On our way out to Vegas, we made a few random stops as part of the "things you must do before you turn 30"...get your kicks on Route 66 (we visited the Route 66 museum in Barstow), take your picture with the tallest thermometer (a little break in Baker where the thermometer read 105 degrees), be a Desperado and get a bird's eye view of Primm (that roller coaster is freaky). Once in Vegas Shaun put money on #29 at the Roulette table, put 29 quarters in the slot machine, and then enjoyed a drink with someone at the bar who was also 29 (Ken flew out to surprise Shaun and met us at the bar at Treasure Island).
From there we headed to Cashman stadium to watch the Dodger's AAA minor league team, the Las Vegas 51's, play the Angel's AAA minor league team, the Salt Lake Bees. The stadium was quite nice and the three of us enjoyed $1 beer night. There were also going to be fireworks after the game, but we left before the end of the 9th inning to head back to the strip. When we left the game around 10 pm, it was still 98 degrees outside.
On Shaun's birthday we explored some of the different hotels. Here we are at the Mirage.
While at the Mirage we visited Siegfried & Roy's Secret Garden and Dolphin Habitat. Below is one of the baby tigers that was just 9 weeks old. There were 6 tiger cubs; all but this one were white tigers.
There weren't going to be any fireworks on the Las Vegas strip, so we drove out to Red Rock Casino. We enjoyed a nice dinner, played some craps, and then went outside to watch the fireworks. We wound up being in the perfect spot to watch them.
Once back on the strip, we headed out to get a view of the city at night.
Christie made some plans for a nice birthday celebration on July 5th, so as not to compete with the fireworks. We had a great dinner at Lawry's Prime Rib before heading to the Wynn to see La Reve.
Happy Birthday Shaun!
La Reve was an amazing show. It's set in the round, so everyone has a great view. Every thing takes place in water and on platforms that come out of the water. The performers were so strong and it was incredible to watch what they did knowing that they were all pretty much soaking wet. 
The picture above is looking up through an opening in the ceiling where water is raining down as the performers are being lifted up through the opening. At one point, a performer was pulled up through the opening, out of sight, and then dove into the water below. Amazing!
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