We only stayed four nights in Las Vegas, but decided that was probably long enough. Ron and Alice had never been in Las Vegas before, so we had to go down on the strip one afternoon and evening. It isn't our favorite place, but it is really fascinating, especially if you haven't been there before.
I think my favorite place is Cesar's Palace. It is huge and takes up more than a city block. It has some forum shops that are down some "streets in Rome," all inside the casino. The "sky" goes from night to day in one hour. All of the shops are very expensive so we just window shop.
They have two places where there are statues that "come alive" and one of them has a fantastic light show. Here we are waiting for one of them.
This show has Brutus and others who come alive and it used to have quite a light show. It was very disappointing this time, because not many of the lights even worked. 
But, the statues did "somewhat" come alive. I guess it was better than nothing, because the other group of statues with Cesar didn't work at all! So at least we got to show this one to Ron and Alice.
As we left Cesar's Palace, there was a big pool about three stories down from where we were standing and we threw pennies in it for good luck!
We have crossed Hoover Dam at least once a year for over 20 years now and have never stopped long enough to go on a tour. So, we decided to do it this year.
Hoover Dam is built on the Colorado River and is the boarder between Nevada and Arizona. That is also where time changes from Mountain Standard Time to Pacific Standard Time. There are two identical clock towers on the dam. This one is on the Arizona side. . .
. . .and this one is on the Nevada side.
During the tour, we went down into one of the diversion tunnels they used to divert the river while the dam was being built. They warned you that if you were claustrophobic that maybe you shouldn't go on the tour! We took the tunnel down and got to see the huge turbines that make electricity. Then we took the elevator clear up to the top of a tower above the dam. (Terry really likes riding in elevators and going to high places--NOT!
This is on top of the tower, looking down on the dam. At one time, it was the tallest dam in the world. 
This is looking down to where the water comes out of the turbine. You can see how high we were by how small the automobiles at the bottom look! The dam was mostly made to help with the flooding of the Colorado River and for irrigating purposes. The electricity it produces is just a by-product, but the electricity pretty much pays for all of the upkeep of the dam.
They are in the process of building a new road to bypass the dam. Traffic gets so congested by all of the pedestrians that it sometimes takes a long time to go through. Also, there are security risks with people going across the dam. (They do a security check on every vehicle before they go over it! I am sure it is bombs they are checking us for!) Of course, the new road has to go over the gorge of the Colorado River. Terry says he is still going the slow way and is crossing over the dam!
I zoomed in on this picture of some men working on the new road! I hope they have good life insurance! They are hanging above one of the columns on the new road.
This is a picture of a picture of the proposed new finished highway. Maybe I will go with Terry over the dam!As they say, "what happens in Las Vegas stays in Las Vegas." I guess that is true. We are heading next to Bullhead City to our another adventure!
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