Day 10 and 11.....

After leaving Hollywood we drove about an hour to get on the other side of LA to sleep in my dad's favorite spot...a Wal-Mart parking lot. So frustrating but not everyone believes in what I do so I always loose that battle :)

The next morning we drove to Las Vegas. We got there mid afternoon. We drove and drove through nothing for a long time. It was beautiful mountainous desert. However it was still nothing. Then all of the sudden in the middle of no where on the highway you come to this huge place with lots of traffic and people. Las Vegas makes no sense to me. However I won't go into how much I didn't enjoy my time there. It just felt icky is all I'll say. However Jason and I did go to a couple of casinos and it was neat to see. They certainly go all out. The following is "the strip" during the day (notice the green light and all the break lights...it's like this all the time).

The buildings are much more impressive at night. as you can see in the following 2 pictures.

This is New York, New York. This casino was crazy. I've never been to NYC but it felt like I was there for a few minutes. This skyline shot is the actual casino. When you're inside they have it all set up like you're in NYC as well. They even had sky painted on the ceiling. WOW! Unfortunately you're not allowed to take pictures on the inside of the casinos.

This casino was massive. We were really impressed with it as well. It's called the MGM Grand. They have lions in captivity in there. It was crazy.

So we spent Friday night looking at some of these different buildings. Then Saturday morning we were off to the golf course. Gotta love the golf courses in the middle of the desert, it's so weird to see green. It looks so fake because everything is so dead there.

Then that evening we went to see Rascal Flatts!!!! I'm not a big country fan but I certainly wanted to see the Rascal Flatts play when I heard that they were going to be in Vegas when we were. For those of you who aren't sure who they are they have hits like "What Hurts the Most" and "God Blessed the Borken Road". It was expensive but so worth it. We loved the show! I had a blast. That was a definite Vegas positive for me. Before Rascal Flatts we ate at the casino they were playing at, Mandalay Bay. This casino was impressive as well. My father treated us to dinner there. It was a 30 dollar buffet and it was worth every dollar. Jason ate so much shellfish and bloody meat that I was having a hard time sitting beside him. I was enjoying all the salads, Indian and Chinese food, oh and of course the desserts. It was the best buffet ever. We would have never been able to stuff that much meat down Jason's throat for that price at any other place.

Well I think that's about all I'd like to say about Vegas. Next stop will be the Hoover Dam and the Grand Canyon!

(Grrrrr for some reason the paragraphs aren't breaking up the way I want them to!)