CC Trip - Las Vegas

Back to the scorching temps - 104 degrees today!! Bet we've all seen this sign before:

Went to the Strip, where it was packed with tourists.  No recession here!  Lots of building going on.  New York, New York was a fun place. Inside, we saw the Coney Island area, a SoHo village, and Little Italy.

  

Outside, a small scale Brooklyn Bridge, Statue of Liberty and Chrysler Building.

  

Some other fun sights:

Drove downtown to the "original" strip, where a street fair, light show and music had everyone singing oldies.

Tony finally made it to Binion's - though only for a photo op.  

Drove to the Hoover Dam - There is ongoing construction of a huge suspension bridge to ease traffic from the slow, winding road over the dam. 

Along with the bridge construction, the road leading to the dam is being widened from 2 to 4 lanes, which is badly needed.  The water level is very low - maybe 100 feet down.

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From there, we drove to The Skywalk at Grand Canyon West, which was built by the Hualapai Tribe, on the million or so acres of their Reservation.  On the way, we had to drive on a dirt road for 14 miles, behind a bus.  The visibility from the road dust was probably a few feet at times! They are widening the road to accommodate the traffic traveling to The Skywalk.  

The Skywalk is the glass loop, extending 4000 feet over the canyon floor.  You can look straight through the glass floor to the bottom - very scary. Tony held on to the handrail the whole way....When I asked macho man what he thought about the Skywalk, he said:  "No Comment".  You can read between the lines. 

There was a ledge where people took pictures, and there was no safety rail.  Just a 4000 foot drop.  I was astounded!  I was having a heart attack, and they were acting as if they were in a park somewhere!  

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We met friends Ron & Roseann Lalli at Planet Hollywood for dinner.  Tony met Ron in Viet Nam, and they haven't seen each other for about 10 years.

Met Ron and Peggy Salmon, who drove in from California.  

Tony also met Ron in Viet Nam, so this Las Vegas trip was a reunion for the boys.

Ron and Peggy were staying at The Venetian, where you can be serenaded by the singing gondoliers on the Grand Canal.

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Las Vegas was very crowded with tourists - With all the lights, cars, taxis and people walking everywhere, it was like being in New York City.