Vegas Trip Recap Day 3 of 3

Being the last day of my mini vacation, I didn't know how the day was going to go.  I had already gotten quite drunk 2 days in a row, and I wasn't sure if I was going to go for a third and final drunken day.  

Again we had no hard plans for the day.  The only thing I had to do was to make sure to pack all my stuff for my SUPER early 6am flight Monday morning.  

We decided that today was going to be the day that we just walk the strip and go where ever the wind took us.  This ended up being a really fun time.  I found it odd that thus far, I hadn't drank an alcoholic beverage out of a normal shaped glass.  Everything comes in a football, a yard, guitar.....pretty much any shape you can think of.  My down fall?  The frozen vodka/pink lemonade drinks in the funny shaped cups.  They are so delicious!

We found ourselves at a 1 deck blackjack table that was seriously on fire.  We played for a couple hours and we all doubled if not tripled our money.  From there we just bounced around, gambling, refilling our obnoxious cups and finally ended up at our hotel's 2 dollar taco place.  I was really really really said that I had to leave Vegas in a few hours.  

 

Sunrise from our Hotel Room

Vegas Trip Recap Day 2 of 3

Thankfully there is nothing on schedule for today.  Yesterday was a bit much with all our time restraints.  Going to Crossfit Las Vegas was a HUGE accomplishment, but it wasn't cheap either.  The cab ride alone with 25 dollars, the was a drop in fee, and of course I bought a shirt.  Luckily one of the members there was nice enough to bring us back to the hotel to save us the cab fare. 

One of my favorite places in Vegas is Fremont street or Old Vegas.  It doesn't have the HUGE hotels and fancy restaurants like the strip.  It's more of the classic casinos, the famous neon cowboy sign, and it has a huge electric arch down the street that plays a light show.  My favorite thing about Fremont street? They sell delicious slushy alcoholic beverages in full sized footballs. 

Once I had my drink in hand, I was good to go.  We hung around, played some blackjack and then decided to head back to the hotel.

We found the rest of our friends at the 2 dollar taco restaurant (somehow every night we all always ended up at this place) and continued to drink, dance, and gamble into the night. 

Vegas Trip Recap Day 1 of 3

After having my mind set on going to Crossfit in LV for so long, I was really surprised not really wanting to go on Friday.  I knew that if I didn't go today I wouldn't go at all, so Dennis and I hailed a cab and $25 dollars later we were there!

Once there, I felt really good about my decision.  We were very early for the 10am class so I decided to get some rowing in for my 100,000 meter challenge.  After about 15 minutes it was time to start the WOD.

I'm not sure what I was expecting but the warm up kicked my ass.  We had to grab 14lbs (for the girls) medicine balls and run around the building.  Then we had to do 10 kipping swings, followed by 5 burppes and then that whole circut three times.  I'm already winded!

After that we did 4 sets of 3 reverse pull ups.  That means that at the top of your pull up you bring yourself down as sllllllllowly as possible. 

Then it was time for the WOD. 

8 Rounds of 2 Minutes to complete:

5 Shoulder Press

4 Push Press

3 Jerks

I completed all 8 rounds using 35lbs. 

After we were done with CF, we had some free time until we had to rent a car to get to our photo shoot.  So we relaxed by the pool, gambled, and ate some food.  Nothing too overly exciting, but we wanted to keep it low key until after the pictures. 

Then at about 4pm we went to rent a car.  The guy at the desk says these magical words "we only  have one car left."  Dennis and I had no other choice so we rented:

Bumble Bee!

From 5:15 to 7:15 we drove around the Freemont/Vegas area and took really cool/creative photos.  I cannot wait until we get the pictures back!!!


Once back from photos, it was time to go to The Gallery nightclub in Planet Hollywood to celebrate Dennis' 30th birthday.  The club was really cool and being in the VIP section made it all the more enjoyable.

Wanna hear something crazy?  So in complete Vegas style, there were random girls that work at the club dressed in black panies and bras wearing masks dancing through out the club.  All of them of course very attractive and super toned.  They would dance alone or together, being super sexy, and then one of them actually did a handstand and did all sorts of leg movements while upside down.  I was completely obssessed with these girls and I kept wondering to myself.....do they do crossfit? 

With two minutes left of Dennis being 29....I was very nicely drunk and having a blast drinking and dancing!

Happy Birthday Dennis!