Vegas Baby

Today is our first full day in Las Vegas. We are trying to adjust to the time change, but I don't think that we will ever get use to it. We were up at 6:00 AM, which is 8:00 AM Texas time. We may have been the only ones up in the whole hotel. No problem! When Tucker is awake, everyone is awake! After a quick swim and soak in the hot tub, we grabbed breakfast and figured out a plan for the day. We took our hotel shuttle to Harrah's and proceeded to walk around. Our first stop was to visit Siegfried & Roy's Secret Garden and Dolphin Habitat at the Mirage. We spent several hours there watching the dolphins swim and the "big cats" play. They had five 10 month old white tigers and the trainers were inside the habitat with them playing/training. We saw a couple of the tigers "play" fight when one of the trainers brought out a large ice chunk about the size of watermelon. Evidently this is a tasty treat and all of the tigers want it. We also saw a four month old leopard. What beautiful creatures all of these animals are!
After visiting the animals at the Mirage, we decided to see what other sights there were to see for the day. We went to Caesar's Palace Forum Shops to see the moving statues and then we ended up at PF Chang's in Planet Hollywood for a late lunch. Tucker had about as much as he could stand of walking and looking around. He was ready for the pool as he exclaimed about 100 times through out the afternnon! So, we started to make our way back to the hotel. As we were walking, we passed by Jimmy Buffet's Margaritaville. I had to go in and get a t-shirt and Tucker wanted one, too. Somehow John and Tucker left with shirts and I ended up empty handed. How did that happen? With souvenirs in hand we returned to the hotel and changed into our swimming suits. After a pit stop to the rec. room for video gaming, we then hit the pool. We had a great, busy day. I am glad I came all the way to Vegas to spend some time playing video games and swimming in a pool. That is something we NEVER get to do in Texas.