Arizona Charlie's East Las Vegas

... quick walk up the strip as far as The Mirage from where our RV park at the Circus Circus was. The heat of the asphalt caused teh stink to finally come inside. It was awful. Mark bought some pinesol to mask the smell but it was a pretty rough night.<br><br>The first agenda of the day was to get the RV fixed. We arrived at Finlay RV witht he tank seriously leaking and grossed out most of the staff. Peter, the manager of Apollo in Las Vegas, came over to check out the van and sent us out ...

... chirashi bowl which was only $8.75 and Azrael had the sushi set, which came with 4 pieces of nigiri sushi and an 8 piece California roll, all for $10! Of course, both sets came with miso soup and some greens. It was a great start to our day.<br><br>We then spent the afternoon shopping at the Las Vegas Premium Outlet Centre. I liked this outlet centre alot more than the one near Palm Springs, as the shops are more &#8220;normal&#8221; high-street ...

Just flew in from Jersey and boy are my wings tired.... Funny??? <br>Sitting in the airport waiting for Bella and Aaron to land...when will <br>these humans evolve and grow wings like me? Just passed a fellow winged <br>friend under a tarp, what a shame, till later Over and Owl<br><br>

... to be. We could have spent another week there but the budget couldn't!!<br><br>On the evening of independence day, we walked down the strip and watched the Bellagio water show 5 times in a row (it went off every 15 mins to different music). We then watched the best fireworks i have ever seen at Ceasers Palace. Talk about the "perfect moment"!!<br><br>So, sadly, we left Vegas and had a 8hr bus trip to Salt Lake City, Utah.<br><br>I am not going to dedicate an entry ...

... at 7 a.m. on Memorial Day and before we knew it we were in Boulder City where we stopped at a Rebel Marketfor coffee and the newspaper. There seemed to be a lot of people pulling boats towards Lake Mead which is probably not unusual on a holiday. The security guard at the check point gave us a quick glance and we proceeded down the switchbacks and across Hoover Dam.<br><br>I took the first shift behind the wheel and we sailed on toKingman where we always stop for fuel ...

... finished, we thought 'Hey! Lets see the fountains... but oh yea.. the show got out at 9:15. Meaning the fountains were just about to end. We decided we would try to see them another night. We booked it back to the hotel. But on the way we got Nathans hot dogs from NY NY. Then we ate them in Excaliburs food court. They were yummy! But when we got back to the Luxor we decided to check out that food court for potential ...

... was massive and was just lying on his side half asleep while one of the keepers stroked him. Great to see. 2 hours later when we walked past the lion was gone so they had obviously returned him to the park. The next day, we woke to Vegas in sleety-rain. We got in the car to return to LA via Death Valley. 5 mins on the road and the snow came down. Heavily! We were still in Vegas and it was snowing! 3 hours later we were in Death Valley and it was almost a blizzard of snow!! Madness ...

... of noise our section made, even if it was a futile effort. The show was really great entertainment, with incredible stunts, beautiful dancing and breathtaking acrobatics as well as a nice sprinkling of pyrotechnics. OK, so we could actually have seen the same thing all the way back in Myrtle Beach towards the start of our trip since they put on the show there too, but we were pleased to have a real highlight to our stay in the "entertainment capital of the world".

... and spent the evening around Fremont Street. Fremont Street nestles at the northern tip of the Las Vegas Boulevard in the downtown area. This was once the place to be but now plays second fiddle to The Strip. It does have some endearing features though. 1) Fremont Street has been developed into a pedestrian zone and covered, in 2004, by a 1,500 foot high definition TV screen style canopy (The Worlds Biggest), with live shows from dusk till midnight. 2) Live music every ...

... back to our trip once we were off the plane it was another queue to go through US immigration, collect our bags then another queue for customs. Then another queue for the hotel shuttle bus to NY NY. Once we arrived at NY NY we were in another queue to check in. Ok so the first day was mostly travelling we also went to M&amp;M world (yummm), had a few drinks and went to a Vegas dinner show. So as we travelled back into time to the medieval days of Excalibur we were part of ...