January 2013 – The Funny Side of the Street

Up Up And Away…

Posted on January 20, 2013 by Sandy Collier Posted in Las Vegas .

Today was my Balloon Ride that I chose to do for my fiftieth Birthday. The balloon companies always fly in the early morning hours when the weather is cooler and the winds are calmer. There are about eleven balloon companies in town and we chose to fly with Las Vegas Balloon Rides.

When they unwrapped this balloon it took up almost two parking lots, it was crazy. This balloon is the largest one in town and will hold up to 16 passengers. We had a total of 12 on our flight so we did have a bit of room, which was nice.

Dale was a bit worried because of that whole, “I’m afraid of heights thing,” but he was fine. I sent him an article before we booked about that very thing and people are more afraid of edges. That is the main component of that fear. We were pretty safe and secure in our big basket in the sky.

Our altitude was about 1500 feet for our one hour balloon ride. The sky was so clear and we actually saw some other balloons out flying.

For some reason I thought it would be noisy, but it was so quiet and peaceful. The only noise was when Doug our pilot was telling jokes, or shooting some propane up into the balloon. It was a very serene feeling, I liked it.

After the flight we had a really nice complimentary breakfast that really was a nice touch.

My consensus is that if the opportunity ever presents itself to go on a Hot Air Balloon Ride, say YES!

Las Vegas Balloon Rides

Such an easy thing…

Posted on January 16, 2013 by Sandy Collier Posted in Uncategorized .

I was at the Eye Doctor yesterday getting a new prescription for my bifocals, talk about my dry eye I’ve developed and ask if losing (because I can’t see them anymore) my upper eye lids can affect my vision.

Alright so maybe I was feeling my age today and that looming big number in a few days didn’t help my state of mind.

While staring into my dilated eyes my Doctor informed me that I have the eyes of a very young person, alright maybe I just added “very,”

Isn’t it crazy how sometimes the smallest compliment can just make your day.

Try it and watch the reaction on a person’s face, it’s pretty amazing.

The Lion Habitat Ranch, Las Vegas

I’m pretty good at guessing things that Dale has up his sleeve, but he really got me good today. I thought we were going out to shoot guns in the desert. We had a picnic lunch he packed with Barbecued chicken, cheese and crackers and some tasty beverages for our outing. He even tricked me by packing bullets in his nap sack that he made sure I saw. When we turned on this dirt road I said, “hey, look at that sign that says Lion Habitat.” I still didn’t realize we were going there until we turned into the driveway. I guess there was an article in the paper a week ago about this place opening to the public, of course I never saw this article because Dale “made it disappear.” This was an early birthday present, a prequel to my upcoming African Safari vacation that I’m going on in June with my mother-in-law Betty. A trip that is something I am truly excited about. I plan of taking lots of pictures and blogging often while in Africa.

Here are some photos from today at the Lion Habitat. These were the lions that were at an exhibit at the MGM Grand here in Vegas. They have over forty lions here at the habitat. Dale paid a little extra and we were able to interact with the cubs which was awesome. When we came home we hugged our cute little kitty but those cubs were, sorry Tip, but they were cuter.