The Bright Lights of Las Vegas, NV

The Hoover Damn...Wow! It is huge, and really cool.  It is built right into the rock, and it is awesome.  Unfortunately, the parking area had just closed, and so we could not park and walk across the damn.  We had to pull off the road and see it from above on either side.  It was still really cool, and rediculously windy.  We only stayed for about a half hour.  Soon we were checking in to the Hilton Las Vegas!

The room was awesome! Thanks Mal for hooking us up!  We got situated and  then headed downstairs to have dinner.  Since it was late, we just stayed at the hotel the first night, and gambled a bit in the casino here.  Then We got a good night sleep on a real bed.  It was sooo comfortable, I did not wanted to get up...ever! haha.

The next morning we got up and headed down to the strip.  We were lucky that the hotel had a monorail station connected, so we bought unlimited day passes for our whole time in Vegas.  We walked around and saw all the amazing casinos; The Venetian, Ceasars, Mirage, Bellagio, MGM, Flamingo, Paris, Luxor, Excalibur, etc.  One of my favorites was the Venetian.  It was beautiful, and has a man made river running though it, with river boats running.  Soo cool!  Also Ceasars was awesome.  The pool area is really nice.  Later that night we saw a Cirque De Solie Show: Ka, at MGM.  It was different than I thought it would be, but awesome.  After that we walked around and saw the Bellagio Fountains, and  checked out a few other places, and then headed back.  I went to bed, and Billy went back out to play poker.  He did not realize that the monorail stopped at 2am so he was stuck at Bally's til morning.  He played cards all night long, and came back just as I was waking up.  In all that time playing, he made $1.  Talk about way below minimum wage. Haha.

That morning we went out to breakfast, then headed to the stratosphere.  Billy wanted to jump off the top on their sky jump ride, but we didn't end up going.  Maybe next time we are in Vegas! We also went to the Mirage and saw the Dolphin habitat which was really cool, and now Billy and I want to buy a Dolphin! (I don't think it going to happen.) After a little nap, in the late afternoon back at the hotel, we headed back out, and went to "Old School Las Vegas" aka Freemont St.  Freemont st. has this huge light installation that works as a TV.  It goes over Freemont St. for a couple blocks.  It is really neat. We stumbled upon the "Las Vegas Pride" Parade, which was hilarious.  Then we ate some food at Binoin Casino which is the host to the Annual World Poker Tournament.  We gambled a little there, and were doing well, until Anti-Billy came out, and gambled it all away.  That was enough gambling I think.  At about 1am we headed back to the Hotel.  

This morning we packed up the car again, had some chow and back on the road we went.  Headed to a Motel in Hatch, UT in between Zion and Bryce, it will be a 5 hour drive. We will be there for 3 nights. It was crazy and fun, but I think we will both be happy to leave the bright lights of this expensive city.

Below are some our pictures from Las Vegas!

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