"MY VISIT TO THE GRAND CANYON"

 

     AGAIN !!!

 

THE LAST FULL DAY OF MY BREAK IN LAS VEGAS AND A GREAT ONE IT PROVED TO BE.

 

A LONG LONG JOURNEY BUT VERY WELL WORTH IT YES A LIFETIME MEMORY FOR ME.

 

WE SET OFF TO GO FIND THE GREAT GRAND CANYON SO ON THE ROAD ONCE MORE.

 

MY SON REALY WANTED TO SEE THIS WONDER THEN ONTO ARIZONA NEXT DOOR.

 

THEN  HE HAD IN MIND TO DRIVE FURTHER AND RIDE OVER UTAH GROUND.

 

I THINK SO HE COULD LET ME SAY MORE STATES I HAD BEEN IN AND FOUND.

 

THE CANYON WAS QUITE A WAY TO GO BEFORE WE DID OTHER MILES.

 

AND I WASN'T BOTHERED AS WHILST I WAS TRAVELLING I RELAXED THESE OLD LEGS A WHILE.  HE-HE.

 

SUN BEAMING DOWN ONCE AGAIN WHAT A DIFFERANCE BEAUTIFUL WEATHER MAKES.

 

LETS FACE IT TOO WHEN IT'S SUNNY AND WARM THE CAMERA A BETTER SNAP TAKES.

 

AS WE PASSED BY LAKE MEAD I  SAID GOODBYE AND AT LAST THE CANYON WE FOUND .

 

HERE IS THE PICTURE ON ENTERING AND THE LOVELY FOREST TRUST GROUND.

 

THE ENTRANCE FEE WAS SEVEN DOLLARS A WEEKLY PASS YOU THEN GOT.

 

MY WORD THE TEMPS REACHED  A HUNDRED AND FIVE BLIMEY IT WAS RED HOT.

 

I NEVER THOUGHT I WOULD STAND THESE TEMPS BUT I DID'NT FEEL BAD AT ALL.

 

SOMETHING IN QUITE A LOT OF YEARS WITH THE SUN  I CANNOT RECALL.

 

THEN AGAIN I HAD MY NEW POSH HAT ON  HE - HE - HE - HE - HE.

 

THE BRIM WAS THAT BIG IT COVERED ME ALL I'M SUPRIZED ANYONE COULD SEE ME.

 

TWO ENTRANCE POINTS WERE OPEN ONE FOR VISITORS ALONE.

 

THE OTHER WAS FOR PEOPLE ON VACATION WHO HAD BOOKED  A  HOLIDAY  HOME.

 

THE QUEUE IT WENT DOWN VERY QUICKLY AND I WAS SO SUPRIZED.

 

THEN THROUGH THE GROUNDS THE FORESTRY IT REALY OPENED MY EYES.

 

TREES SO GREEN TO SAY THE SUN WAS SO HOT THIS AMAZED ME SO.

 

THROUGH THE TREES LITTLE HOLIDAY HOMES ONE CAN SEE AS ALONG YOU GO..

 

WE COULD SEE SOME GROUND  THAT WAS SMOULDERING TOO AND A SIGN WHICH CAUGHT OUR EYE.

 

IT SAID FIRES WERE ON HIGH ALERT THAT DAY AS EVERYTHING WAS SO DRY.

 

MY HEART TOOK A DIP ON READING THIS BUT ASSURED BY MY SON WE'D BE FINE.

 

SO I TOOK HIM TO HIS WORD AND SETTLED ON HAVING A REALY GOOD TIME. 

 

WHILST TRAVELLING THROUGH THE FORESTS I COULD SEE PLENTY TREES ALL BLACK .

 

THE ONES WHICH OBVIOUSLY HAD BURNED AWAY OR HAD DIED FROM WATER LACK.

 

THEN WE SPOTTED A SIGN FOR ONE OF THE CAR PARKS TO THE CANYON AND WE FINALLY GOT OUT.

 

WOW!!! WE WERE ALL ASTONISHED IT'S SPECTACULAR WITHOUT A DOUBT.

 

I WANTED TO YELL AT THE TOP OF MY VIOCE I IMAGINED  AN ECHO RETURN.

 

OH! HOW MUCH I WANTED TO DO THIS I REALY REALY DID YEARN.

 

DOWN SOME STONE STEPS WE WANDERED FOR THE FIRST GLIMPST TO CATCH OUR EYES.

 

AMAZING AGAIN WHAT A FEELING I WAS QUIVERING SO MESMERIZED.

 

THE ENORMITY UNBELIEVABLE VAST JUST ISN'T THE WORD.

 

IT IS ABSOLUTLY INCREDIBLE MORE FANTSTIC THAN I HAD HEARD.

 

I GASPED AS I SAW THIS WONDERMENT  I NEVER IMAGINED THIS SIGHT.

 

EVERYONE ELSES FACES JUST FROZE STUNNED YOU FREEZE UP TIGHT.

 

INSTEAD OF THE AQUA BLUE THAT YOUV'E SEEN GOLDS AND REDS AND BROWNS.

 

EVERY AUTUMN COLOUR  ERUPTS FROM THIS WONDERFUL CANYON GROUND.

 

MY PICTURES DON'T SHOW AS MUCH COLOUR MY FRIENDS AS THE HOOVER DAM I KNOW.

 

BUT BELIEVE ME THEY WERE MAGNIFCENT JUST AS LOVELY AND SO.

 

THIS WAS ONLY ONE POINT OF THE CANYON THERES SO MANY POINTS YOU CAN VIEW.

 

FROM WALKWAYS YOU SEE ON THE RIGHT OF THIS PIC LEADING TO SOMETHING NEW.

 

IF YOU WANT TO GO TO THE OTHER POINTS YOU HAVE TO GET IN THE CAR.

 

AS THE CANYON IS VAST SO MANY MILES WIDE AND LONG IT IS MILES TOO FAR.

