From Zion we went straight to Vegas instead of camping our final night. It had been a long vacation and I think everyone was excited to get to LA, plus it had been raining so the idea of camping was a little intimidating plus there wasn't much left for us to do with the dog in Zion. Grand Canyon, Zion and Bryce are all managed by the same company and that company seems to hate dogs. I certainly don't understand their reasoning for not allowing dogs on some of these trails (some I do).
Driving to Vegas was another beautiful ride. We got there fairly early in the day so we jumped into the pool before going to do anything else. We were staying with my dad's best friend, Manny, and he cooked us a great pasta dinner. That night we went to drive up and down the strip, but since we were so exhausted we didn't get out of the car or anything. The next day we started off the day back on the strip so Zach could gamble for the first time and everyone else could just see the sights. Gambling went well at first.. and then not so well. But that's how it always works, so I personally wasn't too upset about it, but he definitely was. He learned a few good lessons about it though, and didn't lose enough money that it wasn't worth it.
For lunch we had dim sum and it was so delicious. We had a really fun time there and it was some of the better dim sum I've ever had, plus the prices in Vegas are so much better than DC or LA. Well, if you go to the restaurants that the locals go to, at least. We planned on going back to the strip afterward but we were all a little gambled out and exhausted from all of our traveling. (We went back and forth across the time zones - Arizona is weird - so we were all a little off) We just hung out around the house and in the pool until dinner, which was more Chinese food. Kaos and Manny's dog were going crazy while we were in the pool, running all around it barking at us. Zach pulled Kaos into the pool and he sank immediately so he was so scared and now hates pools. If I could take back anything from this trip it would have been that. Kaos also got a few cactus things stuck in him, and then I got the little prickler parts of the cactus in my fingers when I pulled them out. It wasn't fun, at all. For dinner we went to the Chinatown in Vegas (who knew they even had one??) and we waited probably 45 minutes for a table. Manny said there is never a wait there, so we're assuming that it was just because we were there because the first day we were in Vegas it rained and that only happens about twice a year there. We were bringing all the strange things. Dinner was kind of family-style because we all ordered what we wanted and then shared our plates. It was also really good, but I personally liked dim sum better. We went home exhausted and watched Avatar until we fell asleep.
The next morning we got up and headed to LA. It was pretty exciting to realize we were almost there. Crossing the line into California and then Los Angeles County was very cool. The only point where it felt real was when we started setting the radio to the stations here and realized I wouldn't be changing away from those stations anytime soon. That night we just swam in the incredibly heated pool and enjoyed the hot tub before having some grilled pizza that Mitchell made. Oh and we also had CPK for lunch, which seems to be a tradition now because I have CPK on one of my first days every time I come here.
Time to go to Malibu :)
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