Blogs from Nevada, United States, North America - page 207

We shouldn't actually tell you anything because, after all, "what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas" This is an amazing town. We've had the full experience, we've seen MANY weddings, two Elvis impersonators and an array of the most fascinating people you can imagine. Everything is far further than it seems and we've walked more miles than we can count. We've visited Venice, Paris, New York, and the Far East without even leaving the Strip. The Bellagio fountain show is beautiful. The weather gods must know we are here because it was raining this morning. As Bobby said "it isn't supposed to rain in the desert!" On the positive side, luck has been kind to the gamblers. We won't be making mortgage payments with the winnings but Bob got a hot hand at the Craps table ... read more

I see why they call that place sin city. It was a site to see, but we were right in only staying one day. We got to our hotel, which had one of the seedier casinos and went right down to the strip to start looking around. We walked four hours straight without even thinking about it and saw a little more than half the sites. Lots of casino's. Bellagio was the nicest, Caesar's palace was the flashiest and "New York" and the Venitian have recreated the cities they were named for inside, that was the most impressive. MGM has a real Tiger and the Bellagio has the biggest chocolate fountain in the world. I would have liked to dunk my head in it. However, it was clearly not a "family" place with lots of venues ... read more

Our first stop was the Valley of Fire in Nevada. Let me tell you, this place was definitely hot! The entire landscape was red and desert like. We did a short hike over to Mouse's Tank. An alleged Southern Paiute Indian renegade named "Little Mouse" hid out there in the 1890's. He was accused of gunning down two prospectors and many other crimes in the area. He was finally trapped in July 1897 but not in the Mouse's' Tank. He was caught a few miles away by the spring at what is today called the Muddy River. The official story is that he was surrounded, refused to give up and he was shot. In the afternoon, we drove to Las Vegas for some gambling and buffet eating :) I made the whole group head over to ... read more

Sorry to those of you who either have heard and don't want to again, or to those of you I have not had the chance to tell in person yet...but it is true. Daren and I eloped to Las Vegas! Yes, it is kind of sudden and crazy, but over the past few months we were thinking that we should do it now so that immigration will not be a nailbiting, tense situation next year when her student visa runs out. This way we can decide to stay in the USA or leave on our own terms, and not because "The Man" thinks law-abiding citizens like ourselves should not be able to stay here We decided that getting married at the town hall was much too bland, so we opted for a trip to VEGAS and ... read more

Ready for our second 'summer adventure', Linda and I headed for Henderson and Las Vegas for another long weekend of fun. Since it was a holiday weekend we decided to get a jump on things and so came in late Thursday night. We checked into the Boulder Station hotel, since we knew we'd just be sleeping there. The next morning we headed out to Henderson, where we stayed the next three nights at the beautiful Hyatt resort. It was pretty much a party weekend, in which we stayed out late every night, slept in, and then did some moderate sightseeing during the day. Friday night was dancing at Gilley's in the Frontier, Saturday night we went to New York, New York to see the late showing of 'Zumanity' (a very entertaining show) and then hung out ... read more