Another day we went sightseeing in the late afternoon, so that when it became dark, we could go watch the musical fountains at the Bellagio.

Kinda scary, huh?

Pieces of the World Trade Center

One of the days, we decided to go to the Atomic Testing Museum, it was very interesting reading about the atomic bombs they set off in the desert. What's amazing is that in some parts of the city, they could actually see the cloud. I don't know if I would feel that safe watching something like that going off...

In one part of the museum, they were showing how Las Vegas came to be and how organized crime fit into the picture with them owning a lot of the casinos. When Howard Hughes came to town, he bought out a lot of the casinos that were owned by the mob. An interesting fact was that Caesars Palace was completely financed by Jimmy Hoffa, the head of the Teamsters Union, from money he skimmed off of his employees pensions...

Boulder Beach campground is where the greenery is

Me, Donna and Bob at Boulder Beach Campground

Sunday, May 8th

Happy Mother's Day to all my girl friends! We are spending a quiet day at home, it is cloudy, windy and at least 10 degrees cooler than yesterday, which is just fine by us! We'll be celebrating the day by getting a pizza later.

We are still in Las Vegas, seeing the sights all around. Last week, we went to visit Bob & Donna at their campground at Boulder Beach at Lake Mead. I remember being at this very beach back in the late 60's/early 70's and the water was much closer to the campground, then. They are saying the lake is supposed to rise about 12 feet after all the snow melts from up north, but, even then, it's a drop in the bucket compared to how low it's gotten.