{"id":62,"date":"2012-07-22T09:56:10","date_gmt":"2012-07-22T15:56:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/smithcrew.ca\/?p=62"},"modified":"2021-02-11T05:08:38","modified_gmt":"2021-02-11T05:08:38","slug":"remember-the-berlin-wall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smithcrew.ca\/wordpress\/2012\/07\/22\/remember-the-berlin-wall\/","title":{"rendered":"Remember the Berlin Wall??"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/p>OK well we\u2019ve hit Hell\u2019s Wall \u2013 holy mother of God it\u2019s hot \u2013 reminds me of living in the Okanagan well maybe a few degrees hotter but not many!!\u00a0 Chloe not liking this heat so much \u2013 she\u2019s more of a winter lover \u2013 FREAK!!\u00a0 $\"\"$ <\/a>\n

So this is Chloe\u2019s new best friend\u2026we call her Spray Fan! We bought it when we were at SeaWorld the last day \u2013 you fill the bottom with water and the little fan mists you with it\u2026I\u2019m sure she\u2019ll fill it today and carry it for the remainder of the trip.\u00a0 Actually if you look around they will spray you in & around Vegas.\u00a0 I pointed out to Chloe the taxi stand line up \u2013 above the people were mists of water \u2013 and then while we were at Fashion Mall the restaurant we walked by had trees over top of the tables and in the trees\u2026yup you guessed it \u2013 mists of water!<\/p>\n

OK but aside from being hot I love Vegas \u2013 there is so much to do\u2026.besides walking!!\u00a0 Yes if you\u2019ve never been here I\u2019d say it\u2019s like walking a marathon everyday!\u00a0 This is my 5th visit to Vegas and I\u2019m getting smart \u2013 have already mapped out the nearest monorail stop and whether the hop on\/hop off bus is a good deal.\u00a0 There really is so much to do that you just have to accept you won\u2019t get to do it all.\u00a0 On our agenda is the Outlet Mall (surprised \u2013 I think not), Pink Jeep Tour (out to an abandoned mining town http:\/\/pinkjeeptours.com\/las-vegas\/tour\/eldorado-canyon\/<\/a>), Mystere (http:\/\/www.treasureisland.com\/shows\/mystere_by_cirque_du_soleil.aspx<\/a>), Criss\u00a0Angel show (Chloe is reading his book right now and said it\u2019s quite interesting \u2013 it\u2019s quite interesting to me too that she\u2019s actually reading a book \u2013 my nonbook\u00a0loving daughter).\u00a0 So those are our big stop \u2013 which I\u2019ve purchased already on-line\u00a0\u2013 in between that we will just wander around and stop where we feel like. Chloe wants to see the Titanic exhibit and of course we can\u2019t come to Vegas without a stop at M & M World (http:\/\/www.vegas.com\/attractions\/on_the_strip\/mandmworld.html<\/a>).<\/p>\n

We might have a few hours at the pool or maybe I\u2019ll have a few hours at the pool while Chloe watches me from our room on the 34th floor.\u00a0 We have a pretty spectacular view \u2013 which Chloe was in awe of last night and all we could see was red tail lights going down the Strip \u2013 she couldn\u2019t believe so many people were out & about that late at night.\u00a0 Too bad she\u2019s sleeping as it\u2019s always really quiet first thing in the morning\u2026<\/p>\n

As I was drifting off to sleep I had one of THOSE thoughts\u2026you know where you think something and immediately wish you could erase it from your memory?\u00a0 What if there is a fire\u2026.O.M.G.(that stands for Oh My God, Mom just in case you don\u2019t know that one). Why would I even think that \u2013 probably because we\u2019re so far up jumping would be impossible!!\u00a0 Kinda like when you\u2019re sitting in an airplane and the guy comes in wearing a trench coat\u2026..ok that\u2019s enough racial profiling for one day!!\u00a0 We\u2019re off to the Mall \u2013 CHARGE IT (little Wilma Flintstone impersonation there for all you Flintstones fans).<\/p>\n

Ciao, Shannon<\/p>\n

PS \u2013 this was supper last night \u2013 another of my favorite stops in Vegas $\"\"$ <\/a><\/p>\n<\/body>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"