We went to the Grand Canyon at it was wonderful. I was the only one that had already been there. We suckered the lady into giving us an ALL ACCESS pass for the shuttle route. Usually only the shuttles can drive down those roads but she gave us a pass so that we could drive and raymond and patsy could just get out of the car instead of getting on and off the bus. It didn't really matter because Raymond only got out twice anyway. He said he was over seeing the big ditch. He also said it was the biggest case of erosion that he had ever seen. Well, I'd imagine so.
On the way across the hoover dam, we had to have the bed of our truck searched. Which was kind of funny. I was hoping we wouldnt be arrested for the items we stole from the national park. The Hoover dam had already changed so much from the last time I was there. The bridge they are building is almost finished.
Because we waited til the last minute, there were literally no hotels in vegas that weren't sold out or 5million dollars. We wanted to stay downtown to be easier/ less walking area but the golden nugget was the only place i thought wouldnt be sketchy. Well, apparently we thrive on sketchy hotels. We ended up staying at the four queens. It really wasn't that bad (compared to these super 8s we kept getting. puke.)
The first night we just stayed downtown. Grandma and grandpa stayed in the four queens the whole time and raymond was still amazed at how big it was. its tiny. We finally got grandma to step outside to watch the light show on fremont street.
Yesterday we had a lot of fun. Mom and I must have had 5billion drinks. Everytime we turned around the little lady was walking by saying "cocktails?" You can't say no to that, even though they have about one teaspoon of alcohol in them. We drove grandma and grandpa down to the strip. Grandpa was amazed, he said "recession, my ass." Grandma on the other hand, was still convinced that all these casinos were there when she went for a bowling trip in 1835. She was more concerned with looking at all the license tags on the cars. We also went to the pawn shop that is on Pawn Stars and to Henderson to gamble. I was the youngest person in there and my dad was runner up. Kind of a confidence boost.
Last night mom and I had more drinks and waited around on dad until he was done playing craps. Four hours later we took the bus down to the strip to look around a little. When we were in the venetian we saw a guy that was on shrooms or something. First, he was trying to fight himself then we was trying to fight the gondola. Note that there weren't people in the Gondola, he was trying to fight the boat itself. Then we walked up to me and was calling me sam sam? Once he had my dad's big mustache in his face he finally opened his eyes, they were crazy dilated. The security guards came to get him. I thought i was pretty dressed up until we got to the strip. No matter your size, if you aren't wearing a black spandex dress that shows your vagina you aren't dressed up. It was not a pretty site, about 5% of the girls looked good in them.
Today we made our way to St. George, Utah. We got a nice room and I get to sleep on the couch instead of my cot! woo hoo! haha, I will never again take for granted being able to sleep on the couch. We talked raymond and patsy into suiting up and we went down to the pool. They wouldnt get in but they got in the hot tub with us. (The first rule on the wall said if you are diabetic, have heart disease or any of the 50 conditions patsy has consult your doctor first.) Sorry boutcha dr. Jenkins.
We got 3 kinds of beer and played cards in the room the rest of the night. I think patsy liked that more than anything we have done on the whole trip.
Right now Im laying on my couch and listening to 2 people snoring and 1 person coughing. I was making fun of grandpa for snoring when he is wearing "Wendy" (his CPAP) and he said when he does that patsy grabs his trunk and jerks it because he thinks it looks like an elephant trunk.
Tomorrow we are off to Bryce Canyon. I can't wait!
