Holiday Inn Exp Las Vegas

... visiting with them during the next two weeks.

July 10, 2009

Have our breakfast and then pack up to leave. The people with the tent trailer leave way before we do. They must have been up early to pack up. We hope to be home around 1 p.m.

This has been a great trip with lots of wonderful scenery and beautiful wildflowers; surprises, like seeing an old friend in an unexpected ...

... various tourist destinations that ensure a perfect honeymoon for the
newly weds. It’s very difficult to pen down a handful of honeymoon
destinations in USA. However some of the top honeymoon destinations
in USA that are worth paying a visit for the celebration of nuptial
bonding are Hawaii, New York, Florida, California, Las Vegas etc.

... aber ich wollt nicht neben nen EXKNASTI pennen, was weiss ich. also hab ich ca 3 stunden versucht zu trampen, aber keiner angehalten, gut war auch shcon dunkel, ich wollt nur weg von dem schmatzer.
Da mich keiner mitgenommen hat hab ich um den Garten rumgeschaut ob der Knasti noch da ist, nicht gesehen dann hab ich meinen schlafplatz zurecht gemacht und geschlafen...

um 8 uhr morgens wieder auf an den highway und wieder 3 ...

We left Raton NM this morning and headed west toward the mountains. The first town was Cimarron. It is famous for being the place where the Philmont Scout ranch is located. We drove up the Cimarron Canyon toward Eagles Nest. The canyon is beautiful. I took several photos. There had been rain there recently and the stream was really running. Eagles ...

Headed out of TX, onward to CO and back to the Midwest...our first stop was a quick tour through Las Vegas, NM an overnight campout in an field at Storrie Lake State Park just north of town. I recommend the renovated, lovely train depot downtown--good tourist info there. And the state park was calm and tranquil. Viva Las Vegas!

... why not get married here? We looked at the prices; did we want a helicopter, Elvis to sing, a rented crowd? It was up to us. Well we didn't go ahead with it instead saving the money for something else instead. Carlie had read the Bodies Expo was in town, the one we'd already gone to in London. As it has no plans to come to Australia off she went to check it out. During this time we headed out to the airport to try and book a hire car for our trip ...

... safe walking on the strip at night but we were advised not to walk to Freemont cos you pass some dodgy areas.  The bus (Deuce) is the best way to get around.  Sit on top at the front and you get the views too!  We also saw a drive in Wedding Chapel!  This place is so weird!! Tuesday we hired a car and drove to the Grand Canyon.  Helicopters only go to the West tip and cost $600 for the two of us, the best views are from the South ...

Well no Andrew's for our breakfast here but Dennys is just as good so we venture out early and enjoy breakfasting before it gets to hot. Later we look around to get our barings, back to see all the places we visited on our last visit. and then make plans for the rest of our stay. first a walk down the strip. Next door to the Luxor is Excalibur very Disney not our cup of tea, next New York New ...

... accident on the highway. Maia and I had a great system going. We took turns driving 3-4hrs each while the other one slept. We pretty much drove straight through Arkansas and Oklahoma with no breaks other than to get gas. Maia drove us into Texas around 12.00am Thursday morning. I was woken up by a very frantic Maia at 1.30am - "Kat, Kat wake up, I just got pulled over". Nice, I thought, lets just hope he's a cutie. (Nup, he was old and grey and not ...

Today was more exciting Vegas stuff. Circus Circus has its own amusmemt park so after breakfast at 10 we headed to see what it had to offer. We got an all day pass to make the most of it, then headed in to check out the different rides. There was a rollercoaster under the big top....but it was a little too close after breakfast for that just yet. Headed the lazer force where there was a bunch of little 10-12 year olds having a ball so Helen and I decided to join in....we got our ...