This past Christmas, we met our friends in Las Vegas. I agree that Las Vegas was an odd destination to take children to for Christmas but it was quite prettily decorated and an artificial skating rink was unexpected.
We chose Vegas as a springboard to travel to the Grand Canyon ~ the round-trip is about 9 hours. When we discovered in late November that our van tour operator declared bankruptcy, we had enough time to arrange a bus tour to the South Rim. I understand that the Canyon has 3 different Rims and, although the South Rim is the most famous, it is also the Rim that apparently changes the least scenery-wise. We went to the Canyon (S. Rim), we saw the Canyon, we took pictures of the Canyon (including one photo of the girls and me wearing our Blundstones for a Blundstone boot contest where the winner wins a trip to Australia ~ I'm crossing my fingers for that one!)It was wonderful to spend time with family and friends in Vegas and it was, without a doubt, one of the most relaxing and fun Christmases I've had in a while. Although the Canyon was lovely, this time I can honestly say that I learned so many things on that journey: the girls do not like being away from home at Christmas; I learned more about how to plan travel for our family than I ever expected. The bonuses of this trip? My back cooperated for the entire trip!! Yippee! And another bonus? I learned how to knit on the trip as I needed to learn as K has been begging to learn for about 1.5 years! This time the reward was in the journey, not so much the destination.
Vegas looks like it was a nice destination after all...I would agree.
ReplyDeleteHow cool to be able to go to the Grand Canyon. I must put it on my "bucket list." That is, if I had one!
So happy to hear you had a great Christmas, relaxing, and also that your back cooperated. Total Yippee I say!
WOW... look at that Canyon... it's breathtaking and awe inspiring to say the least! And you know, in a weird way, I get Vegas for Christmas. Christmas is so highly commercialized anyway, why not go where the lights are really bright and the decor big?! Sounds like fund. Glad you had such a great time away. I love destinations too. The travel part can be hard to get to where you're going, but the destination usually makes it all worth while. LOVED seeing all your creations in your previous post too. Great to see you back here, MJ! :o) Happy Days ((HUGS))
ReplyDeleteVegas and the Grand Canyon are both definitely on my bucket list.
ReplyDeleteGlad you had a wonderful time there.