The Valley of Fire State Park and Lake Las Vegas. We loaded up a big cooler, paid a fortune for gas (averaging $3.18 a gallon right now) and headed out. The Valley of Fire is only about 30-40 minutes north of our house and was breathtaking. The VOF is known for its various colored sandstone formations. And chipmunks.
We found a great, shaded spot for our picnic, and as we were setting up our lunch, we saw them. The chipmunks. There were probably 20-30 of them and Maggie was terrified. They had no fear of us and were extremely curious. So, Andy had to be a security guard for Maggie and eat walking around so that the chipmunks wouldn't come near her. Meanwhile, I had to eat with her in my lap and clinging on for dear life.
After that we decided it was time to head to our next destination, Lake Las Vegas. Lake Las Vegas is a very wealthy development on the edge of Lake Mead. (Celine Dion also lives here but we decided not to bother her on a weekend). Anyway, the development is styled like a Tuscan village and we really enjoyed walking around, eating gelato and seeing grass and flowers.
As if our weekend couldn't be any better, we had company arriving on Sunday night. Uncle Trey decided to make the trip to Vegas before we moved and to see Maggie. We spent Monday and Tuesday showing him the sights and Maggie wouldn't let him rest for one minute. She was either jumping up and down on his bed or doing something else to make him laugh.
Now, it's a quiet house. Maggie's asleep and Andy is in Savannah (where it rained all day- I'm very jealous). Andy will be home tomorrow night and we plan to have a great Father's Day weekend.
Oh, and as a side note...the high tomorrow is 106!!!!! So, now I can do all my cooking on the sidewalk outside my front door.
~Katie
