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Lazy and Busy

O.K. I know I started to write about Vegas and then just stopped.  Last week was much busier than anticipated, and to be honest when I wasn’t busy I just didn’t feel like turning on a computer and typing anything on this blog.

So, hopefully, I can finish up the Vegas trip stuff here in the next couple of days.  In the mean time, here’s an update of some of the "bigger" items that happened last week.

So, let’s see… Monday through Wednesday.  Not much significant (that I can remember) to report.  Worked around the house, and tried to keep the boy entertained on his second week of Spring break.  On Wednesday night "the boy" had one of his buddies stay over night.

Thursday,  the boy, his buddy, and I head off to the public library to do some research for an animal report the kids are working on in school.  Michael’s friend was totally against this at first saying "Homework and libraries are for nerds and geek’s".  But this guy soon got into the whole process of research and took home more information on his animal, the Gibbon, than the boy, whose animal is the sponge.

Friday we headed off to the butterfly pavilion near Denver. Now I’d like to say this was for fun, but it wasn’t.  The school is having a science fair and the boy is doing an experiment that involves butterflies.   The Butterfly Pavilion was nice enough to let us come in, free of charge, and spend 2.5 hours conducting the boys experiment.  It was kind of fun, but sitting in a 85 degree (at least) room with 100% humidity for that long was a bit of a challenge for all of us.

 

Saturday, the wife spent the morning going door to door campaigning for our friend Mark Waller.  I got to stay home and watch the kids.  I am not sure who got the better end of that deal.  The boy did go over to a buddies house for a sleep over, but ended coming home at midnight when he "couldn’t fall asleep".

Sunday, off to wonderful Limon, Colorado for the annual High Plains District awards dinner (Cub Scouts).  I’ve personally have no issue with Limon, but the hour plus drive with nothing to look at but fields is a bit of a challenge.  The dinner was small but very nice.  Heck, I even won a District Level award for the stuff I’ve done this year, so not bad at all.

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Tonight we had our first Den meeting of the month.  This months theme is Abracubdabra and deals with magic.  So tonight each boy learned three magic rope tricks.  I think they had fun.

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Vegas Trip Day 1

Flashback one week to March 23 (Easter Sunday) and we are off to Vegas for a little trip.  "The boy" is on spring break and "The Wife" has a class in Vegas, so we decided to tag along for a little impromptu vacation.  We are driving as it is still a lot cheaper then flying even with the high gas prices.

Anyway, back to the trip.   After a nice visit from the Easter bunny, we started on the road for the first leg of our two day drive.  Today, we are going about 310 miles to Grand Junction, Colorado.  We are taking along a tag along rider.  We will be picking up our nephew Nick in Golden and taking him back to college in Grand Junction. 

First leg of the trip is pretty uneventful until we get to Golden.  We are supposed to meet Nick at a convenience store near the Highway that we just could not find.  After a rousing game of cell phone tag we finally meet at a strip mall that we both could find.

Once we finally found Nick we decided we were getting pretty hungry as it was getting around lunch time, so we stopped at one of the few restaurants we could find open called Tokyo Joe’s.  A little Japanese style restaurant that was actually really good.  Then back on the road as we head West towards Grand Junction and locations beyond.

We decide to stop at a little rest stop just outside Glenwood Springs and stretch our legs a bit. The pictures below are from that stop.  Then off we go again.

 

After a few more hours on the road we finally get to Grand Junction.  We get a nice tour of the dorms at Mesa State College and the it’s off to dinner.  A lot of discussion here on where to spend Easter dinner, but, unfortunately, Nick doesn’t know where to go because he usually eats at the school.  After a short, grumpy, hungry drive we finally find a restaurant open.  It is a Golden Corral, and even though this is not quite the fancy Easter Dinner Julie wants, we decide to stop and try it out anyway as it is one of Nick’s "favorite" restaurants.  I thought the meal was pretty good, even if it wasn’t a traditional Easter dinner.

After dinner, it’s off to the local Wal-Mart to buy some college supplies, and then we drop Nick back off at his dorm room.  Even though it is still pretty early, Nick has a paper still to finish before morning.

Off to the hotel, tonight it is The Courtyard by Marriott Grand Junction.  This is a very nice hotel.  Brand new by the appearance and sparkling clean.  "The boy" is ecstatic because they have a small indoor pool, and this is where we spend the rest of the night until we get some sleep for the rest of the trip tomorrow.

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Viva Las Vegas

Greetings all…  We just returned from a week long trip to Las Vegas, where we had a great time.  In this case what happened in Vegas will not stay in Vegas.  Over the next couple of days, I will inundate everyone with stories and those wonderful vacation photos!

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