Okay . . guess not.
Arrive in Las Vegas . . a city that appears out of NOWHERE in the desert of Nevada. Navigated the horrid traffic to arrive at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas; where my friend Tasha works. Tasha was an outdoor instructor and environmental science major with me at Sweet Briar, but graduated in '04. She now has a master's and runs the outdoor adventure program for UNLV. For dinner, we went to a sustainable cooking class, taught at a nature preserve nearby. It was all about cooking with herbs, and while delicious - we were starving - and the portions were small. So we headed over to P.F. Chang's . . where we did their dinner for two - soup, appitizer, dinner, and dessert! Our server was amazing and we had so much fun eating, tasting different wines, and catching up. From there we headed home to think of wilderness first aid senarios for Tasha's AM class.
This morning I went along to Tasha's wilderness first aid class she taught, then we headed out to explore Red Rocks. We did a great hike, getting some great views of the rocks, and dreaming of future climbing trips. Also got a great view of the city from an overlook point.
Then we decided to hit up the Vegas that everyone else sees - We headed down to the Hard Rock hotel and had dinner at the Pink Taco. Good Mexican food, great people watching! We walked through a few of the casinos and did a tour of the strip. Then headed back home to relax in the hot tub and discuss current environmental problems . . . then got Tasha packed for an early, early morning trip.
I decided in the end, I liked the Las Vegas side Tasha showed me much better! I headed out in the morning as well, with a few extra hours of sleep more than Tasha, and headed towards Lancaster, CA. Enroute, I managed to get a view of a great abandoned water park - if you've never seen one - it's a site! :)
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