Lisa's Lounge

Many edits... I may just re-write the whole post later, but I'm putting up cruise fun bits at a time. So it is very unorganized. I have added video of Jon, Ben, Brent, and Jenny & Walt on the Zip Line Canopy tour in Belize. Lisa, Friend, and I decided to skip it...

Videos: Be sure to right click and save - it will work better for you. You need Quik Time I think.

Ben on the zip line

Brent on the zip line

Jon on the zip line

Jenny & Walt on the zip line

Watch for zip line photos below. I'll also post a link here to all the cruise photos after I go through them and get them all up on flickr.

For now - the link to photos so far:

Cruise photo collection

The Larry!

Photos taken by the ship's photographers

Labels: cruise, vacation

Went to Las Vegas last Saturday. Was scheduled to come home on Tuesday. While I had a great time, I was very ready by Tuesday morning to come on home. Only I couldn't! An ice storm hit Austin (well, it hit a huge section of the country, including Austin) on Monday. No way it was thawing out enough Tuesday for airplanes to land. Even if I had landed, Ben would not have been able to come get me. So, I spent one more night. Turned out fine - the room was free and Southwest changed the flight at no charge, plus I walked for about 6 hours all over the strip and had a great time taking photos! It was just as cold in Vegas, but thankfully it was dry. I was missing my Ben and my Beagle bad! And the "big kids" of course. Ben called me on Tuesday to tell me about the Beag - he had made it out on the frozen grass to go potty in the back yard. There was a dog house pad out there, so he was standing on it, near the back fence, and barking at Ben to come get him! He did not like walking on the frozen grass one bit! After trying to coax him back to the porch with promises of treats, Ben finally had to go out and carry him in. My friend Amy described it best - she said it was like walking on frozen green beans.

Mike, Otis and I had great time visiting and gambling. We went to see the show Mamma Mia which is a musical based on Abba songs. Mike and I enjoyed it, Otis hated it. He is very active, and I think his A.D.D. took over about 20 minutes into the show.

By looking at my photos, my favorite hotel in Vegas is obvious. Maybe someday Ben and I can go stay there! The whole Las Vegas set is here, and the ice storm set is there. Here's a couple of my faves, plus some of the ice storm that kept me there an extra day!

Labels: ice storm, Las Vegas, vacation