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So as our cross country trek approaches, I find myself doing more and more travel research.  I was searching for online travel guides and found quite a bit of good information.  A really nice company that I came across is Trusted Tours and Attractions. They are an excellent travel group resource.  Jen loves group travel like this, and has looked into them a few times.  They have a nice newsletter that gives occasional updates on their offerings.

It reminds me of the first time I went to Vegas on a Las Vegas Tour.  I was 19, Damo was 15, and we were with mom and Bruno.  Of course the first few days we just walked around the resorts admiring the spectacle of the place.  It was simply amazing - the size of the buildings, the scope of the design, the uniqueness of each casino.  By the third day, Damo and I were dying to play some games.  As we would walk around with our parents, we would drop a quarter in here, a dollar there.  Reach in mom’s tub, and grab a few more quarters.  Win a bit, lose a bit.  The next day, damo and I had about ten bucks each.  He put it in one machine and I put mine in another.  After about five minutes, Damo hit the jackpot.  Quickly I run around to try to find the parents so they can collect the prize for us.  I come back about a minute later, and mot only is the attendant there with Damo.  He is ghost white with fear.  He tries to tell them he is watching it for our parents but to no avail - the attendant calls security.  We see three coming towards us, from every direction.  We panic and truck it for the front door.  They are chasing us like we robbed the joint.  We get outside and hide down the street a bit.  We start laughing and realize we ill never find our parents so we have to go back!  So we actually go all the way around the hotel to the pool and go in the back entrance.  Low and behold one of the gurads is RIGHT THERE and we have to split again!  We had to go back to the front of the casino, each stake out an entrance door, but far enough away to not be seen, to wait for our parents.  We finally found them, and went back to our hotel.

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