Day 6 - Monday

We left Phoenix this morning to head over to Las Vegas. The drive was fairly dull and about five hours. About an hour outside of Phoenix, we saw what we're assuming where Joshua trees in the Joshua Forest. They were a very unique looking tree, and for a few miles down the highway, they were very dense. I don't recall running across the anywhere else on the trip.



Once we got up to the Hoover Dam, things got a little more interesting. There were several signs indicating that semis, rental trucks, and the like are not permitted over the dam, I assume for terrorist reasons. They stopped every single vehicle a couple of miles from the dam and peered through the windows to look for anything suspicious. It looked as if they had a special spot for detailed inspections of anything that they didn't like.

The dam itself was interesting, but we didn't spend a lot of time there. We took some photos, and visited the gift shop. It was just too hot, and we were so close to our destination to bother too much with it.




Once in Vegas, we got checked into the Circus-Circus, and then walked down the strip a little ways to a mall. We had supper and I finally got to the slots about an hour ago. I put in $21 into the slots and wound up cashing out $63. I came back up stairs with that (I'm sure I'll lose it back tomorrow). Crys went down, and she just came back up $20 broker that when she started...



Tomorrow we'll play some more games, and Acacia is looking forward to the indoor amusement park. Then, we'll head on towards the Grand Canyon.