Vegas - tons of fun, made mostly so by the cirque show we saw; Love, at the Love Theater in the Mirage hotel, a theater made specifically for the show. Now without going into a huge gushing, rambling, torrent about how much fun it was, it was amazing. The whole show was set to the Beatles music and, as Alex tells me, it was different than most of their shows in that it was more dance based, and had a storyline throughout the show, with less stunt work. Regardless of the difference I'm now addicted to it and will be making every effort to see more of their shows whenever possible. I cannot recommend seeing them enough. It is a great experience and it is true art, I think everyone needs to see them at least once. We walked the strip a decent amount and went in and out of a few casinos, we both lost 2 dollars to the casinos, neither of us have enough money to gamble seriously but it was a good time regardless. Also open container law is great. :)
We drove from vegas to Tempe, Arizona, a little east of Phoenix, where Alex's brother and wife live and we've been there till now. We've been relaxing and not doing much, hanging out with his brother and another of his friends, going to the yankees/diamondbacks game last night, which was a good game until about the 7th inning where the bases were loaded, the pitcher had thrown 6 balls in a row and there were no outs. Final score was 9-2, but I forgot how much I love watching a game and this was actually the first one where I was able to drink a beer legally! Lots of fun and yelling to be had :) We then retired to a pool bar closer to the home and played, and drank, a few rounds. Can I say that I really enjoy Car Bombs? Cuz I do. And pool. Combined? Sweet.
Tonight we look forward to a night at the pool with margaritas made with 40 freshly squeezed limes, half a blended up watermelon, and a mildly large amount of inebriating materials. It's been great resting up and just hanging out, but tomorrow we head out to the Grand Canyon for probably the most intense hike of our travels, followed by the longest drive, approximately 22 hours broken up by a few stops for pictures and stretching. Next update from Austin Tx, or maybe the campsite next to the canyon if we have an opportunity.
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