I Beat the ODDS in Vegas

On Monday morning, we left San Diego bright and early for Lake Mead. The drive over was uneventful. We arrived at the RV park around 2ish. The temp was 111! We broke records in how fast a tent trailer can go up! We had the air conditioner plugged in and turned on full blast before we finished putting the trailer up. Poor thing, with temps like 111, it worked full blast the whole time we were there, but just couldn't compete during the heat of the day. Temps inside the trailer during the day were 97!
After putting up the trailer, we got back into the car and drove to Las Vegas where we were hooking up with our dear friends the Colvins. They had flown in to Vegas for a long weekend. The plan was to walk around and take in the decadent sights, which we did, but the temps were still very high! Derek and Lauren started by riding the roller coaster at New York New york, while Eric and Colin started by enjoying the Lazy River at the MGM Grand. Derek rates that roller coaster a 3. It was too hot and too jerky. Colin rates the Lazy River a 7. Next we headed to The Mirage to see the Secret Garden. We saw trainers working with dolphins and we saw white tigers and golden tigers, lions and Alpacas. There was one older golden tiger in an enclosure by himslef. He was right by the fence, so close you could almost touch him. I was admiring the pretty kitty when he turned his back to me and sprayed my arm with tiger pee. I'm not sure if he was marking his territory or telling me to get out of his space, but I consider myself one of the big winners from my Vegas experience. I mean, how many people do you know that have been peed on by a tiger? I bet that is more rare than being hit by lightening or leaving Vegas a winner! We hung out in Vegas until about 10:00 that night, seeing the pirate show, the volcano show, and the fountain show. It was 98 degrees even then and there were people hawking cold bottles of water on every corner. We bid our friends goodbye and headed back to our lovely trailer hoping with all our hopes that it would be habitable. Luckily, when the sun went down, the AC was able to beat the heat and we had a comfortable night's sleep!