Spring Break in Las Vegas

C and S had their annual Dance Company trip in Vegas this year so instead of flying them out we decided to drive and spend some time there.

We drove on Tuesday afternoon and spent the night in St. George.

We took a tour of Brigham Young's Winter Home.

On Wednesday we drove to Las Vegas.  It has been over 10 years since we have visited Vegas and things have changed... a lot of new hotels and casinos but also all the stuff on the streets seems to have gotten worse.

We stayed with the Thorntons.  On Wednesday night we went to see Cirque Du Soleil with the Dance Company group.  S was going to stay with us and just go to the show and the classes but the other girls talked her into staying with them.  So after the show she joined them.  We had a nice buffet dinner at Treasure Island.

 On Thursday we went to the strip and spent the day visiting the free attractions in the hotels.  Each hotel is sooo far away from each other.  We were exhausted from all of the walking.  On our way out CR was feeling sick to his stomach and it took us a little while to actually get going.

We visited Circus Circus, Fashion Show Mall and Caesars Palace.

On Friday we first went to see the Hoover Dam.  There is a new bridge that was built that is just amazing! The pictures don't do it justice.  This was one of our favorite places that we visited during the trip.  On our way to the dam the Thorntons told us of a park where you can see mountain goats up close.  So we stopped by and played for a little while.

 

 

 

 

We then went back to Sunset Ave. to see more of the sights.  This time we went to MGM Grand where we ate at the Rainforest Cafe.  We walked through Planet Hollywood and to the Bellagio (walking in this case between each one can be defined as walking for at least a mile between each place and being attacked on the street at every step by people trying to hand you pornographic material.  We decided that if we ever come again we will just drive from place to place and avoid walking on the strip all together.)

 

 

 

 

 

Saturday morning we just picked up the girls from the Marriott's Grand Chateau and drove home.  It was a fun trip.  It was different just having two kids with us.