We had the unfortunate experience of losing my great-aunt Melanie 10 days before Christmas. We packed up the family and drove to Henderson, NV for the funeral. We stayed with my mom and Bob at one of their time shares. My grandma Booth was supposed to fly in from Washington, DC, but the east coast was hit with a massive storm and she missed the whole viewing, funeral and burial. It was her youngest sister that died, so it was sad that she had to miss her opportunity to say goodbye. We took some time while we were there to hike in the Red Rock Canyon. We found a pool as we hiked down and the kids were trying to gauge how deep it was by throwing rocks in. It must have been pretty deep because we never did figure it out! We were able to swim at the condos (in the outside pool) despite the cold (55 with no sun). We didn't want to miss our chance to go in the lazy river and the HUGE hot tub. Some of us didn't bring any flip flops or other foot apparel for swimming so we ended up RUNNING back to the room every time we were done swimming because the ground felt icy cold. I'm sure those life guards thought we were insane as they sat bundled in sweaters and scarves making sure we didn't drown ourselves. It was an unfortunate reason to take a small holiday trip, but it ended up being a very nice relaxing getaway. I'm glad we got to see family that we rarely get a chance to see.
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