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Las Vegas Baby!

We spent the last few days of 2017 in LV. It was our first road trip since we got to LA. We held back road trips for a while as Charlotte does not do well in cars. She is still not the best but I think she's getting better. Mummy was all prepared for our virgin road trip. I brought along an old school potty in the car which proved to be very very useful. *pat on my back*

The trip there was supposed to be about a 4 hours drive. So we did a stop over in between at barstow outlet to do a bit of shopping. I was also totally prepared for the stop over. I brought fried rice and sandwich for our lunch! Charlotte was pleased with her lunch. She gave me a LIKE! hah
Basically, Charlotte spent most of her time either eating or sleeping in the car. She was surprisingly good on the journey there. We even encountered a jam. Thus it took us a longer time to get to LV. But Charlotte still managed to arrive in style :)
On the second day, we drove up to Grand Canyon. It was a day tour. The drive was pretty tough. Der was so exhausted from all the driving. We took a helicopter ride around the west rim. It was our first helicopter experience. Charlotte was so excited while waiting for our turn. But when we were on it she practically froze throughout the ride. Not sure why hahha
The rock formation was amazing
With the helicopter ride, you will see almost the whole view of the west rim. The day tour included a bus ride to various stops to view the grand canyon but I felt that with the helicopter ride, the other stops were not really necessary. But they were good photo taking opportunities.

I liked a particular stop at a ranch though. We had a good lunch there and Charlotte had fun running around.
We even caught the beautiful sunset on the way back from Grand Canyon.

Back in LV, we visited various hotels as each hotel had an attraction of their own. From aquariums (Silverton Hotel) to flowers (Bellagio Hotel) and of course arcades. We managed to win some toys at a hotel called Circus Circus. The first win was a small lizard.
We were so pumped up about the win, we decided to try our luck for more. And.. Yes!! we won again! A giant ball! We were sooo excited hahah. I think we adults were the most excited about our win. I love winning big stuff. Fortunately, we had a big car. So bringing the big ball back was not a problem at all!
To get a nice view of LV, we headed to the Bellagio Hotel. They have a beautiful fountain but the shows were only in the afternoons. In any case, it was nice spot to take pictures.
On the last day, we left LV in the morning. We made a stop over at the Seven Magic Mountains on the way back to LA. It is an art piece and I really liked it.

Charlotte had fun doing some jump shots :)

Everyone fell a little ill after this trip. I think we were on the road too much haha. But we all had good fun!

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