At one point during the drive we could only see a few meters ahead! They were doing some controlled burns of the national forests - although it gave the car a nice BBQ smell.
About 30 miles outside of Vegas in the Hoover dam(n) which is quite a sight. Although I wasn't feeling too great when we arrived there, so we had to skip the tour (and the chance to see some Transformers living inside it)
After we arrived at the hotel we got settled in and got some shut eye - Unfortunately today our camera battery died on us, so we didn't get picture of lots of the cool things that we saw.
Vegas was more showy than the tackiness we were expecting, although it can be quite tacky here :)
The biggest disapointment we making the 'trek' to the Hilton, which hosts the Star Trek Experience - because it had been closed down on September 1st :( It had been running for 11 years, but we came a few weeks too late. D'oh!
We got to walk right up to the extrance to see Quark's bar, but there were steal shutters clamped down and a sign saying it was closed. To come all this way and see it all there just out of reach, really disapointing... We were both really looking forward to going on the rides there and hanging out for a drink at Quark's bar - what can you do!
After a quite long and VERY hot walk we made it to the 'fashion' mall, which is a very big a fancy shopping centre on the strip. They've actually got a modelling walkway built into the centre, ready to spring into life whenever they do a show!
To perk outselves up over the loss of Star Trek we plonked ourselves down at an Oxygen Bar. Basically you sit on a stool with a 90% oxygen tube up your nose to breathe in, while they give you various massages and smells to enjoy - just what we both needed.
For dinner we went to a Japanesse Sushi place which was delious! Always nice to try something new and enjoy it!
We almost went to see Penn and Teller who do a live show every night at 9pm at the Rio, but decided we'd donated enough to Vegas for one trip :)
Tomorrow morning we'll be off on the road for our final desitnation Los Angeles
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Shucks - somewhere in a galaxy far away , but not at the Hilton. Never mind youll be beaming onto the bridge of the Queen Mary soon. Hope you got another camera battery. We want to see lots of pics. Weather looks good for sunday here, but damp on munday. But you dont care :) Enjoy it all you lovebirds. x moinlo
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