day 87 miles 6,448 The drive through the Mojave Desert wasn't anything like we expected it to be. The image that the name Mojave conjured up for us was windswept sand dunes and hot temperatures. The part of the Mojave we drove through to get to Death Valley was none of that. Instead we saw mountains with so many different colors in the rock -greens, burgundy, yellow and oranges. There were also large flat areas where minerals have leached to the top that are called salt pans. We also saw some wild life - a coyote to be exact. He stood [View Full Entry]

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Alright before before i talk about today, let me just skip back to last night because i blogged before the night was finished. We went see 'Peepshow' at Planet Hollywood. Basically its a striptease spectacular, like being at the strippers but its a big Las Vegas showpiece. It was awesome, it had Holly Madison in it who is Hugh Hefners ex-girlfriend, she has massive boobs. it was great, loved it. Today it was the old mans 50th. Gave him his tickets to ACDC in february, he loved it. We didn't do a whole lot today because we've got a big day [View Full Entry]

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I am so tired right now, just walked a heck of a long way, kept running into dead ends but i'll get to that later. Today has been a good day, weather has been perfect, about 65 degrees F which is about 20C. First thing we did today was walk to Mandalay Bay Casino, its an awesome casino very modern, looks great. We are having dads 50th birthday there so we went to book into the restaurant/nightclub, The Rum Jungle. When i saw what it looked like i couldn't wait to go there, as the name suggests, its a huge jungle [View Full Entry]

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Well after an exhausting day yesterday it was no suprise that i slept like a log in my king size bed, lol. Woke up fairly early this morning at about 830 for breakfast, today was all about the$29 all you can eat buffet, all day. It was awesome. There was so much food there; Mexican, Chinese, Japanese, Seafood, American etc. After breakfast we caught the Las Vegas monorail to the Sahara Casino where i tried my first hand at blackjack for the trip and failed miserably. But not to be intimidated, i tried again.....and again failing miserably lol. I only ended [View Full Entry]

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It was early morning and we jumped on the Deuce heading to Mandalay Bay to be picked up for my skydive!!!! A hippy looking dude drove us to Boulder City Airport. I arrived and had a 10 minute prep talk on how to do the banana. I got into my jumpsuit which was number 13. Everything moves very quickly and before I knew it I was on this little plane with the door open right next to me and I wasn't even attached to a parachute yet because I was going first. I finally got hooked up mid flight next to [View Full Entry]

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A special treat for Ali and Natasha! [View Full Entry]

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Finally the day that Karen and Dave have been planning arrives and there are two significant things that hit us.....firstly Dave has had to call out the doctor as he had a fever - HE IS OK - but obviously with the day ahead he wanted to feel his best. The doctor prescribed some drugs to get him through the day...thankfully they kicked in pretty fast and he was able to enjoy the helipcopter ride. The second thing was the ranched called to say it was SNOWING.....in the flipping desert and that we should bring warm clothes. This was entirely unexpected [View Full Entry]

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As promised here are some of the photo's taken by the guys who went by helicopter. Just to set the scene, on Tuesday there were 60 mph winds, on Wednesday it was only 40mph - pah - no problem - hehehe! It was a little bumpy to say the least and there was a least 1 green face as they arrived! I think you'll all agree the views are spectacular! [View Full Entry]

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Here are some photo's as promised....connection has been a little temperamental so bear with me! [View Full Entry]

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We're in the middle of a desert....you're thinking hot, humid and dusty......think again! The temperature has dropped, it is very windy and grey looking. Hmmmmm nevermind, we are Brits and these things don't faze us! Dave has also woken up this morning with a cold so he is having a pampered day and plenty of lemsip! Our day begins with a eat all you can buffet in the Luxor - we all did our best to consume $15 worth but I think we may have failed on this occasion. The buffet beat us this time but there are 3 more days......oh [View Full Entry]

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