Courtyard By Marriott Palm Desert

... br><br>Nous prendrons notre petit dejeuner a l'abri dans le camion, question de se reconforter un peu puis, plus rien. Le vent cesse comme il a commence. <br><br>Nous avons parcouru un sentier qui nous a mene a la decouverte de la flore qui parseme la region. Laurelie a beaucoup aime les cactus et a meme affirme vouloir aller chercher le sien a la maison pour pouvoir le transplanter ici. <br><br>

... illusionist/magician) that night, then just cruised around, basically visiting every hotel we could to stay out of the heat - New York New York, Planet Hollywood, Monte Carlo. What people had told us about the smoke-filled casinos was right - the amount of nicotine was disgusting! Have these people ever heard of passive smoking???? That night we grabbed a quick dinner at the hotel, then it was across the road to the Luxor to see Criss Angel. it was only fair that ...

... Joshua Tree cactus-things as we meandered all over the state park, seeing as we didn't know how to read the map, Sarah didn't want to stop at the marked trails and we were in no place to argue.  Eventually we begged and pleaded enough to get out of the car and begin to ascend unmarked mountains of rocks as a warm-up, but not before I had thoroughly read through all of the warnings about not having enough water (we each had maybe half a bottle), sun exposure and ...

... no intruding weeds, kept mown at a height of an inch and a half, uniformly green, and neatly edged." Will this lawn-care age, this 40-billion-dollar business, come to an end? When will the lawn mowers rust in the back corner of the garage?

... and Mojave and finally settling down for the long haul along I-15 towards Los Vegas, Nevada. At the time I was on a long Range BMW 1100RT so there was little need to stop for gas and I was determined to haul butt to my destination, so neither of these stops interested me. The first thing that caught my eye that ...

We can't wait to get home; we're all "Vegased out". We miss our daughter and sin city took its toll. We ate at the buffet the last time, printed our boarding pass from the Monte Carlo's business center ($1 per page), and went to buy some t-shirts at The ...

... expansive. Most important, we finally found a hotel with a great shower. Unbelievable! Since it has been many hours since we ate (at least 10) we went to the Monte Carlo's Brew Pub. One would think that with such a name, it would be a brewery, but it's not, just a restaurant. We scowled down a burger and salad for the tune of around $50, and started walking around. The first casino we walked into was ...

... when I went in with 4 different people. I was offered the position on the spot. How exciting!! I may not have been an Event Organizer like I wanted, but in all reality I don't have any experience at organizing anything on a large scale. The position would teach me everything from the basics and then I could use my knowledge to decide further on if this was what I really wanted to do. I had to go for orientation for a week which was mind numbing at times, but I made ...

... cool Asian infusion restaurant where some of the celebrities go. The food was really tasty and I recommend a Tao-tini. They also have really fun Vegas style fortune cookies with funny/naughty fortunes. When we were leaving, we saw Jennifer Cooly, the MILF from American Pie doing a publicity stunt in front and it made me want to go into the nightclub really bad (just one more year!). I had a great time in Vegas, and next time i'm here I will have a much more scandalous entry ; )

... Fremont Street as we drove by. Fremont Street is where they have the LED light show overhead. The evening show was going on, so we caught a glimpse of it. Our friends, Jim and Troy, called us at that time. So, we drove over to their hotel, the Aladdin, to meet up with them and their family for dinner. We ate at a restaurant much like a "Planet Hollywood;" the Aladdin was bought out by Planet ...