Yearly Archives: 2012

Day Six: A Big Dam Day

Friday morning we arose bright and early, packed our duds, and checked out of the Four Queens casino/hotel. I’m fairly certain the Husbear and I were the only two queens there.

We both noted that the demographic of a majority of the casinos on Fremont Street were old pensioners, while up on the Strip consisted of younger people. Also, most of the people that showed up on the Husbear’s “social” apps seemed to be on the Strip. It was announced that next visit, we will be staying on the Strip.

We got in the Prius and headed east towards the Hoover Dam.

We headed out first on the new bridge that bypasses the Dam, to get a view of it from a distance.

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And then we headed to the Dam itself, where we got a good view of the bridge we were just on, but from underneath.

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This is how I know I watch just the right amount of Doctor Who: I see Daleks.

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Always know how to get out…

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Art Deco Spirit Fingers!

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Inside one of the generator rooms.

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A baby Dalek?

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This was one of several paintings that were in the dam. I found it… interesting.

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Then there is the actual dam itself.

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Another sign I found interesting.

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The Colorado river exiting the dam.

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One of several mosaics on the floor in various places in the dam.

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The Husbear and I not giving a dam. 😉

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And as we were leaving, I saw Bumblebee on the dam. I was hoping for a robot rumble, but alas none was to be had.

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After that, we made it as far as Williams, Arizona for the evening. Since the town had little to do, and horrible cell service, we found a laundromat and cleaned done clothes. Exciting, no?

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This was more or less our route for the day, from Vegas to right about where the “F” is in Flagstaff on the map:
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Until next time...
Erik

Day Five: Hangovers, Elvis, and Wanderings

A day with no driving! Well, at least no long distance driving. Thursday is the wedding day for our daughter.

The wedding wasn’t until 4, so in the morning the Husbear and I drove down to the strip and walked around the Venetian hotel/casino complex for a while.

On the way back to the hotel, we met one of my readers, Mike in LAS, crossing the road. He was there working, saw me, and said howdy! Howdy Mike. I’m sorry we didn’t get to spend more time together this trip.

We then headed back to our hotel, as the Husbear was doing our daughter’s hair before the wedding. Since he’s a cosmetologist and all. 😉

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After that, it was time for us to get ready and head to the chapel for the wedding.

We clean up well, don’t we?

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Our daughter and future son-in-law heading in to meet with the wedding people.

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The chapel didn’t allow photos of the wedding itself, as they have their own photographer and photo packages available for purchase. Such is the way of such things these days. 🙁

The Husbear and I together walked our daughter down the aisle and gave her away to her to-be husband.

It was a happy wedding. And different. I’ve never seen an Elvis wedding before. Our daughter has a thing for the King.

And here is the newly married couple exiting the chapel.

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And her father looking on…

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After the wedding, we went for dinner with the newlywed couple and the guests.

The Husbear and I headed back down to the strip and wandered around through a majority of the hotel/casino complexes looking at things and people.

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All that walking and excitement from the day wore us out, so it was time for bed.

Until next time...
Erik

Day Four: BFE, AZ to Hallowe’en Vegas

Wednesday morning we woke up early and left BFE and continued on to Vegas via Arizona and Utah. Repeatedly.

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Ignore that bit in the map from Vegas on to Phoenix. I failed to take a picture of the route at the end of the day. I’m a slacker.

After driving through some scenic country…

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…we finally arrived in Vegas. On Hallowe’en. Vegas. Hallowe’en. Let me tell you how many more freaky people there were than normal. Too many to count.

But we did the touristy things, which meant walk around, gamble, drink. Stare at people.

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All of which resulted in a massive headache and hangover for me.

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Until next time...
Erik