Hawaii Vegas Connect: Vegas Trip Diary

No, you're not seeing things . . . the title of this post is "Vegas Trip Diary - December 2019" and this post is dated June 2022.

We took a trip to Vegas in December 2019, and I was very slow in getting a post together. And by the time I was ready to post it in 2020, COVID hit and my priorities went elsewhere.

Fast forward to 2022 . . . I just got my May 2022 Trip Diary up, and I decided, "why not post the 2019 trip?" So here it is!

This was our first trip to Vegas with the kids. They were barely teenagers at the time, and they've never really experienced cold weather before, so this was a fun trip for them to see what the fuss was all about when Mom and Dad goes to Vegas.

As usual, my first meal when landing: won ton mein from The California's Market Street Cafe. Funny story . . . we got in after midnight, and finally got a table after a 20 minute wait (it was packed). When I ordered won ton mein, the waitress asked if I minded waiting about 20 minutes for it. I commented that it must be very busy and she replied, "That's not it. We don't have enough bowls because everyone is ordering ox tail soup." IYKYK. 😂

A California clubhouse sandwich from Market Street Cafe.

We visited the Shark Reef Aquarium at Mandalay Bay.

The touch tank was the best part of the aquarium.

Siegfried and Roys' Secret Garden and Dolphin Habitat is a hidden gem at the Mirage. Here, you can visit with dolphins at the Dolphin Habitat and the see many large cats at the Secret Garden. I don't know what's going to happen to this attraction with Hard Rock Cafe purchasing the Mirage. If you haven't heard, Hard Rock is planning to demolish the Mirage's fronting Las Vegas Boulevard and replace it with a guitar shaped hotel.