More Las Vegas, Palm Springs & Lake Arrowhead

The Bellagio ceiling as you enter the hotel.























The Conservatory at the Bellagio


















Katy's favorite piece of Dale Chihuly.

















Dad at dinner at Lavo.

















Mom at Lavo.

















Katy at Lavo.

















Me at Lavo.































































This was dessert at Lavo. In the background, I ordered fried oreos with a side of ice cream in the glass. It was delicious. However, I think the strawberry shortcake was better because it was alot lighter, just as fresh and tasty. I think it would have gone better with my Ahi Tuna that I split with Mom. I'll try and get a picture in once I load the pictures from my iPhone.

























On this particular afternoon we wandered through the new City Center, Aria and Crystals Shopping Center. This was in front of the Aria, a whole wall of waterfall with bird chairs.























It also had another Dale Chihuly gallery.
























Anyone like this outfit? I do.

















Mom and Dad before or after The Lion King at Mandalay Bay. Note Dad's new threads.




Palm Springs, California

















Grant and Chris' House in Cathedral City
















This is the view from the front of their house.
















This was in Palm Springs, more of their downtown area.


Lake Arrowhead, CA
















On the way up to Lake Arrowhead, CA

















On one of the turnouts almost to the turnoff for Lake Arrowhead.

















Tony's Mexican!

















In the village, on Lake Arrowhead.
































This is the village, over looks the lake.

















Anyone like this picture?

















Katy in front of the house, after our walk to the local beach.


















Just before we spent a couple hours at the Ontario Airport.



And finally a video on the way down the mountain from Lake Arrowhead.

Mike and Jori's Wedding

The whole point of the trip was to head to Mike and Jori's wedding on Saturday, July 9th. It was a short drive to Mount Charleston and as we drove out of the Las Vegas strip and downtown area you saw lots of sand, rocks and mountains. But as you kept driving you started to see small bushes, cacti and trees. It was a nice wedding in the mountains at 8,500 feet and I'm glad we were able to go.

Las Vegas

Another vacation out west took us to Las Vegas for a wedding and some time with parents again!

We were able to go to Mike and Jori's wedding outside of Las Vegas, in Mount Charleston, Nevada. We arrived early and stayed late in order to hang out on The Strip with Mom and Dad. It was quite the week of entertainment.

The trip was filled with great food, wandering, shopping, sun, the pool, a few rainstorms, The Lion King, Mike and Jori's wedding and more.













The view from the 20th floor out on the mountains.



















I had to travel in style. Em, you said you can't wait to see what I wore to the wedding; well what about this outfit?













This was on the top of Paris Paris, we went up after eating at Mon Amie Gabie where I ate delicious salmon and Katy had a steak with bleu cheese. We saw the Bellagio water show twice.













This is the Bellagio water show.













The Paris Paris view of The Strip.













Friday we went to the Hoover Dam and went on the full Dam tour. It isn't a long drive there but we got there in good time and early enough to not be overcrowded. That was great because the last time I was there it was packed; granted that was when they didn't have the new bridge built so all Nevada to Arizona traffic used one two lane road.


























Since we took the full Dam tour we got to see a ventilation spot that was about halfway down the dam wall. The next view is great!













This was from inside that air vent/shaft.













A modern marvel. Also, you're in Nevada and Arizona once you walk about half way across the dam.












































This was in Boulder City where we stopped for lunch.