Day 6 - Erin had a half day (4 hours) left of the conference, so I had another free morning. I headed over to Treasure Island to their Starbucks (I think I was determined to try every single one in Vegas) and took a nice long walk around TI, Palazzo, Venetian, Harrah's, and then back to the Mirage. I could tell the morning was cooler than the previous ones - still warm but I think we didn't get to 100 that day.
Erin finished at noon so we headed down to the pool to enjoy the sun and water one more time. We took a little time to relax until about 5:00 when we headed out and hopped on the monorail to the MGM Grand (the last south strip stop). Erin hadn't seen that part of the strip yet, so we took the opportunity to see the MGM Grand, Excalibur, Luxor, and eat dinner at the buffet in the Luxor. We wandered around some more until our 9:00 show, and then took a slightly different route back so he could see New York New York (which is really pretty impressive when you see it, although not as cool as the real New York New York :)
Day 7 - our flight did not leave until 2:20pm Las Vegas time, so we had all morning to wander around, pack, and eat breakfast. Decided to hit the Venetian one more time for breakfast, and found a nice cafe in the casino - "The Grand Lux Cafe" - expensive but good food. Back to the room to finish packing, and we were off to check out and catch the shuttle to the airport. The shuttle ride was a bit long and bumpy (I didn't know how many speed bumps there were behind many of thoe hotels we were picking people up at) but by 12:30 we made it to the airport with plenty of time to spare. I was a little worried about security as last time I was there it took almost an hour to get through, but this time there was no wait. Off to terminal D and one more Starbucks (there were 5 to choose from in terminal D alone!) Our flight was apparently overbooked and they started asking for volunteers and we hoped we'd not get bumped, fortunately we didn't. A little over 3 hours later we landed to see the sun setting in Minneapolis at 7:30pm. I could tell we were home because it was cooler and humid :) A shuttle to the Park'n'Fly, stop at Subway, and one hour of driving and we were home! Unpacking at 10:00pm wasn't a lot of fun but it didn't take too long. I had to work the next morning (and wow what a day that was - more on that later) fortunately Erin didn't have to work until 3pm the next day.
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