Trying to Help Rollie Out

Rollie Driving

Thought I needed to take up the slack since Rollie has now driven 3400 miles in fourteen days and when we stop somewhere it’s only to see a sight and by night time he is just exhausted. It has been five days since his last entry. I would like to begin however on Saturday June 27th. Our day began by me making homemade pecans waffles. After we ate, Dana and I decided to catch the bus to Treasure Island hotel & Casino. We had vouchers for the show “Mystere” later in the evening and needed to get our actual tickets for seating. We thought it would be a cool idea to ride the tram and scope out our evening events. We went to The Mirage hotel to find out the time the volcano show began. After which we made our way over to The Venetian. What a beautiful place with its Italian décor. We of course had to visit some of the shops. I fell in love with and purchased an ankle bracelet from Brighton.

A Painting on the Ceiling


A Gondola


Lots of Shops


Beautiful Painting on the Ceiling

We continued our stroll through the shops. Seeing the gondola made us hungry for some gelato which is an Italian ice cream. All good things must come to an end. Our husband called us wondering what was taking us so long. We had left the men back at the camper. Rollie was updating the blog and Rickey was reading.

Here we are meeting up with our Men

Our men met us at The Venetian as we were leaving. We decided that it was too late to really do anything else before the show tonight so we headed back to the camper. We made a quick stop at Circus Circus hotel for a half of pound hotdog with all the fixing. Now if you could have only seen Rollie enjoying that hot dog. You might be thinking that it was only a hot dog but I refuse to buy hot dogs and highly discourage him from eating hot dogs. He even made the comment that he couldn’t even remember the last time he had eaten one but for sure this one tasted reeeeeal good!! We all got our showers and dressed and off we went. The show “Mystere” was created by Cirque du Soleil. It was a mix of acrobatics, dance and special effects. Rollie and I were very impressed with the show and we really enjoyed it. After the show we all got on the tram to the Mirage and saw the volcano show.

The Volcano Show at Mirage

We then were off to The Paris hotel for some pizza. We then found a great band playing 70’s and 80’s music and finished our evening off dancing the night away.

Can you Tell We Had a Great Time in Vegas

Sunday
June 28, 2009

We all woke up early and got everything packed up to head down the road. We were on our way headed toward Tucson when I asked Rollie how far we were from Sedona. I had a friend tell me about how beautiful it was and that we just had to go there since she just went on and on about how gorgeous it was getting there. So the wonderful husband that I have took the detour and headed back east toward Flagstaff. We arrived in Flagstaff unhooked the camper and took the big truck to Sedona. The drive was breathtaking. You feel like you’re driving through the Grand Canyon.

Our First View


Rollie Drove Great through these 180 degree turns


The Colors were Just Beautiful


Such Beautiful Red Mountains


More Mountain Formations


The Colors would Change with the Sun

We took a ton of pictures along the way. Made our way to town where there was more quaint little shops. We did buy some buffalo meat for Uncle Jim and some buffalo jerky for Rickey. I was surprised because Rollie bought two shirts from Sedona (Rollie never buys clothes). Sedona is a beautiful town and there is so much to see and the view is just magnificent both getting there and in town. It’s definitely a place that Rollie and I will visit again. The sun was beginning to set so we headed back for some more beautiful pictures. We were so pleased that Rollie agreed to take the detour and allowed us to see this wonderful sight. We would have loved to stay longer in this quite town but we wanted a few pictures of the sun setting behind the red mountains. We finally made it back to the camper and Rickey and Dana grilled some delicious baby back ribs for dinner. After dinner we called it a night since it would be another early morning with us heading toward Tucson to see some cactus.
I know that I convinced Rollie to create this blog for me but this is hard work. So, I’m not saying that I will not write another entry but I do believe that I’ll turn this back over to Rollie so he can continue with his honing his writing skills.

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