I did want to share some of my shots from Las Vegas. Although I've visited Las Vegas now 5 times (4 times with my sister and others and once on business) and this is the first time I've stopped and taken photographs with the Las Vegas sign. Come to find out that the sign and I share the same year of birth! So, here are the shots of the sign and I:
It was a short 15 minutes or so total that we were at the sign taking pictures, but it was really fun. The weather was GREAT the whole time we were in Las Vegas. There were other outdoor activities including two visits to Hover Dam; one at night and one during the day and a walk around the Fremont Street Experience. Here are a few shots of Hoover Dam during the day:
I love Hoover Dam. I could visit it every day and never be tired of it. We walked all over the dam and spent as much time there as we could. It truly is one of the most beautifully designed and constructed things I've ever seen. In the lower right hand photograph, you can see just how far down Lake Mead is. The water should be covering the lower half of the intake tower just to the far right in the shot and you can see the lake level indicated by the white rock on the surrounding cliffs. The people leading the tours said that it was down about 30 feet and that it can be blamed on the lack of snow in Colorado. We also went out to the dam at night. Here are a couple of shots at night:
These shots were taken from the first observation lot on the Arizona side of the dam. We had to go through security to drive across the dam and we were not allowed to set foot on the dam itself at night. Security is VERY tight now, which was a huge change from when we visited 15 years ago. I mentioned to my sister that if I lived in the area I would walk that bridge every chance I got. It is so beautiful! The story about its creation is truly inspiring.
The final outdoor thing we did was to walk the Fremont Street Experience.
On Fremont Street you can visit old, well known hotels and casinos like The Golden Nugget and 4 Queens. There are slot machines where the prize is a car instead of cash and the whole street has been closed off to just foot traffic and covered with a canopy where they project light shows every hour with loud music. It is an experience! I was having a great time, right up to the point where naked girls came out onto the walk way and danced on top of portable bars. This started after 10pm, so it was time for me to hit the road and see something else. I really don't like the nasty side of Las Vegas.
We shopped (Gena's good at that) and I came home with items from Cato (my first shopping experience at a Cato), Sephora and we visited one of the only Inglot stores in the US! Both Gena and I are HOOKED on Inglot now! I can't wait to try the great pallets I put together there.
So, the trip was grand and I hope Gena had as much fun as I did. One thing we had planned to do was so over-the-top that we couldn't make it happen, so we decided to turn it into a trip of its own in 2014. We were going to drive to Los Angeles for just a day, but it was too far away to do it easily. That means that one of our trips in 2014 will be to Los Angeles. We are planning 4 shorter trips in 2014 and I'll share more about those later. We are in the process of figuring out how much we spent on this trip and deciding how much we have to save each week to fund our trips in 2014. The planning part of trips is almost as fun as taking the trip itself!
That's it for today and gives you a good overview of what's been going on for the past week. I should be back to normal now (whatever that means!) and will go back to work in a couple of days. For now, it's time to get some rest. Until tomorrow when I'll be doing less than nothing, sweet dreams, Sweeties!!
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