When it was time for breakfast, the hotel staff recommended us a diner called Blueberry Hill, which was easily accessible by car and near enough to the hotel. The atmosphere of the place was like a breeze from the past, like a real American diner as we have seen in the movies! Very authentic and lovely. We were greeted by a friendly staff and got a table immediately, even though the place was packed. We ordered the "daily special", a 4-egg omelette with ham and cheese and 3 buttercream pancakes, big mugs of coffee and Tropicana orange juice. OMG the size of the dishes!!!
"We'll never make it... omnom, yummu!!!"
With our tummies full we drove around downtown Las Vegas. We had seen the magnificent casinos and hotels when arriving to the city the day before, so now we headed to the military airport to see some fighter planes. YESSS we saw many at the same time leaving the base and the kids were shrieking on the backseat!! How cool is that!
It was actually quite difficult to find something interesting to experience in Las Vegas with children, so we decided to go visit Madame Tussauds wax cabinet. We had received a discount coupon from the hotel and yet the admittance fee was $80 in total. Exploring the attraction took as maybe 30 minutes and we were surprised to be out of the door so quickly, so for our family Madame Tussauds wasn't worth the money. I have visited the equivalent in London and that one I really liked with it's Chamber of Horrors.
To cover the disappointment we bought coppas of Ben & Jerry's, but it was too hot even for ice cream. Too hot to be outside and too hot to do anything. No wonder there aren't any outdoor places to visit in Las Vegas, no pretty parks to stroll in, no outside cafes or anything. You have to go everywhere by car and even the shopping mall has been built indoors. We were trying to imagine the amount of energy the city uses every day to keep it's people well. We decided that we had loved Yosemite and it's amazing environment, whereas Las Vegas didn't make an impression.
While the boys took a little lie-down in our hotel room, I and Jani went downstairs to hit the casino. I mean, you have to try it once in a lifetime, don't you?! (I have been to San Remo, but none of you probably knows that, so it doesn't count.) We bought drinks to get in the mood, sat down to pull the lever, and... nothing. I didn't get into the right gambling mood. You just sit there and pull the lever and wait if you get lucky. I don't really get the sense in that. I ended up playing poker, winning enough to keep the game going, until Jani said I would be sitting there all night that way, so I took the money out, went back to the "one-armed bandit"and lost everything in a minute. Phew. I'm obviously not in a risk to end up being a gamble-a-holic.
Then it was time to take the boys swimming in the hotel pool. It was such a surprise to notice that the pool had a sandy bottom like a real beach! It didn't feel like a pool at all. The sun was shining already lower behind palm trees, but it was still really hot. The water in the pool was even hotter than the air, so one couldn't actually call it refreshing.. but it was lovely to relax and have fun with the boys. They loved it!
Dinner @ Hard Rock Café, obviously. Pulled pork burgers and nice, crispy fries. And we bought the souvenir glasses as we have done everywhere we have been to.
As the day had passed and we were ready for bed, we all felt that we had seen enough of Las Vegas. The heat was too much for the kids, they couldn't bear for more than a few minutes walking in the sun, so unless you are willing to drive around the city all the time, Las Vegas in the summertime isn't the place for kids.
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