"Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving." Albert Einstein: Have been in traveling mode

Took a few days off in the past 2 weeks due to family members visiting. I drove 9 hours to take my parents to Las Vegas, then another 3 hours from Vegas to Grand Canyon West. We spent 3 days on that trip. I highly recommend the South Point Hotel in Vegas, where we stayed for 2 nights. It is new (opened in 2005), and it is cheap (I paid $50/night) because it is not on the strip. If you have a car, or if you are willing to take the shuttle, it is a very good value. Large rooms, all with flat panel TV on the wall. I drove to Vegas 8 years ago, but this time the driving seemed less tiresome and faster. Strange...

Then in the past few days my sis and her husband came and we went to several placed in the bay area. We visited the Monterey Aquarium for the first time. It's well worth the admission fee. It is amazing to see the jellyfish capable of bioluminescence.

Las Vegas...more pic