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This post could be subtitled Leaving Las Vegas. We spent a month there and I was amazed at the number of activities we found that didn't involve the usual things people go to Vegas for. The Clark County Museum was the last of our ad...

AIRSTREAM

Okay, okay, so we did go to a casino while we were in Las Vegas. The Bellagio. We took the monorail there, or as close as we could get. But we didn't gamble or see a show. As I've...

TRAINS

Did you know that there's a train in downtown Las Vegas? It's not what you might think. It's a monorail. The Las Vegas Monorail is owned and maintained by the La...

AIRSTREAM

Another day, another hike. This time we stayed within city limits – Henderson city limits, that is. Whitney Mesa Nature Preserve...

AIRSTREAMTRAINS

Perhaps the most popular tourist attraction in the vicinity of Las Vegas is the Hoover Dam1. While we didn't tour the dam itself this trip, Kim and I discovered a fascinating way to get there – the ...

AIRSTREAM

Las Vegas is not a city that lives in the past1, especially architecturally. When someone has a big idea with big financing and something less than shiny and new occupies a golden location, they have no qualms about knocking down ...

AIRSTREAM

I noted in my post on the Springs Preserve that there is where the city began. If that's true, then why does the legend on the exterior wall of the Old Las Vegas Mormon Fort visito...

AIRSTREAM

Every city has to start somewhere. Las Vegas started at the Springs Preserve. Wikipedia tells us, The Las Vegas Springs or Big Springs...

AIRSTREAM

In my last post I forecast my intention to revisit the Clark County Wetlands Park on my bicycle. Indeed I did. I was well rewarded for my effort by a friendly roadrunner. More on t...

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Something went wrong when I posted my last entry about the Clark County Wetlands. I'm writing this post, therefore, to redirect my readers to view that post via Ecency rather than at this site. ...

RECORDS

What do you think of when you think of Las Vegas? Extravagant shows and casinos? Late, late night life? The sports book? Golfing and conventions? Yeah, I think of all that too. But we don't go in much for any of that. So what did we do durin...

AIRSTREAM

If you find the name Earp familiar, you are likely thinking of Wyatt Earp, the Old West lawman of Gunfight at the O.K....