You know the story, what happens in Vegas.....you can rest assured that the college funds are still intact and that we have enough money to get home. We stayed three nights at the Hilton Grand Vacation Club Resort and what a refreshing experience. A one bedroom condo is what we had. Full kitchen, king size bed, great pools and many hot tubs. We did not do a lot. We slept late we ate breakfast by the pool and tried not to burn our bodies to a crisp in the 110 degrees weather. How in the world do people live here? The [View Full Entry]

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As I had to return the rental to Salt Lake City I got away from my sisters place about lunch time (she also had to go to work) and made my way over the Sierra Nevadas to Reno where I planned on staying for the night. And as it has a bunch of casinos there I thought it would be a good place to make my riches, just like everybody else. Except for 2 small problems, I can't afford to give lots of money to the casinos and I have a very short attention span with casinos. Reno is a bit [View Full Entry]

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Hello everyone!!!! I am not even sure where to begin this entry....the last time I wrote we were staying at Gunsmoke and getting out of Dodge, so they say. Well, maybe Dodge City wasn't so bad.... We hit the road on Tuesday morning and headed to somewhere in Colorado. We had an idea where we would stop but we had an unexpected situation occur. For those of you worriers...everyone is healthy, there was no accident involving wild game or pick up trucks:) While driving Tuesday they were a couple of instances where the RV seemed to exhibit signs of illness. Stalling [View Full Entry]

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We always have good the good intention of arising early and getting on with our plans for the day. It just so rarely happens. We abolutely loved the Hotel Monaco in Salt Lake City; very well run, personable, and efficient. (Although the dinner at Monaco in Denver trumped the Salt Lake City Monaco by far.) So, we lingered a bit before going on to our scheduled plan for the day...The Family History Library at Salt Lake City to track down John's elusive great grand father. Now, I am not so sure why a John Kennedy from somewhere in Ireland who fled [View Full Entry]

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Observations from Paul Some statistics from our onboard computer … 3324 miles 22.9 mpg 66.32 hours of “drive time” An average of 49 miles per hour Requiring 145 gallons of fuel There was an exhibit at the grizzly museum where manufacturers bring their “bear proof” homeowner trash boxes to be tested by the experts, the inmates, AKA the bears. This resulted in destruction of heavy metal containers of all sorts. One infallible container was a 55-gallon drum with welded steel reinforcements on the bottom and top, making use of the container by humans nearly impossible. But at least the grizzlies can’t [View Full Entry]

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Right then, where were we... We woke up after another night of unbroken sleep-thanks Jack! Whilst Annabel launched herself into the singularly female task of packing, the men (or at least Man and Jack), went off to retrieve the traditional Vegas breakfast of fruit cups and Banana Nut loaf from Starbuck’s. We decamped successfully, checked out at the foyer and were taken to the airport by the world’s least talkative taxi driver. Given the current security constraints, we got to our departure gate family quickly and passed the time consuming hot dogs and blogging (the strength of any given wireless location [View Full Entry]

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Las Vegas never ceases to fascinate me. It's a vibrant city jammed pack with entertainment and the best parties. I visit Vegas at least 3 times a year since I was 13. Maybe I go a little too often, but I am never bored of this city. Where can you find the effiel tower next to the arc de triumph and across from a musical fountain when you can walk and look up at the Statute of Liberty down the block and check out a black pyramid across the street. It only happens in Vegas. Over the years, I have witnessed [View Full Entry]

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What's hot: Mammoth Hot Springs What's also hot: Mountains of wildflowers What's not: Sensory overload. Also not hot: Wildlife traffic jams. The road: Slow-moving RVs on one-lane highways and high mountain curves. Travel lesson of the day: Humans on vacation are so-o-o-o ... human! from Kathy: One animal, many vehicles: That’s the scene on the sides of major roads through Yellowstone. Someone sees a bear in the valley and suddenly 20, 30 or 50 cars, RVs and motorcycles STOP at all angles and run with thousands of dollars worth of photographic equipment to hang over the guard rail and catch [View Full Entry]

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We woke late on our second day in Vegas (hurrah we are now all past our jet lag at last). After a leisurely start we headed off on the bus to the Las Vegas Outlet Centre to buy a suitcase. We’d always thought that we would need to buy another case but not that we’d need it this soon. It appears that although our three suitcases were ok weight wise for the BA flights they were too heavy for the United Airlines flights. Luckily the nice lady at the Denver UA desk let us fly without charging us for overweight baggage [View Full Entry]

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Well we are leaving tomorrow - limo picks us up at 8-30am LOL for the boys as they havent been out of bed before 1pm much any day!! but they will be tomorrow. went to the stratosphere and james has no brains!! went on all the 3 rides which hang 903 feet above the ground out over the side of the tower. Dev went on one but that was it for him and Dylan and I were the brainy ones and bowed out. beautiful views up there but the Stratosphere as a casino is crap. grafitti everywhere, gang symbols, hoods and [View Full Entry]

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