Wednesday 12/26/18 ~ Friday 12/28/18 - The Trip to Las Vegas

Wednesday (12/26). It was very crazy in the house because we were all getting ready to leave and finalizing our luggage. At around 9:00 A.M., we left the house for a long drive. It was supposed to be 5 hours, it ended up taking us 8 hours. Our cousins from Michigan had been on vacation since the beginning of winter break, they arrived at Las Vegas at around 12:00 P.M., so they were very bored waiting for us, at least that's what they said. We drove a very long time and for lunch we had Chipotle. At 5:00 P.M. we finally arrived at a hotel called Excalibur. It was a castle-shaped hotel, and it was probably based on King Arthur's sword Excalibur, and King Arthur was from Camelot and he lived in a fine castle. My uncle, who was my dad's brother, came to pick us up. He helped us get our luggage to his room. My dad had to find a parking space, so he came after us. We knocked on the door to our cousin's room, and they were so happy to see us, and we were also very happy. We talked about things, and also played on electronics. My dad found a parking space and he came up to the room. We decided to eat at a Chinese restaurant for dinner. I have two cousins, one is named JieMing and the other is named Yunjia. I called JieMing just Ming and Yunjia, well Yunjia. We ate there, and Yunjia didn't like the food, and the customer service was really bad. The food was pretty good though. I went to sleep at 11:00 and the next morning I woke up at around 7 A.M. It was Thursday (12/27). First, we went to a dim sum restaurant where they served your food really quickly, and the food was decent. After that, we explored the Las Vegas strip. We first went to Bellagio, and we saw the flower garden with cute polar bears that had Coca-Cola scarves. The polar bears were made out of flowers which were really cool. We took some pictures and explored more. It was a lot of walking, my mi-band even said that I had gotten around 20,000 steps that day. It was tiring. In Michigan, there are no YogurtLands, but my cousins had come to California in the summer and we told them about YogurtLand after we had eaten at a place with frozen yogurt. Ming accidentally called it YogurtLunch so we made a joke about eating "YogurtLunch" for land, but it's supposed to be eating YogurtLand for lunch. We actually did find a frozen yogurt store, and I was being greedy and got 20 ounces of toppings and yogurt. It was pretty expensive, but it was lunch. I played the sentence game with my brother, Benlin, and Ming. It's where someone starts a random sentence, and the last word of the sentence is used to make another sentence. It goes on and on until someone cannot think of a sentence. It was really fun and it lasted for around 30 minutes while we were walking. We also played the word game where you say a word, and the next person uses the last letter of the word before. That last letter had to be used to make a real word starting with that letter. My sister and Yunjia were also having fun talking. I wasn't feeling sick, anymore but my sister still was, sadly. We went back to the hotel so my sister could sleep. I went to my cousins' room so I could play with them. I drew some pictures with Yunjia, while Benlin played with Ming. We got bored so Yunjia brought her iPad to my room and we played together. It was time for dinner before we knew it. We couldn't find any place without super long lines, we had to look for 1 whole hour. We finally came across a place called Lee's Sandwiches, which was pretty good. My stomach hurt so I went to the restroom, and I came out just in time to order food. I just got cup noodles because I wasn't in the mood for sandwiches. My sister ordered chicken nuggets and a watermelon smoothie with boba. I tried it and it was pretty good, except for the fact that it tasted completely artificial. After dinner, we went to a hotel called The Mirage to watch a fake volcano erupt. It started at 9:00 P.M., and I was tired but I was really looking forward to it. My cousins, my siblings, and I were all sad that we almost had to leave Las Vegas. Time had passed by so quickly. Music started playing and it was really cool and intense. I filmed the entire "eruption". First, water sprayed out in large quantities with lights to make it more reddish to look like fire. Real fire was also sprayed and it looked like the fire was going to hit the trees near it. When everyone thought it was finished, more fire came and there was a lot. Then it was over, and I was so sad that my cousins were leaving immediately the next day. I went to sleep at around 11:00 again. The next morning, which was Friday (12/28), I went up to my cousins' room and they didn't even know that they would have to leave at 8:00. My dad did, and he told me so I told them. We talked a little and they went to my room to play. Then my uncle came to take my cousins, and they were heading to Antelope Canyon. I was so sad that they were leaving and we couldn't go with them. After they left, my family and I went to a place near Lee's Sandwiches to eat. I wanted to go to Lee's Sandwiches to get a sandwich, but my dad saw a place near it which was Vietnamese food. My brother still went to Lee's Sandwiches and he got a Breakfast Sandwich. My sister got a watermelon smoothie and chicken nuggets while I just got a large milk tea with boba. It tasted really good, and I went back to the Vietnamese food restaurant to order real food. I got noodles with soup and beef. I also ordered egg rolls which tasted amazing. After the food was finished, we went to a nearby 99 Ranch in Chinatown of Las Vegas. We shopped for snacks because my dad said that we would be going to a place only 20 minutes out of Las Vegas called Red Rock to hike and take pictures. I bought some snacks, we left Las Vegas, and we arrived at Red Rock. The first stop was the big rock with the words of the place we were at up front. It was so cold, I forgot to mention this but, it was super cold all the time during Las Vegas. We went to a trail which was really fun. My dad didn't have the proper shoes, but I climbed up with my brother and grandma. They didn't wait for me, so I didn't know the way up. My dad helped me and then I got up. The hiking trail included parts where you could get up onto the rocks that other people were on too. It was really fun climbing up the rocks, but it was scary at times too because I thought I would fall. After that, there was another little stopping area with a single tree. It was just cold, nothing fun. There was another stop where other people were climbing up rocks, so I did too and I took pictures. After that, there was a trail where you could just explore the beauty of the place. My sister, my dad, and I went on a hiking trail there. Then we headed home at around 2:00 We skipped lunch and just ate snacks but for dinner, we ate at this place called Oggi's with Italian food. Their food was pretty good. We arrived home at around 10:40. I helped get everything out of the car and I got my sister's things too since she was not feeling well. The trip to Las Vegas was really fun.