Theme Parks

Did you think I would go to southern California and not go to Disneyland?  If you said yes, you don’t know me well.  J 

And I do realize there is more to LA than Disneyland, but after spending some time on Venice Beach, I think there were actually more cartoon characters outside of the theme park than in it.

Do you remember the anti-drug commercial in the 90’s where the guy showed you the egg which was your brain then cracked it open in a skillet to show your brain on drugs?

This is Disneyland…

(Sleeping Beauty’s Castle at Disneyland)

This is Disneyland on Drugs…

(The CVS at Venice Beach)

Get the Picture?

After a week in California and hangin’ out with my Sis, we moved on to the next theme park, Las Vegas.

No good pic of the strip yet, but I will hopefully get one before we leave…more on that below...

At first we decided to get our Reality TV fix.  We went to Gold & Silver Pawn to visit the setting of the famous Pawn Stars.  The stars were not there, but we did go in the store and check out some of the goods.  The store itself is smaller than I thought it would be, even though the building is big.  Next we went to Peepshow; a burlesque show featuring Holly Madison, Hugh Heffner’s formal girlfriend on The Girls Next Door.  Needless to say, I am the coolest wife ever…at least in my husband’s opinion.

We also made it out to the Hoover Dam.  It is well worth the 30-minute trip, if you find yourself in need of a break from the debauchery of Vegas.  We were not actually planning to spend much time in Vegas.  The longer you are here, the more likely you are to go broke…even if you don’t gamble.  But we are still here.  The winter weather has arrived, and it gets cold in the desert…and very windy.  Not very fun conditions for an RV.  As of now, the rest of our stops from here to Texas are below freezing at night.  We are staying here another couple of days to see if our luck changes.  If it doesn’t, it looks like we will be headed back to Texas.