 

WELL WE WALKED AND WALKED  ROUND THIS WONDER TAKING OUR SNAPS AND THEN.

 

WE CAME ACROSS THE SOUVENIER SHOP SO KATH WAS HAPPY AGAIN. HE-HE.

 

OUT CAME MY PURSE ONCE MORE MY FRIENDS TO BUY MYSELF A NEW BOOK.

 

I SAW THIS ONE AND I THOUGHT OF INDIGO AND SO I TOOK ME A LOOK.

 

 

YES I BET THIS IS INTERESTING READING SO I BOUGHT IT RIGHT AWAY.

 

I HAVE ONLY READ THE FIRST CHAPTER AS YET BUT I KNOW I WILL FINISH IT ONE DAY. 

 

ABOUT A FAMILY WHO STAYED WITH THE HAVASUPAI FOR ALMOST ELEVEN YEARS.

 

A DAUGHTER ALEXA BORN HERE TO THEM AND IT BRINGS YOU MANY TEARS.

 

IF YOU HAVN'T HEARD OF INDIGO MY FRIENDS HERE  IS HER URL.

 

SHE HAS A MARVELOUS JOURNAL AND I AM SO VERY PROUD TO TELL.

 

WELL THE WALKING WE DID WAS TIRING ME NOW BY THE LATE AFTERNOON.

 

SO SON DECIDED WE'D GET IN THE CAR AND TRAVEL FURTHER NOW SOON.

 

WE LEFT THE CANYON AND STEADILY DROVE ONTO ARIZONA WE WENT.

 

A WONDERFUL AFTERNOON AT THE CANYON WE ALL REALY LOVED AND SPENT.

 

SO OUT OF NEVADA INTO ARIZONA MILES AND MILES OF BARE PLAIN.

 

SANDY DESERT LOOKING HIGHWAYS EVERYTHING DRY OF NO RAIN.

 

I WAS STILL REALY INTERESTED IN ALL OF THIS AND STILL TAKING LOTS OF PICS.

 

WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN WE SAW CARTWHEELS THEY FLASHED BY IN A TICK.

 

AH!! SO THERE REALY WAS LIFE OUT HERE I THOUGHT AS I PASSED ON BY.

 

I WAS BEGINNING TO THINK WE WERE LOST SO I SETTLED DOWN WITH A SIGH.

 

ANOTHER LOOKED LIKE SOME KIND OF GARDEN CENTRE BUT SON HE DIDN'T WANT TO STOP.

 

AS WE HAD MILESTO TRAVEL BACK TO VEGAS AND KNEW LIKELY I'D BUY THE LOT  HE-HE..

 

ANYONE FOR A CARTWHEEL I THOUGHT DECORATIVE THINGS I THINK.

 

THEN THE STORE WAS GONE BEFORE I KNEW IT OR I HAD TIME TO BLINK.

 

HAD I HAVE STOPPED I COULDN'T HAVE BOUGHT GOODS AS TRANSPORTING THEM BACK TO HOME .

 

IN ENGLAND WOULD COST ME A FORTUNE AND THEN I WOULD PROBABLY MOAN .  HE-HE.

 

SON THEN SAID MUM I'D LIKE TO TELL YOU YOUR NOT IN ARIZONA ANYMORE.

 

WE HAVE JUST TRAVELLED INTO UTAH SO I GOT OUT AND I TOUCHED THE FLOOR.

 

THREE STATES I HAD BEEN IN ALL IN ONE DAY WHICH I THOUGHT WAS GREAT I CAN NOW.

 

TELL PEOPLE IV'E BEEN TO NEVADA  ARIZONA AND UTAH AS WELL OH!! !! WOW !!

 

MOUNTAINS APPEARED ALMOST EVERYWHERE ALL SHAPES AND SIZES WE SAW.

 

LOOK AT THE HOUSE AT THE TOP OFTHE MOINTAIN A STEEP CLIMB TO THAT FRONT DOOR (phew)

 

LITTLE INDIAN SHACKS BY THE WAYSIDE TELLING WHAT THINGS YOU COULD  BUY.

 

I WAS HOPING I MIGHT BE ABLE TO SHOP AGAIN  BUT NO I COULDN'T I TRIED. HE-HE.

 

JEWELLERY RUGS AND ALSORTS BUT IT WAS TOO LATE THEY'D CLOSED FOR THE DAY.

 

BY THIS TIME IT WAS WELL TURNED TEA TIME AND THE DARKNESS WAS ON IT'S WAY.

 

SO WHILST ON MY HOLIDAY IN LAS VEGAS I HAD BEEN TO FOUR OF THE STATES.

 

AND EACH ONE HAD THERE DIFFERANCES BUT ALL OF THEM WERE SO GREAT.

 

IN MY HOTEL AT VEGAS I FORGOT TO SAY  I GOT A BIG SUPRIZE.

 

MY NAMESAKE MOTHERHEN CAME TO SEE ME I COULDN'T BELIEVE MY EYES  HE-HE.

 

WELL INCLUDING LOISIANA AT MY SONS I HAD TRAVELLED FIVE STATES IN ALL.

 

AND MOST OF MY HOLIDAY A LAUGH A MINUTE I HAD ME ONE FABULOUS BALL.

 

I HAVN'T QUITE GOT BACK INTO A ROUTINE BUT MY PAINT BRUSH IS TRYING TO SPLASH.

 

SO BYE FOR NOW MY J/LAND FRIENDS FROM MOTHERHEN ALIAS LAUGHING KATH. HE-HE

 

MY NEXT POST WILL BE A MIXED ONE OF VARIOUS THINGS TO SAY.

 

NOW I'LL GO TRY AND POST THIS AGAIN ONE MORE TIME AS IV'E TRIED THREE TIMES TODAY. (GRRRRRRRRRR.AOL)

 

THANKYOU TO J/LAND FOR FOLLOWING ME THROUGH MY HOLIDAY AND TAKING YOUR TIME.

