We woke up at 2:00 am on Thursday January 21, and left for Vegas. We had good weather until we got to Evanston, Wy. From there on it was either slick roads, snow or rain. When we were driving through the canyon in Park City, Utah it was very slick. In fact there were a couple of cars off the road, one was flipped over on it's top in between the two sections of highway. (Scary) By the time we got to Southern Utah the snow had turned to rain. In some spots it was coming down quiet hard. We arrived in Vegas at about 4:00 pm. By the time we found Eric and Amy's house it was 4:30. Jessie was home so we were able to get into their house. They have a beautiful home. Amy got home about half an hour after we got there and Eric got home soon after. We had dinner and then we stayed up talking until about 11:00 or 11:30. I was so tired that I could hardly keep my eyes open. (long day) They next morning Amy and the kids had school and Eric had a meeting to go to, so Darrell and I just hung out at their house. Eric got back at about 10:00 am and we went downtown to look around. We first went to a casino to walk around there were some pretty fancy people there. I saw one lady all dressed up like she was going out dancing or something. Then we left there and we decided to go eat lunch. We went to eat Mexican food (which I love.) It was very good! Then we decided to go to the Luxor Hotel the "Body Exibit" was there and Darrell wanted to see that. We found out that it was cheaper to see two exibits so we went to the Body Exibit and Titanic Exibit. They were both very interesting. When we got done we went back to Eric and Amy's house to get our suitcases. Darrell and I had reservations to stay downtown for the night. Eric took us to our hotel, we stayed at the MGM Grand hotel. We got checked into our room and then we went and walked around on the Vegas strip. There is alot to see down there, and not all of it good. It was fun, we walked through several hotels and casinos and many of them had shops in them that we walked through. We walked quiet a way down the street and then we crossed the streeet and walked back towards our hotel. We stopped and ate dinner on the way back. The next morning we got up at about 8:00 am and went downstairs to have breakfast at the hotel buffet. It was very good! Then we called Eric and he came and picked us up. We went back to their house for a little while and then Amy, the girls and I went shopping and Darrell and Eric went to see the Hoover Dam. Then we met for dinner at a hamburger place. Then we took the girls back home and changed clothes and went to see the show "Blue Man Group" it was being held at the Venitian Hotel. We walked through the casino and found were the theater was at. Eric and Amy went up to the front to pick up our tickets and we stayed in line. We didn't have to stand in line too long and then we finally got in. The show was amazing! It was these three men who were painted bright blue and they did a comedy/music act. It was very good and entertaining and we really enjoyed it. The show lasted a couple of hours and then we went downstairs in the hotel the the shop area, they had a gondola ride down there it was pretty cool. We stood and watched it for a while and then we went to a souviner shop so I could get something for Jacob and Missy. Then we left and went back to their house. We stayed up for a little whle and then we all went to bed. The next morning I got up a 4:30 and got ready for us to leave. We left at about 20 til 6 am. Our trip home was good we didn't have bad roads until we got to South Pass and back into Wyoming. We got back home at about 7:30 pm. We had a great time in Vegas with Eric and Amy and it was good to get away just the two of us for awhile.
