Today’s blog is going to be a short one I’m sorry to say, as our last full day didn’t turn out exactly as we hoped. 😒

After breakfast, Si had granola parfait (that’s a first), he loved it and I ordered a bagel with cream cheese, we walked over to the Aria Hotel. It’s accessible by walking from the Park without having to go outside. As soon as we arrived we noticed how it smelt of smoke. Park MGM is a smoke free hotel, so it was very noticeable. 🚬

We sat down at a machine, had a large win, when I suddenly got the most excruciating pain in my upper back.⚡️ I normally don’t suffer with my back, so all I can think is that I must have turned awkwardly! 🤷‍♀️

We decided it would be best to walk back to the Park immediately and I had to lie down. Si went and bought me hot chocolate. ☕️ Bless! For me, hot chocolate solves most problems. 👏So, our day was not as planned. By this evening, my back had recovered enough for us to go back to the Aria to finish what we had started.

I think someone’s telling me it’s time to go home. 😂

A couple of days ago, we went into one the stores in the hotel and saw merchandise with NKOTB on. Just goes to show our age, we had no idea what it was all about. We had to ask someone and they said New Kids on the Block – The Right Stuff have a Las Vegas residency and are appearing here apparently. 🤷‍♀️ There was even a photographic opportunity with cardboard cut outs just off the lobby! We had no idea! But it was causing a lot of excitement. 🤪

Here are a couple of photos that I’ve missed off before. First, is the T-Mobile Arena that our original room was opposite. You can see why it would have been a problem.

Our view of the mountains from our new room

One of our wins last night

The Sphere advertising the Wizard of Os

We played the Wizard of Oz – I’ll Get You My Pretty game at Aria this evening and I have to say, we were very successful! 👏💵

We leave here tomorrow. We have late checkout until 3.00 p.m. as our flight doesn’t depart until 10.00 p.m. We had a little scare yesterday, as when we changed rooms, it appeared as though they had cancelled our late checkout. Horror! 😱 But we spoke to someone in VIP and they assured us it was still active. 😅 We are booked into the lounge at the airport, so at least we’ll be able to relax in there. Fingers crossed our flight leaves on time. ✈️

It’s a shorter flight going back as we should have a tailwind🤞so, it will be approximately 9.30 hours and we should land about 3.00 p.m. UK time and be home by 5.00 p.m. It’s lovely being on holiday, but there’s always a right time to go home. 🏠

As always, thanks for reading. 🤗