Pax Arturus

Thursday night we arrived in Vegas and were more than excited to check in to our room at the Excalibur.

Simple and cheep the first night

We spent the night walking around the Luxor and Excalibur, gambled some, had a free steak dinner that was a delicious warm up for a few days of amazing food.  We rode the “slantyvator” at the Luxor which travels diagonally up the side of the pyramid and admired the NYNY skyline and the piercing beam of the pyramid flanked by our fairy tale castle.  The Excalibur was somewhere we both really wanted to stay and I’m so glad we got the chance although it was by far our least extravagant experience of the weekend.  When Andy was young he would travel to Vegas for gymnastics competitions and while everyone else stayed at the Excalibur he and his father would bed down at the Circus Circus.  He was glad to see what all the fuss was about.

The presentation of Excalibur to Arthur by the lady of the lake. Andy is a rather more lighthearted version of the great pendragon.

For my part, I of course was ecstatic to stay at the hotel with an Arthurian theme, especially to start off my fairy tale engagement trip.

The Lady of the Lake.

We didn't have anyone around to play Merlin. Where's my dad when you need him?

Because we arrived so late, the best part about our first night in Vegas was falling asleep in my love’s arms with a colorful castle watching over us.  The remainder of the weekend was short on photos, unfortunately, and high on fun so I’ll try to piece it together the best I can.  And there was evening, and there was morning… the first day.