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Vegas Baby! We took a Labor Day weekend trip to Vegas to escape the rat race for a coule of days. Well at least thats what I am doing. Colby is here to lose money at the casinos! :) We were staying at the Luxor, a hotel shaped like a pyramid because I love Egyptian culture. Thats really the only reason. Plus they have a hot tub suite! Yay hot tubs! All the hotels look fake tho. Luxor, Excalibur, New York, New York, MGM...they try really hard to be ritzy and get your attention. Plus walking down the strip you get accosted by guys and girls giving you tickets to peep shows and nude models at 10% of or something. Its very annoying. The Strip is also very hip and trendy. Its where the young people ... read more

Great vacation before the school year ends! Colby travels a lot on business for the state so he's promised to take me along. Our first trip was to his old home turf El Paso for some conference or other. We'd be staying for a couple of days. Our hotel was downtown at EL Paso's oldest most glamorous hotel. We had a corner room and it was HUGE, very presidential, with a view of the mountains. While Colby was away conferencing I headed over to the EL Paso Museum of Art and its a pretty nice one for a town of this stature. They have an excellent collection for not being know the world over. Its a definite must to any visitor to this town. The following day I visited the Insights El paso Science Museum with ... read more

We headed over to Manzanillo on the Pacific Coast today! The waters are supposed to be warm. We got there as the sun was setting ver the ocean and the colors were magnificent! We found a pretty cheap 3 room hotel for us to stay at. All of us together as a family, doesn't it kill you with sweetness? :)... read more

We ventured out of Guadalajara today and headed over to Lago Chapala. It is Mexico's biggest lake and it is dotted with little villages around it. We visited one of the villages, Ajijic, and hung out at the park by the lake. I ate a delcious fruit cup with mango, pineapple, melon, watermello, grape, and prickly pear. I had them sprinkle lemon, salt, and chile all over it. It was delicious! Afterwards we went to a restaraunt in town and had us a good old family fajita feast. I sat at the head of the table like some grand patron at the ranch. It made me feel good, plsu I loved the family atmosphere. I can say I had plenty of fajitas, tacos, salsa, rice, beans, onions, and bottled coca-cola.... read more

Day 2 We started our day with an excellent home cooked breakfast. Eggs and tortillas and bacon. Yum! Then we headed out to the mercados for some shopping and sightseeing. I love looking at Mexican craft markets. They have so many colorful things to look at. Plus ever church around the corner seems to be perfectly placed to look as good as it possibly can. I love small town churches in Mexico. They seem very inviting. After a while me and my parents abandoned our group and headed over to the plaza nearby. We sat around the gazeebo and watched as the locals just gossiped, recalled old times, or ate from the many vendors. My favorites were the gorditas. Its hard to describe. Its not like Taco Bell gorditas. Those are crap. Gorditas are like corn ... read more