Week 30

The next two days we decided to spend at Palm Springs. Although mum and dad claimed that it previously was known for the resort of the rich and famous, all I saw was sand and desert mixed with a couple of Palm trees. On the second day we all went to see Horrible Bosses at the cinema. It was pretty good. Palm Springs just seemed to be a big town with a lot of golf courses. The most amazing thing that I found about Palm Springs, was the unbelievably huge wind farm. There were thousands of wind generators. The next day we left for the last destination of our trip; Las Vegas. Mum and I were once again given the opportunity to choose the accommodation, so once again, we chose luxury. We didn't stay at Caesars palace, or the Bellagio, or any casino hotel. We stayed at the platinum which was awesome. That afternoon, we went for a big walk down the strip. It was odd being able to be right next to a slot machine, but not get into trouble. Unfortunately, whenever I'd walk up to the people handing out flyers they wouldn't give me one, even though there were cards with naked ladies strewn across the entire strip. The next day we had to move to different hotels, but before we did that we went for a drive to the Hoover Dam, and then to the Pinball Museum. The Hoover dam didn't seem too impressive, just more like a big wall. However, when you'd look over the edge, it was like a really steep slide. After going to the dam we headed to the pinball museum and emptied our pockets at the '1 quarter a go' machines. After playing pinball machines for over an hour we headed to the hotel was staying at with one of her friends. Dad and I were just down the road, at the Riviera. The buffet was good and afterwards we spent a long time in the pool, trying to offset the high temperatures of 99 (which is apparently mild). The next day dad and I had a tennis tournament. It was extremely hot and they had to stop play between 1 and 5. I made it to the semi's and dad forfeit. Yesterday we left early to head home. We left at around 9 and arrived at 12 at night. Although it was pretty fun, sitting in a car for 3000 miles isn't something I plan to do again.