Today we get ready for fabulous Las
Vegas! We had time to sleep in this morning (which is very rare on TWB) until
7:00 am. From there we got our stuff
packed and changed into our nice clothes for a night in the city, and the
energy could be felt around the camp. The cooks prepared a delicious breakfast
of waffles, scrambled eggs, and sausage links. After our breakfast meal, we had
a small meeting about the up coming night and the four hour ride to get there. This year, TWB was able to spend an
entire eight hours in Vegas! The DOT requires Craig (the best bus driver ever)
to have eight hours of rest before driving six hours overnight to Santa Monica.
Therefore, we stayed eight hours in Vegas instead of the typical four hours on
previous TWB trips. On the way to Vegas, we traveled over the Hoover Dam,
signifying that we had crossed into Nevada. When we arrived in Vegas, we drove
down the busy strip and parked the bus at the Westin hotel.
Proceeding from there, we headed to Ceasers
Palace where we learned just how hot Vegas really was as we poured out sweat
just standing there and we got a big group picture before dispersing into
smaller groups to travel around the strip, where we ate and shopped till we
dropped. Walking around we could visit many famous places found in movies or
talked about in songs. Some watched the water show at the Bilageo, take the farris
wheel (world’s largest) to look at the the bright lights of the city, and
anything a kid could possibly do in Vegas.
The shops in the hotels and the mall
definitely saw their fair share of our groups as we all bought so much to prove
to our friends at home that we have actually been to Vegas. With not knowing a
lot about Vegas, the over sized blocks really took advantage of us as we looked
at maps and falsely assumed that things were going be easy to get to. Some of
us walked three miles to get a buffet getting there at 9:30pm to find out it
cost $57 per person. This lead some to get caught up in a panic as we needed to
find good food and still have enough time to get back and hang out before we
left. The restaurants were a variety of different ethnicities that allowed
anyone to experience the food of another culture. After making it out of the
madness in the crowds of Vegas, we all met back up at the Westin parking lot
and waited for the bus to be checked over and to get on the road to Santa
Monica, our destination for the next morning and spend the whole day with the
beautiful views.
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