On To Las Vegas

 Greetings Everyone.

On Sunday, February 10, we headed south toward Las Vegas.   We decided that we would do some sightseeing around Lake Mead and Hoover Dam before we checked into our hotel in Vegas.   We stopped for lunch at a wayside along Lake Mead.   As we were leaving the picnic area we looked out our windows and  caught sight of this fellow and two of his friends.   They came so close to our car!   We have never seen a coyote in the wild, so needless to say we were excited.   We figured they were on their way to our picnic

  area to see if we left any goodies behind!  

Then we worked our way down to Hoover Dam. What a marvel it is!   The picture at the right is taken from a wonderful walkway which is a fairly new overlook of the dam.   Quite the sight.   Then we drove down toward the dam along those roads that you can see on the left.      First we drove across the top of the dam on a new road and then we parked and walked along the upper edge as well.   We learned a lot about the construction of the dam.   It was started right in the middle of the depression.   They had to divert the Colorado River while they were building it.   It is certainly an amazing engineering feat.



Then it was on to Las Vegas.   We checked in at the Monte Carlo and then headed out to explore The Strip.     Hard to describe all the lights and glitz you see in that compact area.   We worked our way to the north end of the strip and the Mirage.   There we had dinner and then stayed for a performance by Cirque de Soleil.   It was called LOVE and was centered around all Beatles music.  It would be hard to describe what this performance was-part music, part high-tech special effects, part story, and a lot of acrobatics.   The show lasted 90 minutes and we felt nearly out of breath when it was all done.   We never knew where the people were going to come from-out of the floor, from the sides and from the ceiling.   It was quite the show.

We then worked our way back to the Monte Carlo, stopping at the Bellagio to see the famous dancing water fountains.  The picture certainly doesn't do it justice, but you get the idea.   After a few minutes of trying our hands at the slot machines, we headed to bed.

This morning we had breakfast together and the Nolls bid farewell the Andersons.   Roger and Marsha will spend tonight in Vegas and fly out on Tuesday morning.   It has been a great week.  We have so enjoyed our time together.   We have seen such a variety of amazing natural sights and had lots of fun and laughs in between.  

For us Nolls, it is back to St. George to get ready for a busy and fun week with our grandkids-Kate, Hunter and Ben.   We will be meeting them tomorrow afternoon and then bring them back here to our condo for about a week.   We are hoping that it works out that Scott and Sam can join us for a day or two before we send the kids back home.   It is quite cool here today-45-but supposed to be back near 60 by the weekend.

Hope all is well with everyone.

Love and hugs,

Bob and Deb