M&R's Vacation Stories

Thursday - 12th Vegas is one of those places that I can see why people love it, but for me I just don’t see the allure to come out very often.  I like Vegas for the food, the shows and the stupid grandeur of the newer casinos.  Anyways Hilton contacted us about a timeshare presentation, 2 hours of our time to listen to them attempt to sell us (again) on buying a timeshare in Vegas or any other of their locations.  Again I told you I’m not big on Vegas but if they offer other locations that are worth y t his could be a good investment (but it won’t be for what what Rebe and I do). We got into Vegas at 815am after an early morning flight out of Houston, picked up our cool stead and headed out of town. The Stead The plan for the morning was to get down to the Hoover Dam and take the dam tour (get it?) and also see the power plant attached to it.  After stopping to grab a quick bagel for breakfast we got to the damn at around 1030 and there was already a lot...

Link to the album Friday December 20th Instead of going to Orlando for Christmas this year we decided it would be good to visit Miami instead.  And since Christmas falls in the middle of the week this year, why not make a stop in the Everglades over the weekend before.  I mean we've been on a roll this year with National Parks, so why not stop at one of the most famous ones in Florida right? We left on Friday the 20th on a flight that was supposed to leave at 830, but for some reason our flight didn't leave until 930 which had us landing at 1am.  Of course we didn't fly directly into Miami because flying into Fort Lauderdale was cheaper.  This got us into our hotel at 2am and to sleep shortly there after.  Saturday December 21st  Since a late arrival happened, there was definitely going to be a bit of sleeping and that is what happened.  But the morning did come and the plan for the day was to visit the park with Aimel and Rafi, Rebe's...