Vegas Baby!!!!

Gday to you all!! Blogging from the brand new 10" net/note book purchased from Frys electronics here in Vegas for $320. Sweet deal.
A quick recap since we left Perth last Saturday night. Mac only slept for 1.5 hours on the Perth to Brisbane leg, when we arrived in at 6am. We left Bris at 11am on Sunday and Mac started to look sleepy as we were taxiing and preparing for takeoff. She subsequently fell asleep before the wheels left the tarmac and proceeded to sleep for the first 7.5 hours. We had just passed Hawaii when she awoke and was a charm for the rest of the flight!! We arrived at LA at 7am Sunday and were through customs with baggage by 830am. Booked into Southwest for the massively long flight to Vegas.....an hour, departing at 12 noon. We were met by Maxine and Larry who surprised Vanessa and Mac. We checked into the Luxor which was/is our home until Sunday the 8th. This is our 3rd stay at the Luxor and we have yet to be let down. Mind you when we first checked into our "No smoking" room, it smelt as though a Winfield convention had convened in our room. But to their credit, a phone call to the front desk resulted in a lackey appearing at the door within 15 minutes with a can of "wonder odour" in his hand. No Glen 20 or f**king Nilodor here. Whatever he sprayed worked a treat, and 5 days later there is still not a trace of the smoke smell. Miracle!!
We have hit the factory outlets for clothes shopping as is our want when we come to America. Mac has been spoiled rotten by her Mum, but when you are picking up clothes for $1.99 a piece what do you expect! On top of that her cousins and little Mums group friends have been looked after as well.....and Mum and Dad have picked up a couple of specials as well. Hilfiger jeans for Mum and Dad for $17 a piece, Polos for less than $20 a piece...the list goes on. Even trev has been getting in on the act. Shopping his little heart out. Walking the strip at 2am in the morning from the Venetian down to the Luxor thanks to the early finish for the monorail for the evening (welcome to Vegas Trev!!!).....those who are familiar with Vegas will know that that is a bloody solid walk, especially when the daytime temps are in the 40's and the nighttime temps are still in the 30's. His travelling companion for the Vegas leg of the trip Caroline, has also had a big trip dropping a few k on a timeshare off the south end of the strip. But they got $25 tickets to see Criss Angel's Mindfreak out of it, and are still raving about the show a few days later.
As I said we lashed out on a netbook as well as a camera backpack for my new gear that has arrived at Maxine's this week. Only $100 for the backpack JI!! That 35-350 is a heavy bastard though!! A couple of memory flash cards, a cover for Ness' camera and almost $700 later we were done. Oh well it's only money and we saved a heap on what it would have cost us back home.
The weather really is something else in this part of the world at this time of the year. The 40's that we are experiencing are so dry it's hard to describe. As well, the heat starts by 9am and doesn't cease until about 830pm or thereabouts. Hot Hot Hot!!!
We took Mac to see the Shark Reef attraction at Mandalay Bay. $16.50 which was a bit of a crock. Popular as all buggery, but pretty bloody overrated. A big aquarium with a shitload of fish and sharks. Ho hum. But then we went to the Mirage to see Siegfried and Roy's dolphin habitat and White tigers etc. Bloody magnificent. Especially for a wide eyed 2 year old who fell in love with the dolphins. Highly recommended....and only $15 for adults.

That's about it for now. We will post some photos in the next couple of days with a new report when we get down to Maxine and Larry's. I'm taking Trev and Caroline down to Hoover Dam first thing in the morning after our attempt today was short circuited by the traffic jam from hell. Started 6 miles from the Dam and an hour later we still hadn't reached the security checkpoint. Bugger that for a joke. So we will give it a go in the morning (Sat). We leave Vegas on Saturday for a few days with Max and Larry for Mac's birthday next Wednesday.

Until later.......Viva Las Vegas!!!!