Wouldn't you think?

...if your community was hosting a big convention of water park folks, that you might be on your best behavior?

Lori and Jennifer spent most of last week in Las Vegas for the World Waterpark Association's annual convention.

Their hotel had a wave pool.

With one lifeguard.

Poor fellow.

When you're the only lifeguard at the pool, you must get extra worn out.

Hope the flash on the camera didn't disturb his slumber.

When you work at a park, business trips and vacations are never the same. We all come back from exotic locales with photos of attendants in dirty shoes. Cool new food items. Sloppy uniforms. Fences with peeling paint. Well-worded signage.

Park geeks.

Lori and Jennifer did manage to get a snap of themselves at Hoover Dam.

Country girls hitting the big city.

What goes on in Vegas, stays in Vegas.

Well, not really.

Not when it's Lori.

She loves to tell a good story.

The one that got us howling the loudest was her description of their conversation while walking down The Strip one night.

"Jennifer, there are some creepy guys up ahead. Remember what I told you: No eye contact."

Okay. No eye contact.

"Good job. We'll just keep walking, looking down. They'll leave us alone."

No eye contact.

This, of course, is easier said than done. The first step in our annual Hospitality Training is Eye Contact.

Look At Me.

Surely a peek wouldn't harm anything...

Suddenly, a cheer goes up from the "creepy guy" crowd: Whoa! Hey, pretty baby, wanna go out tonight? Gorgeous girls, you're a dream come true. What're your names?

Lori hissed: "You made eye contact!"

Poor Jennifer: But just for a second; I had to look around a little...

Thankfully, they made it back home to Indiana safe and sound. Even brought an award back, Best Waterpark Radio Commercial.

And we won't even go into the story about them heading down to The Strip, and suddenly realizing they must have missed a sign or two.

Lori...I never realized The Strip was a six-lane highway. This doesn't look like any of the pictures I've seen--are you sure we're going the right way?