 

TO PLACE ALL YOUR WONDERFUL COMMENTS FOR ME RIGHT HERE IN "MY SIMPLE RHYMES".

 

                    

"GOD BLESS AMERICA  SON YOUR HOME SWEET HOME"

 

I put 51 pictures in this posting and aol have only shown 14 grrrrrrrrrrrrr

 

"VISITING THE HOOVER DAM"

 

         

           

 ( THANKYOU TO DONNA OF D'S DESIGN'S FOR THIS GREAT GRAPHIC )

 

THIS TIME I'M RHYMING AND TELLING YOU ALL ABOUT OUR MID WEEK LAS VEGAS PLAN

 

WHAT WE DECIDED TO DO WAS RIDE OUT AND GO SEE THE HOOVER DAM.

 

SO WE GOT UP EARLY AND OFF WE SET AS WE WERE NOT SURE HOW LONG.

 

THE JOURNEY WOULD BE AND WE WANTED ALSO AFTERWARDS TO CARRY ON.

 

WE THOUGHT INTO ARIZONA  AND UTAH  AND TRAVEL A LITTLE ROUND THERE.

 

GOOD GRIEF I PACKED ALMOST EVERYTHING  AND I REALY WENT PREPARED.

 

SON HAS A LOT OF COMMON SCENSE AND IN HIS MIND HE DIDN'T SEE THE POINT .

 

OF HIRING A CAR TO LET IT STAND PARKED WHEN WE COULD CHRISTEN IT AND ANNOUNT.

 

ALL OF THE WONDERFUL PLACES NEVADA HAS TO EXPLORE.

 

WE AGREED WHOLE HEARTEDLY WITH HIM I KNEW I COULDN'T WANT MORE.

 

WHEN WE WERE ON THE JOURNEY A CALL OF NATURE CAME FOR ME.

 

SO SON WAS LOOKING FOR SIGN POSTS WHEN HE SPOTTED ONE YEH !! . HE-HE .

 

THIS WAS A LAYBY BY WHICH YOU COULD STAY AND WASN'T I GLAD HE DID.

 

AS WE TURNED DOWN THIS SLOPE TO PAY A CALL JUST LOOK  WHAT WE FOUND THERE  HID.

 

 

 

WE HAD LANDED IN THIS BEAUTIFUL SPOT AND WE LEARNED IT WAS PART OF LAKE MEAD.

 

IF YOU DON'T KNOW ALREADY IN MY NEXT RHYME IS WHERE IT WAS GOING TO LEAD.

 

US ALL TO ISN'T IT JUST WONDERFUL WHEN YOU FIND SUPRIZES LIKE THIS.

 

I WAS HAPPY NATURE HAD TAKEN IT'S COURSE AS I WOULDN'T HAVE WANTED TO MISS.

 

ALL THE WONDERFUL SNAPSHOTS I GOT AND THE SCENERY OUT OF THIS WORLD.

 

MOUNTAINS IN THE BACKGROUND BLUE SKY'S AND  AQUA WATER WHICH SWIRLED.

 

IN THE PICTURES IV'E PLACED UP ABOVE YOU WILL SEE SOME LOVELY BOAT HOMES.

 

I COULD HAVE SPENT AN HOLIDAY HERE AWAY FROM EVERYTHING NO GROANS LOL!!

 

 

FOR MANY MILES AS WE DROVE ALONG I KEPT SPOTTING IT NOW AND THEN.

 

I AM GLAD THE CAR WAS AIR CONDITIONED AS DEGREES HAD GONE UP AGAIN.

 

I WON'T PLACE ALL THE SNAPS IN MY RHYME HERE I HAVE PUT YOU LOTS AT THE TOP.

 

IT'S A LABOUROUS CHORE THIS INSERTING PICS WHEN AS YOU KNOW THERE ARE LOTS.

 

ABOUT ANOTHER FIFTEEN MINUTE DRIVE AND THEN FINALLY WE ARRIVED.

 

WHEN I SAW THE BOTTOM OF THE HOOVER DAM I FELT THAT I COULD HAVE DIVED.

 

INTO THE WATER SO CLEAR AND AQUA IT WAS JUST LIKE THE AGEAN SEA.

 

ON THE BEACHES IN SKIATHOS IN GREECE WHICH IS A FAVOURITE PLACE TO ME.

 

FIRST JOB WAS WE WENT FOR SOME LUNCH TO THE WELCOMING HOOVER DAM CAFE

 

MY STOMACH ONCE MORE THOUGHT MY THROAT WAS CUT AND I WAS DYEING FOR A COFFEE HE-HE. 

 

DOWN A STEEP ROAD YOU HAVE TO WALK AND THEN THE VIEWS THEY ALL START.

 

WELL I'M SORRY MY FRIENDS BUT I CARN'T FIND THE WORDS THE SIGHT JUST WON MY HEART.

 

 

MAGNIFICANT POWERFUL WONDERFUL AMAZING HOW DO I REALY DISCRIBE .

 

THIS MARVELOUS WONDER IN FRONT OF US STARING US IN THE EYE. 

 

BECAUSE THIS WAS JUST  SOMETHING DIFFERANT IT ALMOST TOOK MY BREATH.

 

SOME OF THE VIEWS THEY GIVE ME A SCARE AS WITH SOME HEIGHTS I'M FRIGHTENED TO DEATH.

 

 

BUT I RISKED AND SNAPPED SO MANY THEY WERE FAR TOO NICE TO LET GO.

 

LOTS OF IMFORMATION BOARDS ALSO TO TELL WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW.

 

OSKAR HANSON'S PLAZA SCULPTURES  WERE SAID TO BRING YOU GOOD LUCK.

 

IF YOU STOPPED AND RUBBED THERE GOLD FEET RIGHT THERE BUT I FORGOT AW SHUCKS.

