Mini Family Vacation
August 12: Las Vegas, Nevada
On the morning of Tuesday, our family set forth to conquer the sandy heat of Vegas. Once we arrived, we browsed aisles and aisles of sparkling jewelry, which I failed to document with my camera. They weren't worth documenting, as the jewels were tiny. TINY! The two highlights of this jewelry show were free water and a $1 jewelry sale booth. I bought many pins that I wanted to give away...but I have no idea where they are at this moment. After this, my family sat down at a booth selling electronic massage equipment. We did end up buying one of these massagers. After walking around several hundred square feet of shiny gold, silver, and multicolored jewels, we left the area and ate dinner at the Sahara Buffet. Decent, I suppose. Soonafter, we watched the Treasure Island Siren's show (finally, after many failed attempts to do so).
Sassy Sirens of TI!
NEVER, EVER go to The Palace in Downtown Las Vegas!
Here's why:
When we first checked into the room, we found a not-yet-cleaned-up smoking-room, with dirty magazines sitting spreadeagled on the table. It was really disgusting - so much that I held my pee in for an eternity - I did not want to use the restroom there. Mom went back downstairs to change rooms (I imagine she made nary a complaint, although she was quite annoyed). Soonafter, we moved down to another room. It was slightly better. Shortly after, we turned in for the night.
August 13: Las Vegas, Nevada
My family and I woke up a bit early in the morning, so we could go to see some more shows. First, we went to the Sands Expo Center. We saw many wholesale deals, from swords and military equipment to wholesale junk. Also saw a few Chinese distributers there.
Here's something I saw that amused me:
One booth had mannequins on display...so apparently, some of them come with extra-large boobs, if necessary. So, we walked around the building, which was several thousand square feet...
We went to the Las Vegas Convention Center, which had a lot of other wholesale stuff on sale. They had wholesale makeup, bongs, apparel, stuffed animals, lawn furniture, and anything else you could have thought of...stuff that people could sell and buy. Our feet were starting to hurt at this point, so we finished our trek through the rugs of Vegas. We ate dinner at McDonald's that night (first time in a long time that I've eaten there). Additionally, we tried to use the internet that night, but it wouldn't work and mom got annoyed. We busied ourselves in the evening by watching hot male gymnasts on television.
August 14: Grand Canyon West, Arizona
On this fateful day, we set out for Grand Canyon West, which houses the renowned and novel "Skywalk." There was a stretch of 14 miles of gravel road leading to the headquarters of Grand Canyon tours; this road was extremely rocky and disgustingly dusty. We parked and noticed that every car that has traversed the road had a dusty rear bumper and dirty car. After mom purchased our tickets ($70...*cough*), we boarded a bus that took us to the Skywalk.
Much to my dismay, the Skywalk was TINY and still in construction. Adding to my disappointment was the fact that one could not bring anything onto the Skywalk, nor take personal pictures from it. (Yes, you know me, the photography aficionado.) I was going to sneak my phone to take pictures, but then I realized there was a metal detector, which indeed detected my evil intentions - the phone was put away into a locker immediately as I whined inside my head. We put on these "booties" and then walked on the glass. I was looking down through the glass and also peeking past the metal/glass fences...whatever you call them. I am usually afraid of heights, unless I know it's "safe" for me not to be scared - this is one of them times when I wasn't scared :P. Bro and I got so brave that we jumped on the glass (gently, lest we jump so hard that we slip and fall on our asses). It was a crazy effect! It seemed as though the canyon were zooming in and out at us. I continued to examine the crevices of the canyon through the glass and past the fence. Pretty cool.
After we passed the "Eagle Point" a second time, we stopped at Guano Point for some bat-poop-lovin'-action. Just kidding...I have no idea what I just said. There were many rocks to be climbed, so my family climbed them. I climbed a few of said rocks. Beautiful views all around.
This hiking and action tired us out, so we drove back to Flagstaff and stayed there for the night. Ate at Sizzler's. Watched more Olympics and cheered for Michael Phelps. Yum.
August 15: Various Parts of Arizona
We set out superearly in the morning and passed by Sunset Crater/Wupatki National Monuments. Sunset Crater used to be a volcano and Wupatki is a set of several Native American ruins. Thereafter, we went to Grand Canyon North and South Rims. At South Rim, we experienced a most spectacular sunset, though there were too many curious tourists that blocked it from our view. We went to a Watchtower in the area...and that was quite magnificent.
Subsequently, we drove home and hit Kingman at 10:00pm. (This is where the late night mystery took place.) Then, I drove about four hours from Arizona to home. I admit, I was getting somewhat delirious...but I succeeded in driving us home safely. Hooray-zors.
