The kids were both ODed on the wonders of nature and hiking. So we decided to stop in Las Vegas for a day, to let them bask in civilization run amok. All the upper passes through the mountains are still snowed in this time of year and impassable by RV, so we had to pretty muchly go that far south anyway. We made it 3 hours from Vegas driving till midnight while the kiddos slept. Then we pulled over at a truck stop rest area near Barstow to catch some quick z's before the little monkeys jumped on our heads bright and early.
We got to Vegas right at noon-check in time. And amazingly enough, we met Charis, the Grandmother of the kids we hiked with in Big Basin yesterday. How often can you drive 11 hours in a day and meet 2 generations of someone else's family?! She was busy working check in, so we told her to stop by "the chalet" tomorrow (her day off) for a slide show of the Big Basin shots with her family. The kids hit the pool and hot tub, got day pass wristbands for unlimited rides at The Adventuredome in Circus Circus, and each won 2 stuffed animal friends popping balloons with darts. They made a new friend, 4 year old Zora, camped across from us. Her Mother was playing in a foosball tournament at the convention center, so she was having adventures with her muchly older big bro, Ian (whom Sagie adored and flirted shamelessly with!). Zora and Sagie were best buds fast and 2 of a kind. The 3 kids happily rode rides together till 10:45 (bed time is usually 8:30), then promptly fell asleep before we could make our way back to camp.
We hooked up with our old Chicago neighbor and "adopted son", JJ, whom we hadn't seen since he moved to Vegas 2 years ago. He hung out with us for a few hours while the kids rode rides and then we all grabbed a very late dinner while both kids snoozed, piled on each other's laps in the stroller.
We got to Vegas right at noon-check in time. And amazingly enough, we met Charis, the Grandmother of the kids we hiked with in Big Basin yesterday. How often can you drive 11 hours in a day and meet 2 generations of someone else's family?! She was busy working check in, so we told her to stop by "the chalet" tomorrow (her day off) for a slide show of the Big Basin shots with her family. The kids hit the pool and hot tub, got day pass wristbands for unlimited rides at The Adventuredome in Circus Circus, and each won 2 stuffed animal friends popping balloons with darts. They made a new friend, 4 year old Zora, camped across from us. Her Mother was playing in a foosball tournament at the convention center, so she was having adventures with her muchly older big bro, Ian (whom Sagie adored and flirted shamelessly with!). Zora and Sagie were best buds fast and 2 of a kind. The 3 kids happily rode rides together till 10:45 (bed time is usually 8:30), then promptly fell asleep before we could make our way back to camp.
We hooked up with our old Chicago neighbor and "adopted son", JJ, whom we hadn't seen since he moved to Vegas 2 years ago. He hung out with us for a few hours while the kids rode rides and then we all grabbed a very late dinner while both kids snoozed, piled on each other's laps in the stroller.
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