 

I DIDN'T GIVE THEM A RUB WHEN I PASSED I MUST HAVE BEEN MILES AWAY.

 

THEN AGAIN THERE WAS THAT MUCH OCCUPYING MY MIND AND IT WAS SUCH A RED HOT DAY.

 

 

THIS LADYWAS CHATTING TO ME AT ONE TIME AND SHE SAID THE SAME AS ME.

 

SHE HAD NEVER EXPERIANCED ANYTHING LIKE IT WHAT A WONDERFUL SIGHT TO SEE.

 

WELL WE SPENT QUITE A TIME AT THE HOOVER DAM AND THEN DECIDED TO ROAM.

 

OH NO SON WASN'T HAVING ANYONE SUGGEST THAT WE SHOULD NOW GO STAIGHT BACK HOME.

 

SO WHAT DO YOU THINK HE DID NEXT MY FRIENDS ON LEAVING THE HOOVER DAM.

 

ABOUT A MILE AND A HALF DOWN THE ROAD THERE HE STOPPED AND SAID YES OF COURSE WE CAN.

 

I ASKED HIM WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT AND HE LAUGHED AND SAID MUM YOU WAIT HERE.

 

I COULD HAVE COLLAPSED WHEN HE CAME BACK WITH FLIGHT TICKETS I WAS FILLED WITH FEAR.

 

YES HE HAD BOOKED THE HELICOPTER FLIGHT OVER THE DAM AND RIVER.

 

I DARN'T COMPLAIN BUT TO BE QUITE HONEST I REALY BEGAN TO SHIVVER.   HE-HE.

 

YOU HAVE TO GET WEIGHED AND ANSWER SOME QUESTIONS THEN AWAY YOU SET OFF UP HIGH .

 

THE PILOT PICKS YOU UP AT THE BOTTOM DRIVES UP A STEEP CLIFF TOP OH MY.

 

I HONESTLY WAS QUITE NERVOUS ABOUT THIS  I THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO CRY.

 

SAYING MY PRAYERS AND HEART BEATING FAST I THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO DIE.   HE-HE.

 

I HAVE TO REPEAT AND SAY MY FRIENDS IT JUST TAKES  YOUR BREATH AWAY.

 

JUST LOOK AT THIS PICTURE HERE I AM PLACING ISN'T IT JUST AN ARRAY.

 

OF AQUAMARINE AND BEAUTY FANTASTIC I'M SURE YOU'LL ALL AGREE.

 

I DON'T REALY KNOW WHAT YOU MIGHT THINK  BUT YOU DON'T HAVE TO AGREE WITH ME.

 

 

I WILL ADMIT I WAS GLAD WHEN IT TOUCHED DOWN MY HEART WAS IN MY MOUTH.

 

BUT THEN AGAIN SOMETIMES I AM TIMID LIKE A VERY SMALL MOUSE. HE-HE.

 

THEY ARE BUILDING A BRIDGE NOW OVER THE DAM CAN YOU SEE THE LARGE PILLARS OF STONE.

 

SO MAYBE ONE DAY FOLKS YOU'LL RIDE OVER THERE LEADING YOU ALL BACK HOME.

 

 

 

HERES A SMALL TOPIC IV'E TAKEN FROM GOOGLE FOR ALL OF YOU TO READ.

 

CONSIDERED ONE OF THE WONDERS OF THE WORLD AND I'M SURE IT IS INDEED.

 

Hoover Dam

8 mi northeast from Boulder City via U.S. 93.

In 1928 Congress authorized $175 million for construction of a dam on the Colorado River to control destructive floods, supply a steady water supply to seven Colorado River Basin states, and generate electricity. Considered one of the seven wonders of the industrial world, the art deco Hoover Dam is 726 feet high and 660 feet thick at the base. Construction required 4.4 million cubic yards of concrete -- enough to build a two-lane highway from San Francisco to New York. Originally referred to as Boulder Dam, the structure was later officially named Hoover Dam in recognition of President Herbert Hoover's role in the project. Look for artist Oskar Hansen's plaza sculptures, which include the 30-foot-tall Winged Figures of the Republic. Many people walk right over Hansen's most intriguing work: the plaza's terrazzo floor, inlaid with a celestial map.

SO WE HEADED THEN BACK TO LAS VEGAS NO MORE TRAVEL FOR ME TODAY.

I THINK SON REALIZED I'D HAD ENOUGH WHEN THE HELICOPTOR RIDE CAME MY WAY LOL!!

 

I'LL CALL THIS RHYME THEN A DAY NOW MY FRIENDS OR I'LL BE HERE TILL END OF TIME.

 

BUT PLEASE CALL AGAIN FOR THE AMAZING " GRAND CANYON "  NEXT TIME IN

                                           

                                          "MY SIMPLE RHYME"

 

                                          

              

 

 

                      

      BYE FOR NOW  FROM  KATH  ASTORIASAND

 

                    THANKYOU FOR CALLING BY

 

                                          AND

 

THANKYOU TO CHRIS OF CAB'S CREATIONS FOR THIS   WONDERFUL GRAPHIC.

 

 

"NEVADA LAS VEGAS STRIP".

 

         

       ( THANKYOU FRIENDS FOR ALL YOUR KIND COMMENTS.)

                   

WELL MY FRIENDS WHAT A WEEK I  HAVE HAD NOTHING SEEMS TO HAVE GONE RIGHT.

 

BUT I WILL NOT BORE YOU WITH ALL OF THAT I AM SITTING HERE NICE AND TIGHT.

 

CONTINUEING TO SHOW YOU MY JOURNEY THROUGHOUT  THE UNITED STATES.

 

I'll  TRY MY BEST TO KEEP MY CHIN UP WHEN JUST NOW I HAVE LOTS ON MY PLATE.

 

I'M GOING TO WITHHOLD MY POSTINGS FOR NOW ABOUT MY HOLIDAY THERE.

