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Where did we give off Like a month ago We went to Hoover dam on the dam bus Went to a chocolate factory I suppose it s a conspiracy They do not provide lunch or even an opportunity to lunch So When you get to the chocolate factory you buy And buy And buy some more Becaues you are so hungry You rationalize that you are getting chocolate for your children Your mom Your best friend And so when you get back at the dam bus you eat someone s chocolate Not that this happened to me or anything It just might happen So if you go to Vegas on the dam bus Bring a snack We got back to our hotel around 2 Had a delicious meal in the fo

d court And I decided that my feet had recuperated enough to go and explore more on the strip Not to pass on the strip But to schlep over to the bus stop And drive the 56 miles to the other end of the strip We got off at the Venetian with absolutely no idea as to what to do next We admired the remote and the gondolas And then walked across the street to the Mirage It is an odd thing When you mark the street To go from the Venetian side to the Mirage side Because all of a sudden the temperature drops like 10 degrees It s cool And rather refreshing Considering that we are in Vegas And it s hot And we ve walked 65 miles just to get across the street Or perhaps it was all a mirage As we walked along the landscaping is very lush There are all these coves of waterfalls And it s very tropical But tropical with airconditioning How ever do they do that We last got into the hotel and distinct to go back to Siegfried and Roy s secret garden I had kinda gotten confused I was thought that you could see the ltte for free But I was thought of the lions at the MGM grand which we never actually got to see Which are free Siegfried and Roy s exhibit Yeah Free Not so much So when we got to the ticket window it was truly a determination of whether or not we d pay the 16 a soul to get in or not And so we decided Well I decided Made the executive decision That since we walked 24 miles through the hotel and casino back to the Privy Garden we may as well go on in And let me tell you It was worth it I wasn t so sure at first Because we got to the dolphin pool first And it was practically empty Because they were in the work of refurbishing it There were two small pools nearby And there was a lone dolphin hanging out But as we progressed further back there was a big pool With lots of dolphins Who seemed to be good as curious about the visitors as we were about them They would circle around eyeballing us They were near enough to touch Not that we did Cause I didn t walk 326 miles to get kicked out After gawking at dolphins we walked further back and found llamas Or are they alpacas Leopards Or is it a painter And white lions The male lion was just pacing And roaring I suppose he was set for dinner Either that or he was fair having a friendly conversation with the lion around the recess as they called to each other the whole time we were there And the female Can you not only see the thought bubble I think she was quick to put a gag on those two lions And so there were the infamous white tigers They were just gorgeous And again So closely you could trace them Not that we did miles and miles of walking But they were amazing They responded to the calls and clicks And they were so playful They would take turns playing tag Chasing each other all around the enclosure And then dropping into a lot of kitties And then the next tiger would make a plough being it And yet when we left only because they were closing cause I could have watched them for much longer they followed us perhaps wondering why we weren t going to watch them play anymore We walked out of the privy garden and went back inside the casino in hunting of a place of some sort so that I could rest my aching toes We people watched Lamented the fact that we could not afford tickets to see Love And then realized that there IS a free demo at the Mirage And it was back outside To the outdoor airconditioning By the waterfalls And that is the Mirage volcano I wasn t sure where we should stand because there was more than one big rock area that could be transformed into a volcano So we stood Watched the sky get dark And all strip become blazing with light We walked Trying to determine the perfect spot I am sure that it was no more than 2 Or 7 miles And we waited some more And so the present began With jungle type music Maybe didgeridoo Maybe they just borrowed the soundtrack from Survivor But the vent was quite cool With dozens of flames And explosions And so it all went dark again We hobbled over to the bus stop Made our way backwards to the Monte Carlo And our last night on the thirteenth floor before we moved on up the street So what most you Where is the better put you have been to see animals Ever been to a volcano real or otherwise Catch up on our Vegas adventures Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 section 1