Las Vegas, NV – The Hoover Dam – The Grand Canyon – Sedona, AZ – Los Angeles, CA

• Mike and Mary bring their kids to “Sin City” to find the family friendly opportunities
• Alex is over 21 and goes in a Casino for the first time. Learns from Dad who loses $40 in 20 minutes
• 4 years later, Marie still remembers feeling cute while wearing a white dress over a red shirt.
• Marie is deeply disturbed by the France Casino’s lack of true French-ness: “Le Eiffel Tour” and croissants likely from Costco.
• Cool family style Italian dinner in Caesar’s Palace casino
• Listening to Aida as we drive around Vegas
• In Vegas: roller coaster, Mom and Marie try out an oxygen bar, magic show where Marie is hypnotized, Dad, Alex, Ben & Marie see magician Mat Franco from America’s Got Talent.
• Moving from Vegas to the Hoover dam to the Grand Canyon on Marie’s 18th birthday. Security guard is shocked she’s 18.
• Alex eats Dam Dog
• 30 min of perilous hiking in Grand Canyon. Mike and Mary realize their physical limitations and let the kids hike on, hoping they’ll see each other again
• BEAUTIFUL Sedona. Everyone loves the gorgeous red rocks, fun and adventurous hikes, amazing guided (cold) stargazing, and beautiful Chapel of the Holy Cross in the middle of the red rocks
• Kids go on another dangerous hike but Laura stays behind after seeing a dark cloud
• On drive to Los Angelos, kids pull over to take a selfie with a seguaro cactus
• Dodgers game, smog, biking, beach and Santa Monica pier in LA