2013 Winter Trip - Stop 5

February 14 thru March 5, 2013

Las Vegas - what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas. That is my blog for the two plus weeks we were in Las Vegas!

Well not really. This time will be one that we will look back on and cry and laugh and remember for a long time. One of our nieces and her family, Mandy, Mike, and girls, live in this town. We spend a lot of fun times with them over the past 3 weeks.

We started by meeting at Starbucks, one of our favorite hang-outs. We were tired, but wanted to get together. We ate pizza and talked.

Looks like fun

I will not get everything in order, but I will try to hit the highlights of our time together. One of our first important things was to get a flat fixed on the trailer. Yes, Alan ran over a nail. We have special tire with nitro in them, so I found a place down the street to get it fixed. First, put the spare on, then took it down to get fixed then put it back on. I'm getting good at changing tires on the trailers. We also had a couple of warranty items that needed to be taken care of. Nothing big, but wanted fixed before we left.

We met Mike, Mandy, and girls at their favorite breakfast place, and met their favorite waitress. Lumberjack! Great place for breakfast, even went there more than once. Girls are really good. Across. From there is a thrift shop. We shopped until I dropped, but the rest of them, including Abree, was hard at shopping.

We headed for the ranges out by their home. Both Mike & Allie were practicing for a bow match. They have nice equipment and do really good. A lot different from the bow that I used to shoot. It was a busy day on the range.

The Archers

Night out with the family!

Vonna & Mandy were off to "get their nails" done. I dropped them downtown, at a fancy mall. They spend a lot of time there, but never got their nails done. We all met downtown at one of the casinos, then walked a long way to the water & light show. It was a perfect night to be out, weather was great and company better. We stopped to eat at Outback. Great completion to a great day.

Worker at Dam

Mike was also off the next day, so we took a trip to Hoover Dam. That place is gigantic. We drove over it, and read all about it. Off to the store there, looking at everything. It was a great trip.

More Dam Workers

We stopped at Boulder City, looking at the antique shops. One was so large that even I really enjoyed looking in it. The motorcycles were in town! We stopped in a little diner, Mel's, and they were getting ready to close. He said he could sit us within an hour, unless we wanted to sit outside. We did, he said maybe 45 minutes to get food. So we had desert. From the ice cream store. Mike said you sometimes had to have desert before lunch.

We just finished our ice cream, and food was ready. The meal was great and we hoped to go back, but time didn't let us.

Good Mexican Food - LOL - inside joke.

Grandma's Birthday

Our days went on, the. Wind came up one day, so we decided to go to the Bass Pro Shop. Yes, I know we have one close to home, but who has time to go? I had never been before. It was Mike's Grandma's birthday and we were going for Mexican food, but it was closed so we had hamburgers at Johnny Rocket. We watched the fish, looked at bows, rifles, boats, and everything else. I even looked at fishing poles in case I wanted to fish.

Please don't turn them loose!!!

There is a place that Las Vegas started call the Springs. It is a preserve that tells all about the Indians in the area, early settlers, the water out of the ground, and a lot of other things. They had a bird show with flying birds that few within inches of our heads. We had lunch there, walked around to see the animals, and sat and talked to people. One enjoyable day!!

Allie at Science Fair

We watched Kylie dance at her class, Allie doing her class science experiment, and Aubree being Aubree. We were there when Mandy & Mike got the news that Allie was asked to go to a meeting for exceptional students to Washington DC. That was exciting, and they took her to a Japanese Restaurant for dinner. We were invited and tagged along. The food was the best we have had, and the company was better.

The Dancer!

Mandy had us over for tacos. What a spread. Of course, since the Mexican Restaurant was closed we had to find another one. Mandy's friend told her about one and Mike was going in later one day, so we meet there. Great food and company.

There was a casino down from us, Sam's, and we met there for breakfast and lunch. Different days! They have a water show also and some shops that Vonna liked. I think we invested $10.00 in the slot machines. They are making a lot of money on us.

Mike and I spend a day around the house after breakfast with the girls. They played and rode bikes. Mike and I talked, and worked on his stationary bike. It was a great day to spend with family.

Allie playing game

We went to church with them. A great church out on the desert. It is not a small church, they sit about 3000 and have 4 services, but a great church. We will catch up with them on the Internet.

Kylie playing games at trailer

Allie playing games

Act of Kindness

Peace

Allie and Kylie each spend a night at the trailer. We played games, laughed ate ice cream, and played more. It was great to have some girls around again. It is hard to know that our only granddaughter will no longer laugh here on this earth and I really miss the giggles, teasing, and hugs. It brought back great memories, being with girls that love you. They also were close to Mikaylah, and understand the tears.

Last Night at Buffet. :(

Enough about this. This was a fun time. The last night all of us went to dinner again. We laughed some more, and ate until we couldn't eat more, and it came time to say goodbye. It was a great visit, a great stop on this trip. We will plan to be back, but we never know where our travels will take us. Thanks Mike, Mandy, Allie, Kylie, Aubree, and grandma for making this a highlight of this trip! We Love You All. See you in Yuma.

The 5 M&Ms

Drivers Start you engines

OH, Almost forgot one of the most important places.  Me & Vonna stopped by the M&M World.  It is quite the M&M place to be.  A little of everything!









See you on the road!