First stop – LAS VEGAS!!

What better place to start out an epic road trip for two 22 year olds than Vegas?! Ok, so after an easy eight our drive we hit Sin City. And sin we did!! Nah, just kidding. However, out of all the hotels in Vegas, where else did we end up, but HOOTERS HOTEL AND CASINO. Well, can you blame us? Air conditioning, pool, tv and two VEEEEEERRRRRRRYYYYY comfortable beds for only $25.



We spent the first night soaking everything in as we walked up and down the VERY long Las Vegas Blvd. We had a great sit down dinner with free entertainment – meaning the passersby that varied greatly in size, shapes and colors. One person almost ran into us while we were walking down the boulevard. He was zipping and weaving around people yelling “I’m a bee! I’m a bee!” After dinner, we headed further down the strip in search of the Treasure Island show. After walking for what seemed like forever without any luck, we realized how tired we were and turned around. We got back to the hotel and crashed around one.



The next morning we slept in. Once we got going we decided to take a drive down the entire strip – from Mandalay Bay to the Freemont Experience. We parked for free in Bill’s Gamibin’ Saloon and spent the day walking around again. We went to the world’s LARGEST gift shop, people watched at Starbucks (where we drank our overpriced, but very much needed frappacionos), went into tons of hotels and casinos to check them out and of course we played the slot machines ( . . . we did do a bit of shopping as well, :) That evening we stayed out late and got to both see the Treasure Island Show and walk down Freemont Boulevard. The show was really cool, lots of lights and very vegasy – i.e. lots of girls dancing around in skimpy clothes. We got back to the hotel around 2 and fell asleep without any trouble.



Before heading out early the next morning, we met up with a friend of ours named Eli (who had gone to Ecuador with Ali) and is currently living in Vegas. We had a cup of coffee and some Krispy Kreme donuts by the HOOTERS pool and got to hang out and relax before hitting the road. Around 9:30 a.m. we headed out and said goodbye to Vegas in style by getting our picture taken with the famous Welcome to Las Vegas sign. Next stop, Grand Canyon . . . or not so much . . .