Day 4 and last day in LV!

Today was probably going to be the most relaxing yet. 

Our plan was to spend the entire day downtown and not go to the strip.  We knew there were lots of hidden treasures and we wanted to be able to explore them.

First destination:  The Neon Museum.  We were going to walk, but took a cab....it was really close and we could have walked.  It was a gorgeous day and we did walk back.

They had a selfie machine.  Now THIS is the way to take selfies....on a giant screen automatically!

The sign out in front of the museum was made up with old letters from old Casino signs: 
N = Golden Nugget
E = Caesar's Palace
O = Binon's
N - Desert Inn

It was a fascinating place and here is only a small part of the pictures I took.

Not only did we get to see some really old and nostalgic signage, we also learned some really great Las Vegas casino history.  This was really a nice break from hanging out in casinos all day and as you can see......the weather was gorgeous. 

The next stop was the Mob Museum, which was really about 3 blocks from our hotel and a short walk from the Neon Museum.

The Mob Museum was in an old Federal Courthouse.  Just the inside of the building was awesome enough to look at.  The sun really made a unique and different picture out of this because of the large building's in the area.

We learned lots and lots of Las Vegas mob history and it was extremely interesting.  There were also some great photo opportunities to be had here.

Geesh.....this guy actually looks like he's gonna fry in the chair.  He's not acting like a good sport and being a good subject for all my photos!

They even had some information there about Uncle Owney.....I'm sure you remember Paul's mob connected Uncle.

Well since it was almost 3pm.....it was time to find something to eat.  Headed down to Fremont and stumbled upon this lovely little market that had the most amazing sandwich in the world.....the Skinny Pig.  We sat on the patio and enjoyed the wonderful weather and scenery.

This place was located in the East Fremont District that they are trying to build up......it really was being fixed up and felt old school Las Vegas.

We also just happened to be eating right across the street from one of our destinations....the El Cortez Hotel and Casino.  Supposedly one of the oldest still open casinos.....so we had to take a look around.  The interior was gorgeous dark wood everywhere and really did have the feel of an old 40's casino. 

The rest of our evening was spent hitting every single downtown casino we could find and there were lots to choose from.  We were having such a great time.  In fact, we were having such a great time that we didn't get to bed early like we said we were going to.  We had to get up at 4am to get to the airport for our flight.  Unfortunately, the awesome Bloody Mary's that we were getting, the dancing table dealers, the sound of the slot machines, and the sadness knowing we were going to have to leave the next day and go back to real life made us extend our night a little longer than we should.

So sadly at 1am.....we headed back to our hotel room (right across the sidewalk.....how awesome is that?) and started packing up all our stuff so that we could just drag our asses out of bed at 4am.

Oh......but what a wonderful glorious trip we had.

Lucky for us....the limo service also included picking you up at your hotel and taking you back to the airport.......so at 5am our driver was downstairs and waiting for us.  Lucky for us also was that he had LOTS of bottles of ice cold water for us.  Boy.....did we really need that!

The ride back to the airport this time was in a limo Escalade and the husband was back there snapping pictures!

I do have to say that I am now forever spoiled and will insist on having limo service the next time we go to Vegas.  It really made our experience even that much better.

Now....it was time to get back to reality!