I'll try to finish this off... I have so many other things going on that I want to post about. So please understand that if this is short, it has less to do with the amount of fun I had and more to do with just finishing this thing that I have put off.

I woke up the next morning with a bastard of a hang-over. Renee and I wanted to see the strip so we let Darla hang out with Dane until after his first nap. We travelled towards Hooter's Casino (yea!!!). I called McG to see what they were doing and found out that they were walking the strip too. We decided to meet up at the MGM after we ate.

Hooter's Casino was not all I thought it would be. It was nice. There was some live island music playing next to the pool. The waitresses in their horrible Hooter's outfits, were not knock-dead-gorgeous like I thought they would be (maybe they didn't seem as hot because Renee was there...). In St. Louis, the Hooter's at Westport have some very pretty girl... I just figured Vegas would have a "higher" league. Guess not.

(Sidenote: Please do not think of me as some chauvinistic man. I think that places like Hooter's can be looked at negatively. These place can be seen as exploitive of women. I do not agree with this view and could see men be more exploited by these places because we are so stupid. All a woman has to do is smile at a man just right and he is willing to give up all of his prized possession for her attention. The real reason I go to Hooter's? Honestly, it's the wings. The scenery is nice too, but it's not the reason I go.)

After we eat our fine lunch. We hook up with McG, Gibby's Girl, Jay-Rod and Vbkim. Jay-Rod didn't show... he was still asleep in the room (apparently, he had one to many sissy mudslides). So we walked up and down the strip. Darla and Dane joined us and we went to the M&M store. Dane loved it!

After we parted ways, Renee and I tried to see more of the strip, but the heat and the previous night were taking a toll. We went back to the room and crashed.

The next morning, rejuvenated, we had breakfast and went gambling. I lost $200 in about 45 minutes. So we walked around the strip some more. I was feeling pretty sick from the breakfast. I think I had a touch of food poisoning, and felt like I needed to hurl all day. This made traveling back to St. Louis the worst evening of the trip. It affected me over the next couple of days at home.

So that was Vegas. I met a bunch of wonderful people and felt a real bond with McG. I'm hoping we can have our boys meet soon.

Up and coming posts: pictures of our house being built, summertime and Memorial day pictures Dane and Father's Day pictures... stay tuned.