Las Vegas - Day Three

Day Three we visited The Venetian and The Mirage. We also went to dinner with Matt's Aunt Teresa's sister Brenda, her husband James and daughter Erin, who live out in Vegas. They are distant relatives but we were so excited and grateful to have some family to visit with on our trip. They picked us up on Monday night and we headed east of the stip. We ate at Lucille's BBQ! We all know I never turn down BBQ! This time was no exception! It was super great and my favorite part was we drank out of mason jars! Reminded me of my grandparents who always drank out of mason jars! We also visited Green Valley Ranch were the show American Casino was filmed. It was a very nice casino. Lots of locals go there since it's off the strip!

Matt and I in front of the "canel" in the Venetian
The beautiful ceiling in the Venetian
Out Hotel, the TI, once again
View of the strip, the south side. You can see the Stratesphere in the background and the new Encore and Wynn hotels.
View of the stip, the north side. You can see

Caesar's Palace in the background on the right.

This was Matt's dinner at Lucille's. These were the biggest ribs I had ever seen in my life. He wasn't able to finish them so we sent them home with Brenda and her fam.
Lucille's BBQ

The famous "Welcome to Las Vegas Sign". Honestly, we never would have found this sign if it wasn't for Brenda, James and Erin. Thanks guys! They were gracious enough to stop and let us take a pic after dinner.

As you can see, it was hotter than hades in Vegas all week!!! During the day it was basically unbearable with the sun beating down. We stayed indoors mostly during the day. At night it would cool down to the 90's which was alot more bearable! We loved staying up late and sleeping late! Just our kinda schedule!