Boulder City, NV

The last half of our trip was in Boulder City...about 20 minutes outside of Vegas. It's close to Hoover Dam and Lake Mead. We stayed at the Hacienda Hotel and Casino...not what I would call a family friendly place...but it was decent. David ran a marathon on Saturday around Lake Mead...Running from and Angel. We met some really cool runners... as well as some crazy runners. If you've never been to a race before all I can say is true blood runners are all about running. The good thing is it gets you addicted all over again.

David did his best time! 4:50! The wind was hard, the course was hilly and the weather was cold and then hot. All in all, we had a great time.

We spent a bit of time at Hoover Dam. If you haven't been...you really should make the time to go.

More NYE pics...

NYE and Vegas pics...

Here are some pics from the trip! These are a combo of our stay at Bellagio as well as NYE's. We watched the guy jump his motorcycle up onto the arch at The Paris hotel...you can kinda see him...the blue dot.

We had fun! But it's doubtful Vegas will be a destination stop for us for vacation again in the future! We're on to other cities!

New Year's 2008

And yet another year has come upon us! The last few have been full of good times, but this year we thought doing it Vegas style would be the way to go to ring in the new year! We headed down to the Strip with all good intention to do all we could to ring in the new year in style. Unfortunately, we forgot how crazy people really are. 250,000 showed up on the Strip this year...believably fewer than last year! We watched the big jump over the Arch d Triumph...luckily we didn't go over to the Rio to watch the truck do a back flip. In case you didn't see that one...he didn't do so well. The motorcyle jump wasn't too shabby. People crowded around and cheered him on. There were no bottles (plastic or glass) allowed on the Strip...so everyone walked around with 2 liter bottles of Beer and gallon pitchers full of Budwiser. The clubs were off the hook and the hotels locked down. We rang in the new year in style...and realized we're not that young anymore to really love the scene we found in Vegas. Definately worth the trip...probably won't do another NYE in Vegas. Next year it's on to Rio!

May this next year bring you much happiness and peace. And may all your resolutions be ones you intend to keep and are able to give your all to.

With love and blessings for the new year!
Thompson's