Las Vegas February 2009
We had a great weekend in Vegas. Here are some of the pics and video.
I think the jumping picture is gonna be a new Vegas tradition.
We left Utah about 7:30pm on Friday and pulled into Vegas about 1am. Steph got a great deal on a room at Sam's Town on Expedia. The next morning we got to the Tix4Tonight line at about 8:45am. They have awesome deals on all the shows and dinner but you have to get there early to beat the line and the tickets are only good for that night. We got tickets to take the boys to see Gregory Popovich at Planet Hollywood that night.
After getting our tickets we headed back to Sam's Town and went to the arcade. Josh won over 900 tickets and Xander 'almost' won a PSP about 15 times. Josh cashed his tickets for some army guys, a magnetic beard cowboy game, and a bunch of candy.
After that we headed to The V Theater at Planet Hollywood to see the show. It was a great show. Lots of animals and juggling and funny clown-type stuff.
After the show we headed down Las Vegas Boulevard because I wanted to capture a time-lapse of the entire strip beginning to end. I wish I would have taken a picture of the tripod setup that I had in the tiny PT Cruiser. I had the two front legs strattled over the radio and heater controls and the rear leg stretched back into the cupholder between the seats.
I captured this first clip on Saturday night as we drove North on the strip starting at the Fabulous Las Vegas sign and ending at the Stratosphere. I tried to position the camera low through the windshield to capture more of the hotels and scenery and less of the traffic.
I captured the second clip on Sunday from as we drove South from the Stratosphere to the Fabulouls Las Vegas sign where we got out and took the jumping picture at the top of this post.
We had a huge dinner buffet at Sam's Town on Saturday night. It was the only meal that we paid for the entire weekend.
We got an early start on Sunday morning and headed south on Las Vegas Boulevard so that I could capture the other side of the strip on time-lapse to the way Fabulous Las Vegas sign on the south end. The boys took a great 'jumping' picture at the sign. On Sunday morning it was time to go to Chinatown for pork buns. We always stop for pork buns before we drive home. They make for good snacking on the drive. Little did we know that Chinese New Year celebrations were still going on there and the traffic was crazy and parking was impossible. I dropped Steph and Xander off at the bakery and drove around the block. Steph grabbed the last 4 buns and we headed home. We usually buy a whole lot more but it just wasn't meant to be this trip.
I captured a small part of the 6 hour drive home just because it was dusk and I wanted to see what the sunset transition looked like. This capture is from somewhere south of Parowan, UT until Fillmore, UT.
I also made a blog post on I-15 at 85mph from my phone about the road trip essentials. Isn't the internet great?
We got home about 9pm that night. Grabbed the dog from my brother's house and went home.
Great weekend. Looking forward to doing this more often.
