Homewood Suites By Hilton Henderson South Las Vegas, Nv

... but still, our first glimpse of the Grand Canyon was awesome. Layers upon layers of different colours, we are at about 6200ft elevation at this point (the North Rim is higher again) We got the shuttle bus back to the Market Square and went to the store and bought wood and charcoal. A hint is to buy these BEFORE taking the RV into the campground so you don't have to drag them all the way back yourself! Bought some swanky matches that ...

... thought she won $20. LOL We didn't gamble a lot since we were both pretty tired and returned to the room. Tomorrow it's off to the Valley of Fire. Patty - HI!! Well...it is a nice 101 degrees here! I really don't care if it is 'dry' heat or not...it was HOT!! We have had a good time so far. I thought I would be able to be away from work but....NO ...

... up and met up with Whitney and some of her friends. They were here working to promote Jim Bean. But first off Whitney had a competition to go to. I think it was called the bedroom babe contest. Or Daisy Dukes contest. There were 6 woman, a tent and a big crowd. Each woman took it in turn to get up on stage, walk around taking off clothes and then answering some dirty questions. After each girl had done there thing, they had all girls up on stage together and the ...

... Tom Jones, The Temptations, Jay Leno and Elvis "long live the King" and that was all in one show and then we saw the Beatles the next night although Paul seemed to have become shorter! Actually wonder if he saw the show coz he was in town too when we first arrived. The Hotel Casino complexes are unbelieveably huge and it can take a good hour or more just to walk from one side to the other. The lobbys themselves are tourist attractions and the washrooms are also well ...

... weren't going to make it to Vegas for another day. He was very dissapointed but it was worth seeing the surprise on his face when the skyline was littered with glitter. 'We made it to Vegas!' I'd fullfilled my promise to take him to Vegas someday.    We drove down the strip a few times before checking into Club 36. The first clue this ...

... They're hoping to sucker you into shopping. Then we follow the signs up an escalator, and then? No more signs to the strip. WTF? Where are we supposed to go? By this point your sense of direction is totally lost. So we walk towards doors that have sunlight coming thorugh. They say Flamingo road on them. I say screw it, we can walk down the freaking street. I was really irritated and my headache was coming back. So we ...

... last there. The Strip, as it's known, is now like a building site!! There are massive new Hotels rising up from the dusty desert like Phoenixs from the fire! There is constant redevelopment. Caesar's Palace was once a big resort but now it's like a flaming airport!!!! You need a car to get from one end of it to the other!!! Vegas is bigger, brighter, flashier than we had both remembered it to be. (David: I remember Excalibur being at the end of the strip, all on it's own ...

... must of have put 300ml of gin in each one. Needless to say 30 mins later things had got a little messy. Not 100% sure how it happened so quick but it did. So poor Brent had Penna, H and me drunk walking the st of Vegas at 5pm. I think I had my funny pants on too tight but walk where finding me entertaining. Well I got a few laughs at least. Then we had tickets to go to a show at 9pm (Wayne Brady ...

... then..... disaster struck. Please be warned, this was very dangerous and both of our lives were in severe jeopardy. So there we were..... casually driving down the highway. I was driving, windows down, maintaining the speed limit (+ or - 15), keeping my hands at 10 and 2 on the wheel, periodically checking my mirrors, looking around for any hidden road dangers; and that's when I saw it. As my gaze slowly moved from the road ahead to my rear-view ...

I've been to Vegas more times than anyone I know, excluding those that live there. This was somewhere around my 18th trip, and I didn't even step foot in Vegas itself. Instead I spent the weekend in neighboring Henderson with my childhood friend Pete and his family. Pete's band ...