Day 4 - Bakersfield, Barstow, Las Vegas

RISE and SHINE ....early in the morning of Day 4. Monday - 13th October 2008.

We had a light continental breakfast (included in the rate) at the hotel. Perhaps for H not so light...as he had two eggs, and waffles... I only had half a muffin. Mind you, it was a HUGE muffin. After breakfast, we were on the road again.
Our first destination were the FACTORY OUTLETS at Barstow, which took us about 2 hours drive from Bakersfield.

Polo Ralph Lauren, Guess, Coach, Nine West, Banana Republic, Ann Taylor, Ultra Diamonds, Kenneth Cole, were some of the brands at the Tanger Outlet. As H was a mission to get rid of my 1980's wardrobe...I was on the roll! Let's see, what did I buy here? Basically, only hung out in two shops, i.e. Kenneth Cole and Ann Taylor (sale here!). Think I bought two pairs of slippers and two blouses from Kenneth Cole. And from Ann Taylor; two shirts, a cardigan, some long and 3/4 pants. After about 2 1/2 hours here, we decided to head towards Las Vegas.....as we wanted to check out the Las Vegas Premium Outlet....BUT not before stuffing ourselves with good 'ole KFC first!!


Driving to Las Vegas from Barstow took another 2 1/2 hours.....Drive was on the Interstate Highway...so NOT too bad. Not like the remote road from Monterey to Bakersfield the night before...

Las Vegas....HERE WE COME!

The route from Barstow to Las Vegas was through the Mojave Desert.....

Miles and Miles of Barren Land..

On arrival in Las Vegas, we went straight to the outlet.

:-)

Errr...here I bought two pairs of shoes from Cole Haan, two pairs from Stuart Weizman, some other stuff....can't remember. Will post ALL my purchases in a separate post. But I tell you...really cheap compared to back home. Not only the stuff were at outlet prices, a lot of the stuff were going at 50% off too! Yes...my shoes were 50% off factory-outlet prices. This outlet...is a MUST-COME.

By the time we were done here, it was almost 7 pm. And we head off to check-in at our hotel.
Where did we stay?

Trump International Hotel and Tower......before you go "waaaaaa...Trump wor", I will have a SEPARATE post to blaaaah about the hotel.

Anyway, we checked-in, showered and then headed out to return our rental car. Took a cab to the first hotel on the south end of The Strip, i.e. Mandalay Bay. Had a buffet dinner there. Basically, we just ate crabs and more crabs. Just simple steamed Alaskan Snow Crabs dipped in butter. Yes. There were loads of other stuff...prime rib, lamb, turkey, pasta, pizza, Chinese food etc etc...but we just homed-in on the CRABS!!!!!

Did I mentioned that we tried our luck at the roulette table at the Mandalay Bay?

SHUCKS! Lady Luck NOT smiling on us... :-(

What to do?

But to head back to our hotel for zzzzz. Perhaps better luck the next day???