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 The first morning we awoke to this beautiful sunrise.  What a great way to begin our time in Vegas. The front entrance of our resort We had brunch at the South Coast Casino complements of RCI and then listened to the time share pitch.  In the afternoon we took the shuttle to the Strip for see the Mat Franco Show.  What a fantastic magician and illusionist.  How do they do all that magic?  Guess it wouldn't be magic if we knew how it was done! Our sightseeing the rest of the week took us to Ethel M's Chocolate Factory - yummy and then to Parhump Winery - excellent wine.  We drove thru the Valley of Fire and Red Rock Valley, tried to go to Zion National Park (closed due to snow), toured Hoover Dam and other sites around Vegas.  We did go back to the Strip for dinner and a show.  We say Cirque du Soleil Mystere - totally amazing - so much happening at once that you didn't know what to watch. It was a great we...

We're back after 13 days of travel.  It was a fantastic vacation, but it's so good to be home! We traveled 4200 miles through the mid and southwestern states - some of the most beautiful parts of the U.S.  We drove thru the curvy hills of Arkansas into Oklahoma which brought us to our first stop in Oklahoma City to see the memorial and museum of the OKC bombing in 1995.  An awesome and heart-wrenching memorial.  A beautiful place to sit and reflect, not only on this tragedy, but on all that is happening in country and world. From there we traveled to Clinton, OK to see the Route 66 Museum - took us back to the early years of our lives, brought back some great memories! The next day as we headed to Albuquerque, we stopped in Groom, TX to view The Cross.  In the middle of a field, right alongside the highway, a cross bigger than bigger stands staidly.  It is surrounded by the stations of the cross and off to the side is a statue of the Lo...