Live from Las Vegas

Yes, we are in Vegas. I surprised Felipe with the trip and luckily I'll get to write it off as a business expense! I was at an investment real estate class two weeks ago and the instructor kept referencing this additional class and when I looked it up I saw it is only offered 3 times this year... Vegas, Arkansas, and Pennsylvania. Needless to say I jumped on the chance to take it and surprise Felipe since that is something he was really excited to do (go to Vegas). I was intending to upload some pictures but the internet kiosk I'm using does not accept USB ports. We got a steal on a tickets/hotel package (because we are staying at Excalibur which is a cheesy, medieval theme and very kid friendly. It is also a very good business opportunity for me as well or I wouldn't have done it. After this class I will be able to become a CRS (Certified Residential Specialist). Of the 1.4 million members of the National Association of Realtors only about 37,000 have a CRS designation. It requires 75 career transactions or $10 million in sales volume (I have both) and 120 hours of specialized real estate classes. And of course, as with any sort of "club", a hefty annual fee.

Anyway, we flew in Saturday evening and got to our hotel about 7. We then took a taxi over to the Rio and waited in line for an hour to go to the seafood buffet. Both of us ate about 4 pounds of crab legs, not to mention shrimp and mini lobster tails. It was pricey but awesome! This picture is of Felipe with only HALF the legs we ate. Delicious on one level, disgusting on another! Surprisingly, neither of us got sick.

Today (Sunday) we took a bus tour to the Grand Canyon since my deal with Felipe was we would not gamble more than $30 each the whole 4 days. It shouldn't be too hard since we are going to be in class all day Monday and Tuesday and attending networking events in the evening. We fly back Wednesday.

The Grand Canyon was absolutely beautiful! We were excited to go since we had been to the Copper Canyon in Mexico which is longer and deeper. They are completely different experiences though. CC is full of pines all the way to the bottom while GC is all red striped rock. The time on the bus was a little long but we got the tickets at half price by buying them online instead of on the phone. I can't remember the website.

This picture just makes me think of the Shrek movie when Donkey says "I'm a donkey on the edge." There aren't many bigger edges than the Grand Canyon!