Vegas to Zion

We are leaving Vegas as I write this, We spent three days here with Merian's grandparents Bunny and Mike. We had a BLAST here and we can't wait to come back through on our return voyage.

We found a few air guitars here but none of them fit quite right, We uploaded a bunch of pictures to our Facebook page so you can check them out and see if your lost air guitar ended up here.

Thing we learned:

1: Air Guitaring ROCKS, and it brings a smile to everyone's face, which is awesome in my book.

2: Don't gamble on the strip, you will never win, this is not the vegas of 20 years ago. Ask the locals where the good spots are for your favorite game. Like for blackjack, play at The Longhorn, it's a small slots restaurant with three blackjack tables and the most liberal rules for the game in all of Vegas.

3: There are some awesome dealers, and there are some not-so-awesome dealers,

4: Be prepared to donate all the money you came with to the local economy, The locals say thank you in advance :)

5:Check the floor, I found a $25 chip! (SCORE! We only lost $15 between the three of us then! )

6: GO SEE THE BELAGIO WATER SHOW (Out of everything we saw, that was my favorite, its FAN-FREAKING-TASTIC)

7: The only thing slots are good for is bottle service, and NONE of them have a functioning pull handle, which takes all the fun out of it, I can play video slots online and NOT lose all my money :)

8: I look good in elvis glasses, dress attire, and flip flops, and I like it that way.

9: It's way easier to be nicer to people than to be rude to them, but some people need a little rudeness every once in a while to keep them in check. Just make sure that you send out enough positive energy to counter act the negative energy put out by being rude. [Mostly its the escort card people that need to be checked, they contribute to most of the litter in this city.]

and 10: Vegas is HOT. We are from Texas and we think this place is hot...which says something.

We are headed up to Zion National Park today to look for air guitars there, we heard from some of the Vegas locals that it's pretty neato. Plus, its only 4 hours from Vegas [WAY better than the 24 hours to Austin!]

We may nix the grand canyon from the trip to make room to fit some smaller stops along the way [ghost towns, olde towns, scenic roads and other cool stuff you never hear about.]

A little side note to traveling folks who use a lot of data, build a mini radio wave concentrator for your computer/phone. I have an instructable on how to make a big one that isn't compact by any sense of the term HERE. I will do one on how to build a portable one when I can, but I don't have any of the tools I need with me, so I will try some things out and see if they will work in the meantime.

ONWARD MY FRIENDS! ADVENTURE AWAITS!