Ethel M Chocolate Factory and Botanical Cactus garden

Ethel M. Chocolate Factory is a self-touring facility in Vegas where you can see how chocolate candies are made. This factory has a series of pipes, conveyer belts and tanks that hold 20,000 and 35,000 gallons of chocolate. It's completely free and fun! I have to say that I have never tasted a hot chocolate as good as I did tonight! It was AMAZING.

After exiting the factory, you can get free samples in the chocolate lounge. And you don’t have to feel guilty about eating all those little chocolate bites – you can walk off the calories at the Botanical Cactus Garden. The cactus garden boasts three acres of more than 300 different kinds of plants, including Teddy Bear Cholla, Texas Prickly Pear, Spotted Aloe and other cacti that most people never knew existed.

The whole reason we went is because my little sister from Big Brother's Big Sisters was with us and wanted to see the Cactus Garden. They put lights on all of the cacti. There is one photo that I was complaining about because my double-chin was showing. In the next photo you'll see that Marvin is trying to hide it for me! HAHAA

You'll also see my little sister doing cheerleader moves. She taking after me. AWWW. lol. Oh, to be 15 again.






















This one cracks me up because she leaned up against a cacti and was asking Marvin to remove her thorns!













And then I got hungry. Believe it or not, people out here eat cactus. Just for your information, it's slimy and disgusting. Even more slimy than okra.



This is a "had to be there moment", but I laughed so hard. There was this rent-a-cop that was hired to ensure that no hoodlums got off the concrete path. Iwas going to take a picture of the two of them by a tree, but the rent-a-cop lady yelled at us. Let me first say that we didn't see ANY signage about staying on the path. Anyways, it was hilarious because everytime the guard turned her back on us, Marvin would stick his foot in the dirt, off the path. HAHAAAA










Above is the BEFORE photo. Below is the photo after he said for us to smile and say "PROVOLONE". Where does he come up with this crap?




This one is my boyfriend trying to pick up the Ms. Green M&M. His pick up line? "Wow, I see that you're wearing green too. Maybe we should hang out sometime."
I guess if he likes chocolate, then he's in the wrong relationship! I'm the most vanilla person ever, with my skin that won't tan!