Here we go with day 6:
We woke up at a fairly early hour. After showering and getting dressed I said let's go get breakfast. My original plan was to hit the pool first thing but I wasn't feeling it. We decided to go to Denny's which is directly across the street from the Mirage. As we were walking along towards the restaurant, I stepped wrong on an uneven section of sidewalk. It was painted yellow but who is looking down when walking the vegas strip? I fell and landed on my right side. My palm is still a little bruised where I put my hand out to catch myself. I also hit my right hip when I went down. If it makes sense, I actually fell kind of smoothly and got myself right back up, but I was so embarrassed!
Breakfast with tip was about $40. It was crowded but we were seated right away. After we ate, we decided to do some walking. We went into the Flamingo and saw the little wildlife area. Then we walked through the Linq and crossed over to the Bellagio. We went in and saw the conservatory plant display. It was pretty but I liked the one they had on my first visit better. We went into Caesars and walked through the forum shops. Somewhere along the line we bought my son a tshirt. By this time my husband was getting tired of walking so we headed back towards our hotel. we decided to cross back over to the Walgreens across from the Mirage to get a few Mountain Dews and Diet Cokes. It takes forever to get across there. While we were in walgreens my husband had words with a young adult girl because she and her friends were spread out at the register counter and we couldn't even get to the card reader to pay for our order. There were literally 4 girls buying one bandana at the register next to ours. I said excuse me a number of times. The cashier just stood there. Finally my husband told them a little less politely to get out of the way. One of the girls told him he was rude and started mouthing at him. I was just afraid the police would be called. Thank goodness we left and never saw them again. My husband felt bad for the scene but he just felt they were being very inconsiderate.
When we got back to the room I went to the pool and my son went to the fitness center to lift some weights. I couldn't find an empty chair for about the first 30 minutes. Finally 2 people left so I grabbed their chairs. My son came out and joined me briefly. The pool was nice but just way too crowded. I liked the MGM pool much better last time I was out there. They have an adult pool that doesn't cost any extra. Mirage has one but there is a fee to use it. They also have the Bare pool but I wouldn't be caught dead there!
After pool time I went in and showered again. Since we had a red eye flight home, I decided to see if I could get a late check out for the next day. I knew it would cost me but I was beginning to dread the late flight. I went to the concierge to ask how I could request a late check out. The woman told me to just get in the priority check in line and tell them over there. The line was much shorter than the regular check in line. I was able to get a 3:00 check out for $40.
My son and I wanted to go to the High Roller to check it out. My husband decided to go too, since he had rested up. We first went to eat at Yardbird in the Venetian. They have gluten free fried chicken and a dedicated fryer for their fries. I had a BBQ sandwich. My son had a sandwich of some sort too. The server was very knowledgeable. After dinner my son and I got gelato in the Venetian by the canal. It was $14 for a scoop in a cup and a scoop in a waffle cone. It was good though.
After looking around the venetian a bit, we headed to the Linq. My son decided he didn't want to ride the high roller after all. We walked back to our room to rest a bit. Later my son and I went back out. We went into Planet Hollywood, MGM, and NYNY. We also went to the Coke store. My son rode the coaster on top of NYNY. It cost $15. He was interested in the fact that MGM now has a video gaming area. We talked about that being a good place for him and his friends if they ever decide to go out there together. There were lots of those scantily clad girls standing on the strip trying to get men to take pictures with them. My son is very shy and he was embarrassed.
I should also mention that the hockey team had a game that night at the arena. That brought lots of people to the strip wearing hockey jerseys.
After we finally made it back to our room that evening, I had a blister on the bottom of my foot and had walked 30,000 steps according to my phone app.
I'll comment here on my feelings about where we stayed. I liked the size of the Mirage. It's not too big so it doesn't take forever to walk through it to get places. My friends stayed at the Venetian recently and said it was way too big. However, I did not like the location. It seems like there were so many more people around making the sidewalks very congested. I also noticed for the first time how rude people can be in vegas. They walk right at you like playing a game of chicken. I have never done so much side stepping in my life. Also, I have never been out there on a weekend before. My previous trips were early in the week. It made a big difference in the crowds. I probably wouldn't do a weekend again.
I love vegas but enjoy it much more with my friends. My husband doesn't enjoy crowds so after the first little bit, he was tired of it all. I told him at least he can say he has been there.
We went to bed and slept pretty good after such a long day.