We left on the 4th of July and stayed at the Green Valley Ranch outside of Las Vegas. They had a special firework show at the resort that we watched on comfortable couches spread out on the grass. The only people who could be down in the area where we were was guests of the resort. That was fun. There were a lot of people there and most of them were not allowed in the grassy area where we were. We thought it was pretty fancy to be sitting on a couch with extra pillows. And luckily there were pillows because I had to use one of them to cover mine and Preston's heads from all the debris falling on us from the fireworks. It was a spectacular show (other than the debris).
We were surprised at how nice this resort was. They had free valet parking (tip only) and brought our bags to our room. When we went out to the pool area there was a little beach for the kids to play in.
After a long drive the day before it was nice to relax, although extremely hot and dry. When we came out to play at the beach one of the hotel workers asked if we needed some chairs and how many. He went and found two lounge chairs for us and dragged them over. We also got 4 giant towels for our use at the pool. I guess you could say we're not used to these luxuries, so it was a novelty for us.
I guess it was too much for Paige. She came up and got cozy on my lap and fell asleep. I love that. So I was happy as a clam holding my little girl while Doug had to get all wet playing with Preston. Ha ha!!
We had to take a picture of these beds. There were 5-6 of them lined up above the pool area. They were huge and complete with comfy pillows. I guess this is for someone living the high life. We didn't even know what to do with them other than get on and take a picture.
Since we were "living the high life" we decided to go to the Terra Verde Restaurant inside the hotel. This is the restaurant that was featured on the TV show 'Hell's Kitchen', which we really like to watch. The prize at the end of the show is to win a spot as an executive chef at a new restaurant through a process of elimination. I think it was last season's winner, Rock, who used to run this restaurant. We found out he didn't do so hot and wasn't running it anymore. Well, we spent $120 on some bad food. The calzone I had was soggy with the sauce. I won't go into detail on all our food, but so much for the high life. We'll make do with peanut butter sandwiches and McDonalds and an occasional trip to P.F. Chang or Olive Garden.+007.jpg)
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That looks like a cool resort. :) I would for sure know what to do with that bed! I'd take a nice, loooong nap.
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