Las Vegas day 2 and trip to Tonopah

Our second day in Vegas included the much anticipated Penn & Teller show in the evening. During the day we checked out some location we had not seen the day before, including the MGM and the Bellagio amongst others. In Caesar's Palace shops we walked around and checked out the Atlantis fountain which contains a saltwater aquarium.

We also had lunch at the Cheesecake Factory, which btw has a menu that is way too big. The menu is a book about 1cm thick. Simone had a giant milkshake to start with.

Hot spinach, artichoke and cheese dip, so good!

I had the chicken chipotle pasta, very yummy

Simone had the chicken quesadilla

and the Reeses peanut butter chocolate cake. We could not finish it.

The "garden" at the Bellagio. Very pretty.

 Chocolate fountain at Jean Philippe and various other sugary delights

A few photos from our walk in the evening

The Penn & Teller show was great, we had seats in the front row centre. When walking in you could see a pianist and Penn on the bass playing some jazzy tunes, and members of the audience were encouraged to inspect a wooden box and sign an envelope on stage. People were climbing into the box and giving it a good look over. The box always stayed in full view and was moved around on rollers by different audience members. Eventually and without leaving the view, when the show started Teller came out of the box! Amazing.

Unfortunately some of the tricks they did I had already seen on their various TV appearances, but they were still great. They did a lot of performances with audience members, the best was a little girl, maybe 10 years old, who was asked to help Teller with his water bowl trick. The expressions on her face were priceless, you could really see the sense of amazement and wonder in her eyes.

I even caught a prop (a lemon) they threw into the audience after a trick.

After the show both of them stayed in the foyer and we got photos and autographs. A great experience!

The next day we picked up the rental car and made our way to Tonopah, which is our waypoint before we get to Yosemite. The mountains looked like they were fake, like in the Truman Show. And driving through the desert sort of reminded us of WA :)

Alien Travel Center, obviously on the way to Area 51. We turned right before hitting that road.

 

Nobody on the road except us. 

We have now checked into our first low budget "save the money for better things" motel in Tonopah after checking out a few other motels in the area. $55 a night with free wifi. No frills, but clean as far as we can see. Tomorrow we are leaving early to drive to Yosemite.