Be Still and Know...Then and Now

Wednesday June 23, by my count this is day five of our vacation. We have reached the half way point! I woke up Wednesday morning with some very distinct memories of dreaming that I had fallen asleep with my camera still hanging around my neck.  We hit the breakfast bar again and I snapped a few shot of the casino inside the Hilton! Just outside the buffet area was this massive area called “The Superbook”, the Hilton website calls this “The world's largest race and sports book which features more than 30,000 square feet, more than 60 televisions, including 28 giant monitors and one "eye-popping" 15' x 20' massive screen, more than 300 comfortable seats, 19 wagering windows and Nevada's largest sports ticker.” Being that this was Las Vegas there were actually people sitting in these very comfortable black leather chairs and it was well before 10:00 am in the morning.  There was lots of glitz, lots of  flashing lights and lots of folks all spending ...

After our morning at Hoover Dam we returned to our hotel for a shower and a nice nap in our cool room. Is there anything better than crawling into a freshly made bed after a nice shower for an afternoon nap and know that you don't have to make the bed or wash the towels? Plus there is the added bonus that and you can even leave your wet towels on the floor and no one yells at you! being showered and rested we did stop by the pool side bar to take advantage of our coupons for two free cocktails complement of the hubs status (LOL!) Under ordinary circumstance it was buy one get one free so that was maybe a total of a whopping $8.95 they dished out in incentives. I had a Blue Margarita, I am not sure what Blue Curacao liqueur is but in the search I just did it is orange liquor that is blue, in any event it made for a good cocktail! We contemplated dinning at Delmonico’s or The Mesa Grill but after taking a look at the menu online we decided that we would ...

Tuesday, June 22, 2010 We stayed at the Las Vegas Hilton. Now I am totally not a gambling kinda girl, nor do I have any illusion about the true nature of "Las Vegas" however the hotel rates in Vegas were $45.00 a night so our budget conscious nature won out and we tried as best we could to overlook the less desirable aspect of "Sin City". This was the view from our room. The very tall thin gold building is the Trump International Hotel , and you can see the Wynn and the Encore as well! We enjoyed our complementary Breakfast Buffet thanks to the hubs Gold Status. I had a freshly made spinach and cheese omelet made just for little ol' me! After fortifying ourselves of all the huge Breakfast Buffet had to offer we headed out to see Hoover Dam. The evening before as we drove into Las Vegas we had to cross over the dam as we entered into Nevada. This lengthy process took nearly 45 minutes as we had to wait in bumper to bumper traffic to pass throug...