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10 Best Moments For Me On the Vegas/Grand Canyon Trip

There were a lot of great moments on this trip. Big moments. Small moments. Funny moments. But here a few I might not have mentioned (or in desperate need of re-mentioning.) Debating with The-Youngest whether or not the sky in … Continue reading

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10 Things I Would Do Differently (Vegas and Grand Canyon Edition)

As with any trip, the real goal is not to see new places, have fun or expand your mind with amazing experiences. No, it’s to come home and analyze what happened and make plans to improve the next outing. Never, … Continue reading

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Vegas Had One Last Surprise – Or Two

Vegas, like a good drunken uncle, always seems to have a surprise or two in store. When we first arrived, our first surprise was not a new hotel, but seeing the ruins of an iconic hotel, the Riviera, torn down … Continue reading

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One Last Morning in Vegas

If I was a better person, a more organized person, a person who thought about things before he went to bed instead of at 5am, getting up and out early in the morning would be easy. But I’m not there, … Continue reading

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6th Day in Vegas –

I have to have a plan. I still can’t quite play it totally “by ear.” It may be something I need to work on in therapy. Or after a bottle of wine. But today’s plan? An adventure for me, (I … Continue reading

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Day 5 – Vegas High Roller

It was likely this would be the last event of the day. – Our ride on the High Roller Ferris wheel. At a certain point, The-Prettiest-Girl-in-the-World would have to call it quits. Her migraine wasn’t going away. I worried that … Continue reading

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When the Rains Come

A pouring rain came to Vegas. And, being in a desert, Vegas has a problem with rain. 5 problems, actually. First, people don’t know what to do. I mean, in Vegas, even Vancouverites don’t have an umbrella packed away in their … Continue reading

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The Day of Fails and Wins – The Adventure Dome

When we come home, we have a spazadoodle that rushes from person to person trying to see everyone at once. It’s a blur of fur and barking and running around. The-Youngest was the same when we got to the Adventure … Continue reading

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The Day of Wins and Fails in Las Vegas Pt 1

It was time, to quote The-Prettiest-Girl-in-the-World, “to let The-Youngest go Orangutan.” After weeks of research, of looking up Vegas pictures, of reading reviews and watching idiots do idiotic things in Vegas on YouTube, the day had finally arrived for The-Youngest. … Continue reading

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