Friday, August 2, 2013

Las Vegas

We were in Las Vegas with Bill and Karen. We stay at the Thousand Trails Park on Boulder Blvd. The guys played pool their favorite place being Best Billiards. Tonight we were watching Max play.

Max vs Reyes (2)

We went downtown to Fremont Street and had a great time watching people and walking through the different old casinos.

Fremont Casino

Bill & Karen with Dave who his staying with his son and family here in Vegas.

Rockey Bill Karen Dave Fremont Casino

We went to 2 shows Fantasy and Rock of Ages. Dave’s daughter-in-law Yessie stars in Fantasy and Troy his son stars in Rock of Ages.

Troy & Yessi Burgess

Fantasy plays at the Venetian. Both of the shows were outstanding.

Venetian Casino inside

We found out there is a Wetlands area in Henderson so we took a morning and drove out there to look it over. We drove around the area with one of the rangers.

Birding trip Las Vegas Rockey & guide

She directed us to the new Wetlands Visitor Center which was wonderful.

Wetlands Visitor Cntr Las Vegas (3)

Many interesting displays.

Wetlands Visitor Cntr Las Vegas (4)

Many great photo ops

Wetlands Visitor Cntr Las Vegas (9)

I took an afternoon and joined my nephew Dylan and his friend Jamie on a hike at the Red Rock State Park. He took us up Ice Box Canyon. The trail and climb was amazing. We didn’t get clear to the box canyon because of the sun going down.

Some of the rocks we climbed over.

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Jamie and Dylan

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On our way down.

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We are in the shadows.

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Another trip we drove up to Mesquite to visit with Linda and Larry at their condo. Had great Bloody Mary’s by the pool and she fixed a wonderful lunch.

This is the view from their place.

More view from Steven's place

We had so much fun in Las Vegas we are going back this October for 3 weeks.