bigger than our first house in Long Beach. It had a huge bathroom…separate tub and shower, 2 sinks, a living room and dining, and a bedroom. It felt good after 13 days of being on the road.
MGM comes with its own shops and restaurants without stepping out of the complex…and we exactly did that…not step out. We watched Cirque du Soleil’s KA...a technologically impressive production. The hotel gave us 40% discount on the show plus an additional $35 discount. We got really good seats. We also ate at the Grand Buffet for dinner which had really good choices.
We spent about a couple of hours in the casino…played with the free $25 that the hotel gave us and stopped $15 ahead. The casino smoke though really irritated my throat. I started this vacation with a cough and unfortunately was not able to get rid of it during vacation.
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