Wow, so it's been nearly a month now since we made our trek to Vegas, but we thought we go ahead and share our recap and pictures with you. The trip really was the best of both worlds. We were able to take advantage of all that is "Vegas" such as people watching, gambling, and eating good food as well as camp/hike/climb b/c really what trip would be complete without climbing! So we left Thursday after work and made the 5 hour drive up the 15 to Vegas. We actually camped the first night at Red Rocks Canyon (only 30 minutes from the heart of Vegas) and spent the day Friday climbing. It was absolutely beautiful and we thoroughly enjoyed being out in the sun and out of the office! Late afternoon Friday we changed gears and headed for the strip so that we could get settled and gear up for our first concert of the weekend. I guess I should of started out by telling you that the real purpose of our trip was to go to the Vegoose Music Festival. We saw our fav, Trey Anastasio both Friday and Saturday night and both shows didn't begin until after midnight. Friday Trey played a killer show with his band till about 2:30 am and Saturday he played with Phil Lesh and John Medeski...also equally as cool show and they played until 5:30 am. Not even 3 Red Bulls and vodka could keep me going that long, I started fading in the second set and we ended up leaving at about 5am. Brings new meaning to saying, "Vegas, the city that never sleeps". Like I said we also did all the normal Vegas activities. John played poker and did well the first night and broke even the second. I surprisingly did well at both black jack and roulette. We splurged and ate an amazing dinner at Emeril's Fish House at the MGM Grand. But probalby the highlight of the trip was on the way out of town we drove the 13 mile Red Rocks Canyon scenic drive. If anyone is venturing to Vegas in the near future we highly recommend doing the drive. It's only 30 minutes from the strip and it's like a mini Grand Canyon; truly amazing! Enjoy the pics!
November 19, 2006
Vegas Baby!
Wow, so it's been nearly a month now since we made our trek to Vegas, but we thought we go ahead and share our recap and pictures with you. The trip really was the best of both worlds. We were able to take advantage of all that is "Vegas" such as people watching, gambling, and eating good food as well as camp/hike/climb b/c really what trip would be complete without climbing! So we left Thursday after work and made the 5 hour drive up the 15 to Vegas. We actually camped the first night at Red Rocks Canyon (only 30 minutes from the heart of Vegas) and spent the day Friday climbing. It was absolutely beautiful and we thoroughly enjoyed being out in the sun and out of the office! Late afternoon Friday we changed gears and headed for the strip so that we could get settled and gear up for our first concert of the weekend. I guess I should of started out by telling you that the real purpose of our trip was to go to the Vegoose Music Festival. We saw our fav, Trey Anastasio both Friday and Saturday night and both shows didn't begin until after midnight. Friday Trey played a killer show with his band till about 2:30 am and Saturday he played with Phil Lesh and John Medeski...also equally as cool show and they played until 5:30 am. Not even 3 Red Bulls and vodka could keep me going that long, I started fading in the second set and we ended up leaving at about 5am. Brings new meaning to saying, "Vegas, the city that never sleeps". Like I said we also did all the normal Vegas activities. John played poker and did well the first night and broke even the second. I surprisingly did well at both black jack and roulette. We splurged and ate an amazing dinner at Emeril's Fish House at the MGM Grand. But probalby the highlight of the trip was on the way out of town we drove the 13 mile Red Rocks Canyon scenic drive. If anyone is venturing to Vegas in the near future we highly recommend doing the drive. It's only 30 minutes from the strip and it's like a mini Grand Canyon; truly amazing! Enjoy the pics!
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