 

AS I HAVE MUCH WORK IN THE HOME TO CATCH UP ON IV'E STARTED  TO STRIP SOME WALLS BARE. HE-HE

 

CHRISTMAS WILL SOON BE UPON US AND I HAVE MUCH WORK TO BE DONE.

 

AFTER THE FEAST THE FAMINE THEY SAY AND I HAVE HAD LOTS OF FUN.

 

SO LET ME FIRST SAY NEW ORLEANS WAS FANTASTIC I HAD THE TIME OF MY LIFE.

 

I GOT PRETTY FATIGUED WITH THE HEAT AND HUMIDITY AND AT TIMES I HAD TO STRIVE.

 

LOISIANA I LOVED IT AT SONS  THERE I BELIEVE I COULD HAVE STAYED.

 

IF I'D HAVE BEEN A LOT YOUNGER MORE AGILE I PROBABLY WOULD HAVE SWAYED.

 

SONS FRIENDS I MET WERE  REALY KIND THEY ALL SAID THAT THEY WOULD LOVE.

 

TO VISIT OUR BEAUTIFUL ENGLAND SO  I PRAYED  THAT ONE DAY THEY COULD.

 

MARY A LADY I MET THROUGH MY SON USED TO LIVE HERE WHEN SHE WAS YOUNG.

 

SHE MARRIED AN AMERICAN GENTLEMAN AND HAS BEEN THERE MANY YEARS SHE WAS FUN.

 

I'M MISSING YOU MARY IF YOUR READING THIS AND IV'E SENT YOU AN E. MAIL TODAY.

 

PLEASE TRY TO LOOK AFTER YOURSELF MY FRIEND I'LL COME BACK AND VISIT YOU ONE DAY.

 

WELL NOW IT WAS TIME TO PACK AGAIN ANOTHER CASE FOR THE TRIP.

 

TO HEAD OFF FOR ANOTHER HOLIDAY ON THE NEVADA STRIP.

 

NEXT EVENING THE FLIGHT TO LAS VEGAS WELL SON HIRED A CAR BEFORE .

 

TO PICK UP ON LANDING  SO OFF WE FLEW LIKE THE ONE I HAVE SHOWN YOU AND MORE.

 

THE FLIGHT WAS AROUND THREE HOURS AND IT WENT AS SMOOTH AS CAN BE.

 

A WINDOW SEAT SAT NEXT TO SON AS I LIKE THAT TO LOOK OUT AND  SEE.

 

ALL THOSE BIG WHITE FLUFFY CLOUDS LIKE COTTON WOOL BALLS THEY ARE.

 

ROLLING BY I LOVE TO LOOK OUT AS YOU CAN SEE ALSORTS  SO FAR.

 

WE PICKED UP THE CADILAC AND OFF WE SET TRAVELLING DOWN THE ROAD.

 

HE HAD ONE OF THOSE NAVIGATING SYSTEMS TO NOT LOSE HIS WAY AND EXPLODE HE-HE. 

 

 

 

WE ARRIVED QUITE QUICKLY AND BOOKED IN RECEPTION HERE'S THE PIC OF THAT.

 

 

THEN WE SAT FOR A WHILE IN MY SONS ROOM AND ALL HAD A LOVELY  CHAT.    

 

 

HIS ROOM HE WASN'T RIGHT PLEASED WITH AND HE WANTED TO DO A RE-BOOK.

 

BUT I TOLD HIM NO IT WAS FAR TOO EXPENSIVE AND THIS ONE HAD A NICE LOOK.

 

I FOUND IT LOVELY BUT NO NOT HIM HE THOUGHT THE BEDROOMS TOO SMALL.

 

I WAS HAPPY WITH MINE ANYWAY I WASN'T GRUMBLING AT ALL. HE-HE.

 

WELL ANYWAY I TALKED HIM ROUND ANS SO HERE YOU'LL SEE WHAT A PLEASURE IT WAS.

 

JUST IN MY KIND OF  INTEREST AND HERE IS THE REASON BECAUSE.

 

THE GARDENS WERE EVER SO BEAUTIFUL AND YOU KNOW HOW MUCH I LOVE GREEN.

 

 

WITH  FLAMINGO'S AND LOTS OF EXOTIC PLANTS IT WAS SUCH A SIGHT TO BE SEEN.

 

 

 

WHEN WE ENTERED BY ROAD ON THE STRIP WOW BOY!!  I COULDN'T BELIEVE MY EYES.

 

HOW MANY SPARKLING LIGHTS AND NEONS HOTELS TOWERING HIGH TO THE SKY'S.

 

 

 

 

 

OH !! IT WAS JUST A WONDERFUL SIGHT STATUES OF EVERY KIND.

 

WERE LIT UP AND FOUNTAINS OF WATER SPRINKLING HIGH AND FROM BELOW AND BEHIND.

 

SOME OF THESE FOUNTAINS THEY DANCED IN PATTERNS TO MUSIC AT THE BELLAGIO HOTEL.

 

 

AN HALF HOURLY SHOW YOU COULD WATCH AS YOU WALKED PAST I HOPE IN THE PIC YOU CAN TELL.

 

EVERY HOTEL HAD IT'S OWN GREAT THEME AND THE SHOPS WERE OUT OF THIS WORLD.

 

WELL I THINK YOU ALL KNOW KATH BY NOW AND  THAT SUITED THIS OLD GIRL HE-HE.

 

ONE OF THE HOTELS CALLED VENETIAN EVEN HAD A RIVER INSIDE .

 

 

HERE YOU CAN SEE THE GONDOLA'S YOU COULD GO ON THEM FOR A RIDE.

 

ALL THE CEILING AND DECOR HAND PAINTED JUST TO MAKE IT LOOK.

 

AS THOUGH YOU ARE ACTUALLY OUTSIDE OH!!!  I  COULD WRITE A BOOK.

