AUGUST 26 - HOOVER DAM and LAS VEGAS BY NIGHT

SUNDAY

AUGUST 26, 2012

 

We gave ourselves the luxury of

a leisurely Sunday,

 to prepare ourselves

 for our busy week.

 

Rita spent the morning

getting our Blog up-to-date.

 

We went for lunch and then drove

to Hoover Dam,

just a sixty mile round trip

from Arizona Charlies, where we are camped.

 

 

 

The Lake Mead side of the Hoover Dam.

 

 

 

 This bridge is a by-pass of the Dam bridge.

Russ says when he visited in 1979,

this bridge was not here,

and all traffic had

to travel over the road on the

top of the Dam.  Today,

we walked on that surface,

into Arizona.

 

 

 

Lake Mead was formed

when the Hoover Dam was completed.

 

 

 

Boaters are taking advantage of the

Lake Mead Recreational Area,

within sight of the Dam.

 

 

We returned to Arizona Charlies to

have their buffet dinner.

A real bargain for $11.95,

with a great Salad Bar,

Prime Rib,

and several other choices.

 

At 8:50 PM

we headed into Las Vegas,

to see the lights on THE STRIP.

 

We drove THE STRIP

from one end to the other

and back again, a total of 20 miles

round trip.

 

 

Seeing it from our Truck was

enough for both of us.

The sidewalks were packed,

the traffic was sometimes five lanes on both sides,

and there was a center mall with Palm Trees.

 

 

The SIDEWALKS were packed.

 

Traffic was five lanes deep,

when I took this photo,

with an equal number coming toward us

from the opposite direction.

 

DENNY'S

 

HARRAH'S

 

 

MARGARITAVILLE

 

 

STATUE OF LIBERTY

 

 

DISNEY

 

 

 

 

PARIS and the EIFEL TOWER

 

 

 

THE FLAMINGO

 

The STRATOSPHERE

 

 

THAT CONCLUDES OUR TIME IN LAS VEGAS.

 

We came away WINNERS.

 

Nothing Wagered,

Nothing LOST.