Well, today is going to be an exciting day! Our big plans for today included the Stratosphere, with the main reason for going there being the rides on top of the Stratosphere and the Sky Jump. It turned to be a pretty windy day though and we only got to ride the X-Scream. However, we were sure to go to the Sky Jump first because that was what we really wanted to do the most. Here's a little info from the website to describe what we did...
"The wind’ll go whoosh. You’ll go $#!@%. Or yippee. Or yeah. Or yikes. Chances are your blood curdling screams will be heard in the sky high above the Las Vegas Strip. Stratosphere’s new SkyJump Las Vegas thrill ride will be the jump of your life — no matter what you might be yelling. For your inner adrenaline junkie wanting the ultimate Las Vegas free fall, sky dive or base jump, SkyJump is the attraction to choose. It provides the highest controlled free fall in the world, all from the Stratosphere Casino, Hotel & Tower.
Before the jump, riders are prepped and suited up in Stratosphere’s custom jump suits and given a safety lesson. After a short elevator trip to the top of the Stratosphere Tower, the jumper is connected to a high-speed “descender” and led to the edge of the platform. Just take that last step and plummet through the sky 855 feet, or the equivalent of 108 floors."
Don't worry, we have our jumps on DVD! Actually, Cory got to jump twice because they forgot to record his jump the first time so he got to go again for free...he was pretty pumped about that, of course.
So, after we survived our Stratosphere and Sky Jump adventures we went to explore a few more of the hotels that we hadn't checked out yet, such as the Wynn and the Palazzo. We then went to Harrah's to check out KGB for supper where we had some very yummy burgers. It was still pretty early when we finished supper but we went back to the hotel so that we could pack for our early morning flight. Packing always seems to be a bit of challenge because we like to shop a little too much every time we go somewhere. After almost 2 hours of careful folding and moving a few items to our carry-on, we were under the 50lb mark for our luggage. We only took one bag with us because you have to pay per bag. The bag will hold a lot of stuff but it can be tricky to keep it under 50lbs. Jerome and Shirley gave us a luggage scale that we had taken with us and it came in very handy!
Once we were all packed and ready for the morning we went down to the casino in our hotel where we each put $20 in a machine...I know, we're big gamblers! We lost our money and decided we better call it a night because we had to get up at 4am.
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