 

BELOW WAS THIS  SPECIAL GONDOLA FOR THE NEWLY WEDS AT NIGHT .

 

THE MAN SERANDADED TO THEM BOTH HOW ROMANTIC IN THE PRETENCE MOONLIGHT .

 

 

TREASURE ISLAND ANOTHER HOTEL HERE WAS A GREAT PIRATE THEME.

 

FOR ANYONE EVERY HOUR A FREE SHOW TO SEE BOY OH BOY WHAT A SCENE.

 

 

CEASERS PALACE THE FAMOUS ONE LIMO'S WERE THERE EVERY  NIGHT.

 

NEVER HAVE I SEEN ANY AS LONG HOW THEY GET ROUND THOSE BENDS IT'S SO TIGHT.

 

THE STATUES INSIDE ARE MAGNIFICENT AND THE ARCHITECTURE BRILLIANT TOO.

 

 

 

IT'S WORTH A TRIP JUST TO SEE ALL OF THIS EXCLUDING WHAT YOU CAN DO.

 

SONS GOING TO CEASERS  FOR CHRISTMAS HE'S GOING TO SEE THE BIG FIGHT.

 

BETWEEN RICKY HATTON OF ENGLAND AND FLOYD MERRYWEATHER I BET A GREAT NIGHT.

 

 

 

ON THE STRIP YOU CAN WATCH THE BELLY DANCERS AND ALSO THE LIMBO TOO.

 

THIS YOUNG GUY WAS THE WORLD CHAMPION THAT CANE I AM NOT KIDDING YOU.

 

WAS NO HIGHER THAN SIX INCHES FROM THE GROUND BUT YES HE GOT UNDER SO SLICK.

 

I CLAPPED TILL MY HANDS WERE SORE BECAUSE HE DID IT EVER SO QUICK..

 

 

 

WELL WE SETTLED IN AND HAD SUPPER AND JUST TOOK A STROLL DOWNSTAIRS.

 

THE CASINO WAS MASSIVE I GOT A SUPRIZE WHEN MY SON LIFTED ME UP IN THE AIR.

 

HE IS A LAUGH A MINUTE MY BOY HOW I WISHED YOU WERE ALL THERE WITH ME. 

 

WHEN I ASKED HIM WHAT HE WAS DOING HE SAID HAVE A GO ON THIS MUM  HE-HE.

 

I CRACKED UP LAUGHING WHEN I TURNED AROUND AND SAW THIS BIG SLOT MACHINE.

 

ABOUT TEN FOOT HIGH AND SIX FOOT WIDE THE BIGGEST I'VE EVER SEEN. HE-HE

 

 

I COULD HARDLY PULL THE HANDLE DOWN AND FUNNILY ENOUGH  I WON.

 

NOT A LOT BUT AT LEAST I GOT SOMETHING  I THOUGHT TO MYSELF IT'S JUST FUN.

 

THERE WAS NO WAY VEGAS WAS HAVING MY DOLLARS IN THERE CASINO'S OH NO!!

 

I HAD LOTS OF TIME TO SPEND THERE STILL AND MANY PLACES TO GO.

 

WE WALKED DOWN THE STRIP FOR A SHORT WAY JUST ADMIREING OTHER THINGS AROUND.

 

UNTIL I WAS READY FOR MY BED ANOTHER LONG DAY I HAD FOUND.

 

SO OFF WE POPPED TO OUR ROOMS AND I HAD ANOTHER LONG SOAK LIKE BEFORE.

 

I'LL TELL YOU ANOTHER EPISODE WHEN I WRITE ABOUT VEGAS ONCE MORE.

 

 

PLEASE KEEP CALLING BACK MY FRIENDS AS THE NEXT VISIT IS SO WORTHWHILE.

 

I HOPE THAT I AM NOT BORING YOU OR CRAMPING ANY OF YOUR STYLE HE-HE.

 

I DIDN'T THINK VEGAS WOULD SUIT ME AS I'M NOT A GAMBLING FAN.

 

BUT I AM SO HAPPY I WENT THERE EVERYTHING WENT TO PLAN.

 

MY NEXT POST INCLUDES LAS VEGAS AGAIN AND NEVADA THE HOOVER DAM.

 

HOW FANTASTIC WAS THAT PLACE YOU NEED TO GO THERE IF ANY OF YOU EVER  CAN. 

 

THE WEATHER TOUCHED OVER ONE HUNDRED DEGREES AT  THIS SEPTEMBER TIME.

 

I HAVE LOTS OF MORE PICTURES TO SHOW YOU STILL SO LOOK OUT FOR MY NEXT

 

                                     " SIMPLE RHYME".

 

    HE-HE !!!! AHHHHHHHHH  THIS WAS THE LIFE HE-HE.

 

 

  

                                 

 Thankyou Sugar of Sugar Shack Keepsakes for this lovely graphic

 

 

"A MESSAGE FOR SOMEONE AND ALL MY FRIENDS TOO.

 

 

         

 

I AM INTERUPTING MY HOLIDAY RHYMES TO LET YOU ALL READ THIS AND KNOW.

 

WHOEVER THE CULPRIT IS THAT HAS SENT  ME E. MAILS DON'T YOU BOTHER OH!! NO.

 

TO TELL ME TO CLOSE DOWN MY JOURNAL AS YOU SAY IT IS COMPLETE S---.

 

WELL LET ME TELL YOU IT TAKES MORE THAN YOU AND YOUR NASTYNESS FOR ME TO QUIT.

 

I AM STAYING IN J/LAND AS LONG AS I WISH AND SO PLEASE TRY AND GET YOU SOME AID.

 

AS YOU OBVIOUSLY NEED IT AND PLEASE LET ME TELL YOU FOR YOU  I HAVE ALSO PRAYED.

 

THAT GOD WILL HELP YOU WHOEVER YOU ARE AS HE IS THE ONE WHO KNOWS ALL.

