Las Vegas

We made it!!!! What a different sort of drive it turned out to be. You leave the hustle and bustle of Los Angeles and outer suburbs, then you hit a long, long, long straight ride with nothing to look at but desert. One of our goals in this trip was to take a photo of every state sign as we crossed into them, a little hard when there was no sign just a casino right on the state line to let you know you had made it into Nevada. So we stopped as you do and took photo's of the casino instead!!! What a unique, different, eye opening place Vegas is. Everything from movie star look alikes just strolling up and down the strip, to the kids being allowed into every casino we walked into or through on our adventures and roller coasters going in through casinos and on top of them 57 stories up. If you can imagine it, as the saying goes,"it happens in Vegas". Our resort runs a bus into Vegas every hour, we are about 5 miles off the main strip, it drops us right in the middle, so we ventured down one side and back up, it took us a lazy 5 hrs.and that's only half done. Kids had had enough of the walking capper by then, mum and dad too!! and not a single cent spent in any casino on gambling. Drinking is a hole different story as you don't pay for alcohol in any casino, only costs you tips, so drinking buds for a $1 and people just walk up and down the strip with cocktails, beers and yard glasses full of all sorts of concoctscions.

Have had plenty of down time as well, just lazing by the pool, of which we have 5 of!!!

Kenny update: What a busy little fellow he has been, from visiting New York, the Eiffel Tower, Hooters, the Bellagio, being driven around in a limo and lazing by the pool, he is telling us he is ready for a holiday from this stardom business but hopefully he will become famous enough that we can live of his fame and fortune. His exploits are in the gallery.

Prices update: 10 lts of water $2.99, car rego $187 per year, electricity $120 a qtr. rates on a par with us but rubbish collection twice a week.

Weather update: Hot!!! Temperature has been averaging between 80 and 90 out here in the desert and we haven't hit summer yet.

Heading to golf on Thursday, Desert Pines Golf Club, $135-green fees, cart, clubs, shoes, and all other gear in the price!!!!

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Love Team Connor USA