Bright Lights

Much can change in 10 years and much can remain the same. Take the Vegas Strip. It has changed and yet it has remained the same. The What Happens in Vegas Stays in Vegas slogan suggests people can do anything they want and "no one will tell." You know that's not true, reference Southaven's Greg Davis. Anyone with a cell phone and a Facebook account negates privacy. Las Vegas is still big and bright,and over-the-top wheeling and dealing. Huge hotels, sky-high LED signage, and plenty of patrons.

We enjoyed a lovely hotel room and a great Italian dinner at a little bistro near St. Rose Parkway. We split my all time favorite Italian dessert: tiramisu.  Oh, yum!

Hoover Dam was an easy drive on Saturday moring from Henderson, NV(The roads have vastly improved since Tom, Lois, Rich and I took the Dam tour.), We arrived in no time at all. Because we have a covered truck bed, we had to go through an extra inspection for security. They found our Sequoia cones! (no problem)

We took the Power Plant Tour with Joe, our guide doing a super job! The dam is an amazing engineering feat, so you can well imagine that Marvin loved it and took many pictures and listened intently while on the tour.

The sun broke through and promised a great day. Our drive over the especially tall dam bridge took us onto 93 S to Kingman and Good Ole' I-40 East, heading for Williams, AZ, our overnight stop before the Grand Canyon.

Wouldn't you know, Williams, AZ is on Historic Route 66. This is another part of the trip that I've been anticipating, though I did not know Williams would also be a Route 66 experience. The city has taken the Historic Route and old buildings have become diners, western shops, steak houses, stores selling Native American pottery, and over-priced souvenir and gift shops.

Had a great evening and we look forward to a super tomorrow.