GOOD TIMES IN VEGAS

We got a little sun burned after walking a long way to the Vegas sign & back!

~Two nights at Excaliber~

~Pajama Party~







We held back this year on the jumping after I nearly broke my back falling on the hard bed & with Jamie being pregnant!



We went back to some of our favorite places from last year...here we are at the Bellagio water show with the Paris-Eiffel Tower behind us~



~The Mirage~




It's hard to keep this girl down!!

We love the Derby Horse Races at the MGM Grand (the only one left in Vegas). It takes quarters. We spent hours at this table! We got our money back and then some! I never buy lottery tickets but I get weak when it comes to spending $20 on these horses!!

Jamie felt a little silly wearing this mask but she had to protect her little "kumquat" from all the smoke!

We walked alot of miles going back & forth on the strip...sore calves & shin splints~


So many crazy characters on the street, this is Kotton Kandy explaining to us that God told him he was suppose to do this, huh??!!



"Taco" giving Jamie a hard time and it only got worse! I am sure he picked on her because she looked like the youngest and most naive person in the restaurant!

What more can I say, the pictures say enough!!



And we were out of there and not any too soon!


What we say in Vegas stays in Vegas!!

WORK HARD-PLAY HARD, THAT IS JUST WHAT WE DO!

This quad ride began in the desert near Boyce Arboretum (elevation 2400)

We rode on long, narrow & rugged switchbacks up to Montana Mountain (elevation 5400). I have to admit, at times I was a little scared!

It was so worth it though...this is magnificent Montana Mountain


Jim and some of the boys have hunted this area before so Jim wanted to show me a few favorite stops along the way. This is an old stone house by an abandon mine shaft.


I love this picture, the reflection of the saguaro is so amazing!!

This was old horse corral that had this windmill on it. It was fun to watch the water get pumped up from the ground. Unfortunately, I didn't get a good picture of the corral!

At the end of a great riding day!




Gorgeous desert sunset

We started this quad ride near the Pinto Creek mine (elevation 2800) outside of Superior. It wasn't very appealing at first.

We enjoyed our ride through Pinto Creek Canyon (elevation 5500). It was crazy how much it changed in the canyon, it was so pretty!


It is so fun to explore new places. Jim and some of the boys have hunted this area as well, but it was a first for me. We made a stop at this old farmhouse-barn.

This was an old bridge we had a picnic at and crossed over several times. This is also where we had a couple things go wrong!

First mishap: Jim was setting up the tri-pod/camera under the bridge where there were a lot of dead trees and rocks. He set the timer on the camera and as he was running back he tripped on a tree stump and went tumbling onto the rocks. We were lucky he didn't beak anything but he was really scraped up on his arm and leg. I felt so bad for him. After a few minutes we were both laughing & laughed even more when we saw this picture the camera took after the tumble.



Second mishap: I accidently dropped the flash to my camera off this bridge (about 20 feet down). Jacob bought me this flash, I was sick! It was cracked & in pieces. Unbelievably, it seems to be working but we will need to send it into Canon, along with my camera for repairs. My camera lens (or LEN, as Jamie would say) is scratched from all the abuse I give it!!

This is Jim's sad face after climing down to get the flash (and it's parts) under the bridge.

The beautiful moon at the end of our day!