Las Vegas, NV

Ok... Las Vegas... what do I say? Well, it had it's ups and downs! On the one hand you have some amazing architecture, awesome tourist attractions and shops catering to everyones interests. On the other hand... well... this is Sin City! It was very uncomfortable to just walk down the street sometimes. People try to hand you inappropriate flyers and almost everyone that you can hear talking uses profanities as every other word in their sentence. There are crowds of people moving together as herds down the sidewalks and you are contstantly "right next to" any given person on the strip, which makes me quite nervous regarding our cameras, wallets etc. If you do happen to go inside any building or casino you can expect to get endlessly turned around and lost and trying to find your way to the other side of one can be a long stressfull process. Needless to say, this part of our trip was more so for Cara. She enjoys all of the art and architecture and the history that it represents. We did have fun, but I am happy to be moving on ;)

Just as the sun sets on the stip they fire off the exploding volcano at The Mirage. Spectators flock around as the heat from the volcano blasts into the crowd.

We pretty much put away the camera and walked straight to the Rainforest Cafe, which took about 2 hours to get to. Zeke had fun there as we ate our dinner, he got really scared when the thunderstorms started and grabbed on good to mommy. The thunderstorms go about once every 30 minutes so we got to enjoy 2 of them :) Zeke also had fun looking through the glass at all of the exotic fish.


Our view at The Rainforest Cafe.

Here is the ceiling at The Rainforest Cafe. It flashes and makes thunder noises every half hour to simulate a thunderstorm. It was fun!

Cara and Zeke took a second to pose in front of the Statue of Liberty replica at New York, New York.

The front of the MGM Grand.

This is what the strip looks once the traffic packs in. Looks like fun huh?

This is the front of Ceasers Palace.

Cara and Zeke walking down the strip. I just noticed how cute they were and felt compelled to snap of a quick shot.

And this was really the highlight of the trip... The light and fountain show at The Bellagio! We hung out for about 4 different songs and if we were to go back to Vegas it would probably be mostly to see the fountain show. It is amazing how well they are able to syncronize the songs with the movements of the fountains and the lights. Each song is completely different and sometimes the fountains shoot up to probably about 200 feet! You really need to see it to appreciate it!

After seeing "The Strip" and getting our fill of Vegas life we decided to move a little bit further out of town to a quiter little R.V. Park and relax for a few days before we fly back to Michigan.

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