 

AND HE'S WATCHING AND LISTENING ALL OF THE TIME WHETHER WE'RE OLD OR SMALL.

 

YES YOUR WORDS THEY DID UPSET ME LAST NIGHT BUT I NEVER DO ANYTHING IN HASTE.

 

AFTER THINKING ABOUT THE E. MAILS YOU SENT I THOUGHT WHAT A TERRIBLE WASTE.

 

OF TIME YOU ARE SPENDING SENDING THESE OUT TRYING TO UPSET LOTS OF US FOLK.

 

I AM SORRY TO HAVE TO TELL YOU MY FRIEND IT'S YOU THAT'S THE COMPLETE JOKE.

 

HE WHO " LAUGHS LAST LAUGHS LONGEST "AND I INTEND DOING  JUST THAT.

 

NOT SITTING  AROUND BEING UPSET BY YOU READING ALL OF YOUR CRAP.

 

SO PLEASE TRY AND GET SOME HELP AS I SAY AND I WILL CONTINUE TO PRAY.

 

THAT MAYBE YOU 'LL LISTEN TO THIS OLD BIDDY AND JOIN J/LAND WITH US ONE DAY.

 

TRY BE A FRIEND TO SOMEONE INSTEAD OF AN ENEMY PLEASE.

 

YOU WILL FIND THAT LIFE IS MUCH KINDER TO YOU AND YOUR MIND WILL BE MORE AT EASE.

 

SO PLEASE DO NOT SEND ANY E. MAILS AGAIN  AS THERE SIMPLY  A WASTE OF YOUR  TIME .

 

BECAUSE KATH IS CONTINUING  WRITING IN J/LAND MORE OF " MY SIMPLE RHYMES"

 

      

 

 (THANKYOU TO SUGAR OF SUGAR SHACK KEEPSAKES FOR THIS LOVELY GRAPHIC )

 

WHILST YOU ARE HERE YOU MIGHT LIKE TO READ MY LAST POSTING AS ALERTS WERE DOWN   THANX A MILLION FOR ALL YOUR COMMENTS I APPRECIATE THEM ALL SO MUCH

 

               KATH              ASTORIASAND.

"ADVENTURES AT THE SAFARI PARK AND MORE"

 

AROUND LOUISIANA WHERE MY SON IS STAYING NOW.

IT LOOKS SO LUSH AND GREEN I WAS SUPRIZED AT NOTHING BROWN.

 

THE SUNSHINE BEAMS DOWN VERY HOT BUT STORMS THEY ALSO PLAY.

 

A VERY BIG PART IN THE WEATHER IT POURS DOWN EVERY DAY.

 

IT SEEMED TO BE EACH EVENING TIME WHICH I THINK IS JUST RIGHT.

 

SUNSHINE THROUGH THE DAYTIME AND RAINSTORMS THEN AT NIGHT.

 

ARE REALY GOOD FOR THE LAND AND PLANTS SO IT WAS A JOY TO SEE.

 

BEAUTIFUL FLOWERS AND GREENERY WHICH MEANS SO MUCH TO ME.

 

NO NEED FOR UMBERELLA'S NO GETTING WET  DIVINE.

 

WELL WHEN LIKE KATH YOUR INSIDE EATING AT "THE LONGHORN" AND SIPPING WINE HE-HE.

 

 

TALL TREES THEY ARE SO NUMEROUS AND THE BUILDINGS THEY SURROUND.

 

THEY STAND LIKE TOWERING TELEGRAPH POLES SO UPRIGHT IN THE GROUND.

 

THE BUILDERS DO NOT HACK THEM DOWN SO IF IN YOUR GARDEN THEY ARE.

 

I'M AFRAID YOU HAVE TO KEEP THEM AND THEY CAN BE SEEN FROM VERY FAR.

 

 

SON TOOK US TO THE RIVER WHERE HE GOES TO THE BOATCLUB THERE.

 

TO SEE IF WE COULD SEE ALIGATORS HERE WE  STOOD AND STARED.

 

 

BEFORE WE WENT I BOUGHT MARSHMALLOWS TO THROW FOR THEM TO EAT.

 

SONS  FRIEND OWNS AN ALIGATOR FARM AND TOLD ME IT'S THERE TREAT. HE-HE

 

SO OFF WE RODE WITH ME IN THE BACK SEAT OF HIS LOVELY SUV.

 

MUCH HIGHER UP IN THIS VEHICLE WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT I LOVE.

 

 

 

AS I SEE MORE ON MY JOURNEY AND I CLICKED AND SNAPPED AWAY.

 

PICTURES OF INTERESTING THINGS I SAW ON THIS LOVELY HOT SUMMERS DAY.

 

AS WE APPROACHED WE SAW  HIS FRIEND ARRIVING WITH HIS LOVELY BOAT.

 

TO TAKE US  A RIDE ON THE LAKE I WAS HOPING IT STOPPED AFLOAT   HE-HE.

 

 

 A VERY SCENIC SETTING WITH THE RIVER THERE BESIDE.

 

 OTHER BOATS THERE ALSO  IF YOU  FANCIED  FOR A RIDE.

 

 

 

 

I THREW MY TREATS IN THE RIVER BUT ALAS NO GATORS APPEARED.

 

I WAS HAPPY IN A WAY OF THIS AS I'M AFRAID OF THEM AND FEARED.

 

IF ONE SHOULD POP UP QUICKLY I WOULD HAVE JUMPED OUT OF MY SKIN.

 

MAYBE THERE ALL SLEEPING I QUIETLY SAID TO HIM. HE-HE.

 

I SPOTTED THIS TINY SQUIRREL NEARBY AND HE SEEMED TO LIKE ME TOO.

 

HE WAS SITTING UP IN FRONT OF ME AS IF SAYING GIVE ME A FEW.