On the morning of Tuesday, our family set forth to conquer the sandy heat of Vegas. Once we arrived, we browsed aisles and aisles of sparkling jewelry, which I failed to document with my camera. They weren't worth documenting, as the jewels were tiny. TINY! The two highlights of this jewelry show were free water and a $1 jewelry sale booth. I bought many pins that I wanted to give away...but I have no idea where they are at this moment. After this, my family sat down at a booth selling electronic massage equipment. We did end up buying one of these massagers. After walking around several hundred square feet of shiny gold, silver, and multicolored jewels, we left the area and ate dinner at the Sahara Buffet. Decent, I suppose. Soonafter, we watched the Treasure Island Siren's show (finally, after many failed attempts to do so).
Sassy Sirens of TI!NEVER, EVER go to The Palace in Downtown Las Vegas!
Here's why:
When we first checked into the room, we found a not-yet-cleaned-up smoking-room, with dirty magazines sitting spreadeagled on the table. It was really disgusting - so much that I held my pee in for an eternity - I did not want to use the restroom there. Mom went back downstairs to change rooms (I imagine she made nary a complaint, although she was quite annoyed). Soonafter, we moved down to another room. It was slightly better. Shortly after, we turned in for the night.
August 13: Las Vegas, Nevada
My family and I woke up a bit early in the morning, so we could go to see some more shows. First, we went to the Sands Expo Center. We saw many wholesale deals, from swords and military equipment to wholesale junk. Also saw a few Chinese distributers there.
Here's something I saw that amused me:
One booth had mannequins on display...so apparently, some of them come with extra-large boobs, if necessary. So, we walked around the building, which was several thousand square feet...We went to the Las Vegas Convention Center, which had a lot of other wholesale stuff on sale. They had wholesale makeup, bongs, apparel, stuffed animals, lawn furniture, and anything else you could have thought of...stuff that people could sell and buy. Our feet were starting to hurt at this point, so we finished our trek through the rugs of Vegas. We ate dinner at McDonald's that night (first time in a long time that I've eaten there). Additionally, we tried to use the internet that night, but it wouldn't work and mom got annoyed. We busied ourselves in the evening by watching hot male gymnasts on television.
August 14: Grand Canyon West, Arizona
On this fateful day, we set out for Grand Canyon West, which houses the renowned and novel "Skywalk." There was a stretch of 14 miles of gravel road leading to the headquarters of Grand Canyon tours; this road was extremely rocky and disgustingly dusty. We parked and noticed that every car that has traversed the road had a dusty rear bumper and dirty car. After mom purchased our tickets ($70...*cough*), we boarded a bus that took us to the Skywalk.
Much to my dismay, the Skywalk was TINY and still in construction. Adding to my disappointment was the fact that one could not bring anything onto the Skywalk, nor take personal pictures from it. (Yes, you know me, the photography aficionado.) I was going to sneak my phone to take pictures, but then I realized there was a metal detector, which indeed detected my evil intentions - the phone was put away into a locker immediately as I whined inside my head. We put on these "booties" and then walked on the glass. I was looking down through the glass and also peeking past the metal/glass fences...whatever you call them. I am usually afraid of heights, unless I know it's "safe" for me not to be scared - this is one of them times when I wasn't scared :P. Bro and I got so brave that we jumped on the glass (gently, lest we jump so hard that we slip and fall on our asses). It was a crazy effect! It seemed as though the canyon were zooming in and out at us. I continued to examine the crevices of the canyon through the glass and past the fence. Pretty cool.
After we passed the "Eagle Point" a second time, we stopped at Guano Point for some bat-poop-lovin'-action. Just kidding...I have no idea what I just said. There were many rocks to be climbed, so my family climbed them. I climbed a few of said rocks. Beautiful views all around.
This hiking and action tired us out, so we drove back to Flagstaff and stayed there for the night. Ate at Sizzler's. Watched more Olympics and cheered for Michael Phelps. Yum.
August 15: Various Parts of Arizona
We set out superearly in the morning and passed by Sunset Crater/Wupatki National Monuments. Sunset Crater used to be a volcano and Wupatki is a set of several Native American ruins. Thereafter, we went to Grand Canyon North and South Rims. At South Rim, we experienced a most spectacular sunset, though there were too many curious tourists that blocked it from our view. We went to a Watchtower in the area...and that was quite magnificent.
Subsequently, we drove home and hit Kingman at 10:00pm. (This is where the late night mystery took place.) Then, I drove about four hours from Arizona to home. I admit, I was getting somewhat delirious...but I succeeded in driving us home safely. Hooray-zors.
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