Viva Las Weekend!

Greetings from the car on our way out of Las Vegas! We technically arrived in Nevada on Thursday night, but we stayed outside of the city. Friday morning we packed up and headed to Hoover Dam, which was DAM cool. It's huge, obviously, but we never imagined how pretty it would be. The red mountains surround the entire area and create a silouette that seemed to reach the ends of the earth. Just beautiful.  We were really looking forward to seeing the statue of the "Toilet Paper Hero of The Hoover Dam", but we learned that it is actually located in Boulder City, NV, not at the dam, so we didn't get to see him...

 

The Hero (not our photo...stolen from Roadside America)

From here we checked into our hotel, the Stratosphere. There were some who warned us of the reviews and whatnot, but we really enjoyed it here! The wait to check in was kind of crazy with all of our luggage in tow, but besides that it sort of kicked ass. Stratosphere has everything. Casino, gift shops, tattoo shop, McDonald's, PIZZA JOINT, Chinese food, rides, shows, restaurants, oxygen bar, and STARBUCKS. That's right, the Bucks. Right there in our hotel, 24/7. Can you even? I can't.

Our first night we settled in and explored the wonders of the hotel. Saturday was the wedding! We had breakfast with the 'rents and then some last minute running around to do for the grooms and then it was time to get ready!

 

I swear I wasn't wearing all black...just looks like it here.

After the wedding, everyone went back to their hotels to change and met back up at the Heart Attack Grille. Okay, have you guys ever heard of this place? Let me just tell you. When you walk in, you are given a hospital gown which you HAVE to wear. Everyone in the whole restaurant has them on, except for the waitresses who are dressed like slutty nurses. They then seat you and take you order. Their menu is somewhat humorous. They have a minimal selection: burgers, fries, onion rings, shakes, 7-up, coke, and water. The end. When you ask if they have vegetarian anything, they laugh like you're an idiot, which you probably are for even asking.

The rule here is, if you don't finish your food, you get paddled. Yeah, PADDLED. The slutty nurses take you to the middle of the room where you bend over and they take turns wailing your toosh like you're a freshman and Jason's got his Soul Pole (as you can see in the video...)

After this we hit up the "old" strip. Here we saw a guy holding a black balloon with two smaller balloons attached up to himself like it was his, uh, Johnson and the gentleman, waving it at tourists. We watched this as we waited for our time to zip line called Slotzilla, which was so awesome. You fly above the strip like a superhero, coming to the rescue of the unknowing and inebriated, saving them from 20 dollar beers and grown men dressed in diapers shooting heart arrows at them. (Yeah that happened.)

It really is something special on Fremont. Clothing is optional (sadly) and variety is an understatement.  The largest TV screen towers overhead with periodic light shows of shapes and music, it's amazing. There are vendors and bands and shows everywhere.

After we went back to the hotel we stopped at our McDonald's and retired to our room for a pajama party! Sunday we decided we should gamble a little because, when in Rome! We considered getting tattoos, souvenir shopped, picked up some pizza, and took it generally easy in preparation for hitting the road which we are currently on! As I am typing we are traveling through beautiful nothingness in Nevada like Mulder and Scully (complete with sunflower seeds, of course). 👽 here we come!