Tonight finds us about 15 miles northwest of Cedar City, UT. We left Las Vegas this morning and it was already 100 degrees. We had a great time in Las Vegas, just next time, we'll go when it's not so hot. We got great, cheap tickets to the Blue Man Group who we saw last night. They were great! We had a last big fling with the Rayners on Tuesday. We had a 2 for 1 dinner buffet at Orleans Casino, plus paid $3 each to see a movie there because it was senior day. What a deal!
While there, we decided to go see Hoover Dam, since it's been years since we took the tour. My, how things have changed and not for the better, pricewise. The simple tour through the dam is now $11, for the power plant tour, which is not bad. But, there is a more complete tour that costs $30 each! (Ron says it's the power plant tour plus a couple of extra stops). Plus, we had to pay $8 each just to get into the Visitor's Center, what a ripoff! As if that wasn't enough, we had to pay $7 just to park in the multi level garage. Good grief, things were definitely better prior to 9/11.
When we left today, we drove the Lakeshore Dr north so we could drive through the Valley of Fire State Park. It was a beautiful, scenic drive past the lake, and red rocks here and there. It cost us $6 to drive through the state park and we didn't even stop anywhere because it was so hot. But, we know where to go next time we drive through, when it's much cooler.
So, the pictures you are going to see are from Las Vegas, Hoover Dam and todays drive. For those of you who may not know, they are building a new bridge over the canyon that is going to take all the traffic away from driving over the dam. You will see what it's going to look like in the pictures...
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