The END...and the Road Trip home!!

Here is the last Forum Pic, even Alec joined us!!











Steve is trying to get all the luggage back into the truck, I think it took about 30 minutes to put it all back ~ Who brought all that 'stuff??'

GOODBYE HILTON........Next year... RIO BABY!!!!

And, back to Mountain Time.. going is always great, we get 2 extra hours......and now we are losing them ~ boo!!

Over the Dam we go... and we will FLY over this bridge, its too tall!

Yoda is with us... guiding the way, (Oops, wrong show! lol!)

Aren't We CUTE??!

We couldn't have made it home, without a stop at Chez Torrence once again! Thanks Mel and Randy for giving us a great place to crash before the next 8 plus hour leg of the trip!!! You guys ROCK!!

Yoda havin a snack!

Forgot to mention we brought back some ALE from Utah!! A little Polygamy Port and Virgin Stout! Hope we get it to our friends in OKC, before we get thirsty!!

We made it home just in time for my Mary Kay Meeting Tuesday evening!! WHEW! What a trip! Back at it, I had a fabulous day Wednesday and then Jury Duty Thursday! Looking forward to our next adventure, stay tuned!!!

The Birdies were a bit irritated that we'd been gone, but were really happy that Aunt Leslie took such great care of them!!

More Vegas.... and the end!

Steve found a quiet corner... if you can even imagine such a thing in Las Vegas... and had a Scotch and Cigar!











The Last day of the Convention we went to the Propworx Auction, which is owned and run by our friend Alec Peters, if you are in need for a Prop or Costume from one of the popular movies, including Iron Man, Stargate, Star Trek ... you can check them out at Propworx.

Here is Robert Picardo, in his Chair from Voyager, in which he played "the Doctor!"

The Star Trek Experience "Quarks" sign, was one of the highest auction items from the ST Experience items.

After the Auction and the Convention was over we spent a nice quiet evening at one of the quiet Hilton bars, with Mel, the bartender. We saw many of our friends, and ended up having dinner with one of the producers of the first Star Trek movie, he had incredible insight as to Gene Roddenberry's making of the first movie as well as his perspective on his first convention. It's conversations like this that make conventions once in a lifetime experiences. Matt, Carolan and Susie also joined us!!

After dinner, we met up with Linda, Annette, Dana, Willie, Anthony and Alec......

The Girls!

Dana, Willie, Me, Carolan, Susie and Anthony..

Annette and Linda...and Steve!............................ Me and my good friend Carolan!!

Matt and Carolan

Carolan, Matt, Susie and Steve

Steve and Susie-thumbs UP!

The Forum Gang!!

Costumes... Costumes and more Costumes!!

The next day we dressed up in costume and continued having a blast at the Convention....

I dressed as a Kiru Meru, from a DS9 Episode..

Steve as SYBOK...

SUSIE as the ORION SLAVE MASTER

Here were are breaking the Guiness Book of WORLD record for the most Trekkies in costume...... with 543 in costume!!

Susie and Edward in her In the Mirror Darkley Starfleet uniform.

Sam, Carolan and Matt's daughter, in her Kira baseball, with Robin and Susie in the background.... I think we have a new Trekkie in the group!! She had such a grand time! See you soon Sam..(love your Auntie VulcanK)

Vegas... and the Star Trek Convention

On the 12th day of our vacation, we began the last leg of the journey and that was the Star Trek Convention in Las Vegas!!! We began collecting costumes and props years ago, which led to our wedding in Vegas, two years prior, so it is a very special time when we get together with our Trekkie friends to celebrate our anniversary! Our friends began arriving Wednesday night and the party began!!










On our Anniversary, we spend the day at the Convention with our friends and seeing some of the people who worked on the show and the actors we know. It was a great day!!


We ended the evening with dinner with some fabulous friends! Thanks Susie, Edward, Carolan and Matt for sharing our special evening!!




The next day we day a lot of our Trek friends and actors, that evening we went to a Roddenberry Party on Risa at the Mirage Hotel!! ~ It was a blast!!

Here are some pics of Susie, Edward, Steve and I...plus some additional pics of our friends, Eric, Pam and Bill!

Zion National Park ... UTAH!!

So, as if a day at Hoover Dam and Liberace's Musuem wasn't enough... we took the next day and headed to UTAH!! Yes..that's right, we went to Zion National Park in Utah, just about two and half hours from Las Vegas, it is an incredible drive and completely worth it!

Here are some pictures just to show you how incredible Zion is!!! We didn't get a chance to go to Bryce Cannon, but we are definitely going back.

AMAZING!!

We stopped and had lunch in the Park, there are cabins that you can rent and stay! In case you would like to visit, here are the Cabins!

ENJOY!!

Hoover Dam And Liberace's Museum

Our next day, we ventured out to Hoover Dam!! WOW!! What an incredible place! We took the tour and we walked out onto the Dam`It's an incredible engineering feat! They are getting ready to close the actual dam and are almost finished with the bridge that will go OVER the dam!

LAKE MEAD

Liberace's Museum!!

The oldest Piano dating back to 1750s, only two in existence.

After Hoover Dam, we headed back to Vegas and went to Liberace's Museum. I was amazed at the costumes, the jewelry and Steve even enjoyed the rare automobiles Liberace collected as well as the vast array of Pianos.

The Largest Swarovski Crystal 115,000 carats- given to Liberace




A blingy pink car!!