LAS VEGAS!!!! June 10- June 13

We decided we earned a vacation from our vacation and headed down to the city of sin for some new adventures. Obviously ELan and I managed to get lost and ended up downtown Las Vegas instead of on the actual strip but oddly enough I happened to run into Bram Devine who pointed out my error---- small world. That night we realized the free campground we wanted to stay at was closed and ended up sleeping in the car (not our first or last time).

June 11
Upon waking up in the parking lot everyone got dressed and shaved and we decided we wanted to check out the shark reef at Mandalay Bay. After realizing it was $15 to get in we left and headed down to the pool. First great thing that happened to us was when we realized that there were showers in the pub;lic restrooms which meant we not only got to shower but that it was free. Next, Ryan pursuaed the pool attendant to let us in soo we all got to hang out at the Mandalay Bay pool. After swimming and showering we headed over to NYNY where we realized we could again get into the pool area for free (the key here was looking like yuou owned the place). Later on Elan and I treated ourselves to a real dinner as opposed to our usual peanut butter and jam sandwiches or macaroni and cheese entres. Then we went to catch the Cirque de Solei show at Treasure Island. After that we gambled a bit, lost our money, and I went up to the room (aka car) on floor six (aka parking level #6) while the boys went to hooters.

June 12
After waking up, again we all got dressed and changed- which was an interesting site to see if you were in the parking lot. Then we headed down to the pool again and pretty much stayed there for the day. We gambled again, went to hooters, fell asleep, and were woken up when our food arrived. Then we went back to our room on parking level 6 which pretty much felt like our own place by this time. We are still surprised that the hotel management never discovered our scheme.

June 13
This time we took advantage of the hotel wake up call (parking lot attendants) and got woken up at around 7 in the morning. After checking out, we exited the building and realized that when room service cleaned our area they actually stole our cooler which we left out because it was taking up to much space. However, we decided not to lodge any complaints because it was pretty amazing that someone got away with our cooler while 3 people were sleeping inches from it. We dropped Ryan off at the bus later on because the dirtbags were splitting up. Me and Elan headed over to Arizona while Ryan went to California. But don't despair...we will be reunited in about a week. On the way to Arizona we stopped at Hoover Dam (not that impressive unless maybe you do a tour which costs money which we don't spend on trivialities like that), and we also stopped at the grand canyon which was very very impressive. And we even got to see a wild elk which was pretty cool. Somehow up until this point we made it through the most remote areas of the desert and never ran into any wild life- on that note we have confirmed that rattle snakes and mountain lions are legends.

Total money lost:
Gambled: Sam -$22/ Elan -$100/ Ryan +$100
Hotel: $0
Shows: $60
Food: $50
Clothes: Sam- $40

Basically we managed to go to Las Vegas for 3 nights and spend around $200

Trip Tally:
May 17-June 13= $350 per person (not including money spent on personal items which does not exeed $200)

To sum up, we have spent less money in one month then an average person would spend in one week at an all inclusive resort in Mexico. For further dirtbag hints and tips you may request information or order our dirtbag brochure. T-shirts coming soon!!!

Hope Everyone is having an amazing summer XOXOXO