Eric & Tami's Mission: March 2010

Sunday, March 28, 2010

Vegas Trip

On February 7th Eric and I went on a little getaway to Las Vegas. We flew from Idaho Falls on Alligant Air. We bought $9.99 tickets one way, coming home was $39.99, pretty cheap. Hard to pass that up. The end of January Eric got sick with what we thought was Bells Palsy, (Another post, sometime) We already had the tickets and he was feeling pretty good then so we still went. I am so glad we did because we had so much fun together. We spent the night in Vegas, rented a car and drove to the Grand Canyon. It was a fun day. The new road at Hoover Dam is awesome. We drove to a little town called Williams Arizona and spent the night. It is a little town on Route 66. Pretty cool. I could not believe the snow they had. I thought it was suppose to be hot in Arizona! The next morning we boarded a train to the Grand Canyon. It took about 2 hours to get there but it was so much fun. On the way there we had coach tickets, we were in the cheap seats. You know with the poor people :o) But on the way home they booted us up to 1st class. I guess they felt sorry for us or something. I didn't complain. We had entertainment, train robbers, and on 1st class we had refreshments. In coach we just had water.

The Grand Canyon is Awesome! I went as a kid. I remember camping but I can't remember the Canyon it's self, funny huh? How could I forget something that beautiful. I was just in awe. The weather wasn't very cold. It was overcast and snowy at times but not bad. I thought it added to the beauty. We had about 3 hours there then we headed back on the train.

After arriving back we headed back to Vegas. We got there about 8:30 that night. We had reservations at Cesar's Palace. When we went to check in every Paul Mitchell school from around the country was trying to check in. We stood in line for about a half an hour then an employee from Cesar's came up to us and said " You aren't with the school are you?" How could she tell? Maybe the lack of black clothing and purple hair, maybe, I don't know. Anyway she said to follow her. She took us to the VIP check-in. They said they only had an optional smoking room with two beds left. We reserved a non-smoking with a king bed. I was tired and a little on edge at that time. Once again they felt sorry for us and up graded our room to a suite. I didn't complain. It was pretty nice. The next day we saw the sights of Vegas. That night we went to Donny & Marie. I loved it! So worth it to see the show. Then the the next day we headed back home. It was a great getaway!