 

    

 

WHEN HE SAW MY BAG OF MARSHMALLOWS I THINK HE THOUGHT THEY WERE FOR FOR HIM.

 

BUT I IMAGINED THEM STICKING TO HIS CLAWS WHAT A FUNNY SIGHT THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN.

 

NO MATTER WHAT I DID HE WOULDN'T LEAVE HE  SAT SO  GOOD.

 

THEN WHEN SON AND FRIENDS APPROACHED ME HE DASHED INTO THE WOOD.

 

FROM HERE WE CARRIED ONWARDS TO GO TO THE SAFARI PARK.

 

TO SEE SOME OF THERE WILDLIFE BEFORE IT GOT TOO DARK.

 

 

WE ENTERED THE RECEPTION  ANOTHER   LOVELY SHOP.        WHOO-HOO !!

 

WHEN  A VOICE SQUARKED OUT "HELLO FOLKS"  I LOOKED AROUND IN SHOCK.

 

THERE PERCHED HIGH UP SAT ON A BRANCH INSIDE A BIG HIGH CAGE.

 

A JACKDAW WHO IF YOU DON'T SAY HELLO TO GOES INTO SUCH A RAGE. HE-HE.

 

THE LADY AT THE COUNTER WAS TELLING US ALL THIS.

 

HE THEN SHOUTS OUT "COME ON GALS GIVE OLD JACK A KISS"  HE-HE HE.

 

 

I WAS ROLLING OVER LAUGHING THEN THE SERIOUS PART IT STARTS.

 

WHEN I SAW THE LOVELY GOODS ON SALE IPULLED MY PURSE APART .

 

TO BUY SOME LOVELY GIFTS AGAIN AND I SHOPPED UNTIL  I DROPPED.

 

 

 

 

(THE CHILDREN BOUGHT ANIMAL FLY CATCHERS )HE-HE

 

UNTIL IT WAS TIME AND THE TRAIN CAME SO UP WE GOT AND HOPPED.

 

WE BOUGHT A SACK OF FOOD IN THERE FOR THE ANIMALS TO EAT.

 

CHOISE OF A BUCKET OR A SACK AS THIS IS THERE DAILY TREAT.

 

WELL A BUCKET WOULDN'T LAST LONG THE LADY SAID TO US.

 

SO YES IT HAD TO BE A SACK WITHOUT MAKING NO FUSS.

 

WE GOT SAT DOWN QUITE COMFY IN THE TRAILERS TO TOUR THE RANGE.

 

I KNEW I WAS GOING TO ENJOY ALL THIS  A COMPLETELY DIFFERANT  CHANGE.

 

 

BOY WHAT A DAY IT PROVED TO BE WE HAD A LAUGH A MINUTE.

 

ESPECIALLY AT THE LARGE GIRAFFE WHEN HE STUCK HIS NOSE RIGHT IN IT. HE-HE.

 

HE WASN'T WAITING  FOR US TO OFFER  OUR CUPS FULL UP TO FEED HIM.

 

HE REACHED INSIDE NO PROBLEM AND I SAT THERE WITH A GRIN..  HE-HE

 

 

HE LET US STROKE HIS NOSE AND VERY TAME HE SEEMED TO BE.

 

THEN THIS GREAT BIG GREEDY  DEER CAME RUNNING RIGHT ALONG SIDE OF ME.

 

EVERYTIME I TRIED TO FEED HIM HE PINCHED THE CUP  FROM ME.

 

PUT HIS TOUNGE TO THE SIDE AND TEETH GRIPPED TIGHT HE SWALLOWED THE LOT HE-HE.

 

HE THEN WOULD DROP THE CUP DOWN WHEN EMPTY ONTO THE FLOOR.

 

AND WITH HIS HOOF HE KICKED IT LIKE A FOOTBALLER WHEN TRYING TO SCORE.HE-HE.

 

CHARGEING BACK AGAIN HE STICKS HIS HEAD INSIDE THE TRAIN.

 

AS IF TO SAY COME ON YOU LOT I WANT MORE  FOOD  AGAIN .  HE-HE.

 

 

THE BABY GIRAFFES ALL SEEMED TO LIKE TO EAT OUT OF YOUR PALM.

 

SO WE SPREAD OUR HANDS OUT FLAT AND THEY WOULD EAT IT NICE AND CALM.

 

 

SOME OF THE ANIMALS HERE YOU WILL SEE SOAKING IN THE SUN.

 

THESE LIVE IN THE SLUDGE AND LAKE FROM MORN UNTIL DAYS DONE.

 

WHEN THEY SAW THE TRAIN THEY CAME RUNNING ALL OF THEM MESSED UP.

 

IN CLAY AND SLUDGE BUT THEY ONLY COME OUT WHEN THEY WANT A CUP.

 

THE REIGNDEER THEY WERE CHASING ALL THE LITTLE  GEESE AWAY.

 

AND THE WARDEN TOLD US HE HAS TO FEED THEM BY THEMSELVES EACH DAY.

 

 

AS THE OTHER ANIMALS WILL NOT LET THEM GET NEAR ANY FOOD.

 

SO THEY WADDLED OFF SO FUNNY  LOOKING IN A VERY SAD MOOD.

 

WE HAD THREE HOURS OUT ON THE TRAIN AND I'D HAD A NICE GOOD SHOP.

 

SO INTO MY SONS CAR WE HEADED ON HOMEAND  I FELT  FIT TO DROP.

 

IT HAD BEEN A VERY LONG DAY MY FRIENDS SO I SETTLED DOWN ON THE SETTEE.

 

WITH SOME LOVELY ENGLISH CHOCKY BISCUITS AND A NICE HOT CUP OF TEA.

 

KEEP YOUR EYES WIDE OPEN FOR ANOTHER ADVENTURE OF MINE.

 

WHICH I WILL POST ONCE AGAIN  VERY SOON HERE IN " MY SIMPLE RHYME ".