Friday we went to the Grand Canyon. We woke up in Kingman, AZ and the nice folks at D&S looked at the RV and couldn't find anything wrong with it. We started Charlotte up and she seemed to be working fine. It was probably a heat related problem that was no longer presenting itself in the morning cool. We decided to go ahead and try to get to the Grand Canyon and Mike drove us all the way there without incident.
Once there we rented a car from Budget and I drove up to the Canyon. I find it hard to say much about the canyon other then it was grand. We drove around parts of it and took a lot of pictures which are now up in a web album. We watched the sunset which was quite colorful and headed home. About a half hour into the drive back to our RV park (A 1.5 hour drive total) Kyle realized we left our souvenirs where we watched the sunset so we turned back for them. I certainly hope those who receive those gifts enjoy them.
We got back to the RV late and everyone promptly went to bed after what had been a long day. Mike and Lyn made the mistake of trying to share one of the small beds in the back instead of taking Kyle's bed. This was a decision they would regret in the morning after a restless night of sleep. I awoke early and returned the rent-a-car. Once everyone else had gotten up we headed back to Vegas.
I drove us back to Vegas through a large rainstorm which was great because it kept Charlotte cool. We arrived at the Oasis RV resort around 2 and promptly headed to the pool, refreshments in hand. At the pool we met a local Las Vegan(???) who was very friendly and recommended we check out Karaoke night at the resort later that night. We debated for a short while and elected to attend Karaoke night. Sadly, Mike and Lyn were uninterested in performing. However, Kyle and I treated everyone to a rendition of You've lost that Loving Feeling by the Righteous Brothers. It was a less then stellar performance and I attribute the poor quality not to the two of us but to the fact that we were missing two of the four members of our singing group, "The Blue Man Truth." If we had the vocal stylings of James Calabrese and Ben Heriaud we would have clearly brought the house down.
After Karaoke shut down Mike and Lyn headed back to the RV for bed and Kyle and I played frogger on our way to the Silverton Casino. We essentially had no business being at a casino for the next 4 hours but nonetheless had a wonderful time. In our Tiki shirts the two of us were the life of the Casino and made many friends at the craps table. When all was said and done I ended up winning 55 dollars and, while Kyle at one point was up around 60, he ended up cashing out down 9. After such a late night the next day was less then pleasant and we didn't get going until well after 2:00 PM, but I will let guest blogger Lyn Mandigo tell you about our Sunday in Vegas.
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I'm sorry I missed hearing that song, or am I? I've always really liked that song and hearing you guys sing it might have ruined it! Are you sure Kyle wasn't the problem? I distinctly remember you saying he had no musical talent the last time you sang together....sorry KyJo!
Love, H.
The pictures are fantastic. The Hoover Dam. Charlotte being towed again. I don't think she likes it. Dave's Burrito looks like all of Sigma Pi could have some and there would be leftovers. The Grand Canyon pictures are great. I am sure glad that Michael and Lyn didn't get married in VEGAS!!! I didn't even think of that. Whew!!! I do love the picture of the two of you up in the Canyon. The Shirts and Singing looked like alot of fun. Lyn where did you get those shorts?? Love you guys. MOM L.
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