Today is the day that we change resorts, leave Las Vegas and head for the cooler climate of St. George. But we’re still took the relaxing start to the day, not getting up before 8:30 am. The boys were very considerate, using their whisper voices before Michelle and I woke up.
The morning was all about getting everything together and packed up so we could vacate our unit. We ate breakfast. Michelle showered and packed her personal belongings while I tried to record the events of the previous day while trying to keeping the boys from bouncing off each other too hard. Then Michelle went to work on the kitchen, packing our food and making lunch for the family. I quickly showered, packed my personal belonging and then began packing the rest of the boys clothing (making sure to check in all of the best hiding places for lost clothing items).
The boys tried to help clean up but their one trip to the main garbage can down the hall lead to all of the boys out the door and around the building and parking area! When we realized everyone had left, including Gidean, we began a quick reconnaissance mission to find them. No harm was done but we had to give the boys a lesson about talking to us before leaving so that we know where they are and that no one gets lost.
After some more playing and packing, and with a quick reminder about trust, we sent the boys down to the playground to work out some wiggles before we started traveling. The quiet condo was all we needed to finish packing our things. The boys came back up, we all ate lunch and then we loaded up the suburban and prepared for travel. We were only 45 minutes late on our check-out time and two cleaning people were camped outside our door waiting for their opportunity to clean the unit.
Before leaving Las Vegas we had one more stop at the Historic Mormon Fort in north Las Vegas. The fort was a cool stop, talking about the first white settlement in Las Vegas and a brief historic overview of the growth of the town. We got to see some historic tools and artifacts, watch a short movie and see what is left of the original fort walls. Aleky even gave a short Spanish lesson to one of the grounds crew, teaching him how to count to ten.
We left Las Vegas and headed north. As we traveled we listened to “The Candy Shop Wars”. The drive was uneventful and wasn’t too bad since it was less than 2 hours. We found the St. George resort without too much difficulty but our GPS didn’t take us to the front gate, it left us at the back door in a random turnabout. But we found the resort and checked it. The St. George condo is so much better than the condo is Las Vegas. The condo is bigger, nicer and much more family friendly. And, there is grass on the grounds!
While the trip to St. George was long we still lost an hour which meant that we arrived around dinner time. Michelle put together a simple tomato soup and grilled cheese sandwiches. Once dinner was cleaned up we headed to the closest Albertsons and did some grocery shopping for our remaining food needs for this vacation. The boys must have been feeling restless because they were out of control in the store! Fortunately the night time is a less busy time of day so we didn’t antagonize too many customers but they were behaving such that we were sufficiently embarrassed by their behavior.
Immediately upon returning to the condo we got the boys ready for bed and put them down for the night. Michelle and I enjoyed the peace and quiet with an Orange Julius and the movie “Hugo”. At the conclusion of the movie we went to bed and rested in preparation for another exciting day.
