Hoover Dam and Leaving Las Vegas

Here we are just got to Hoover Dam

Rod checking out the scenery

Nice lady took our picture for us

My firts panoramic ...boy is it easy on my new camera

Rod checking out things :)

Security Checkpoint ...Nice policeman said "Sure darling my pleasure to have your picture taken with me"

Down inside the dam...

Turbines making power

tunnels

What a site from a viewing area

This as from a louvered vent in the dam...neat!!!

Icecream

Huge Icecream...

Little plant growing in tghe rock

This is dedicated to the men who died building the dam

From the new bridge  accross the Colorado River

This is the Paddlewheeler we were on....

Hello all...well here we sit at McCarran Airport ...not much to offer us guess it will be Burger King fgor supper...our flight leaves at 5:50...We really had a good time today...checked out early before 8am then went for coffee and a scone for breakfast and then decided to drive to Boulder City as we had plenty of time. Well on the way there we saw the sing for the Hoover Dam and changed our route Ha! Glad we did we did the tour and took lots of pictures with my New Camera ...(bought it yesterday) really is an amazing stucture. Also go a nice picture of the paddle boat we had gone on last night....Took it from the top of the bridge we climed up to and walk halfway accross ....

Freemont Experiance

Candy wow!!

Roller Coaster

Rod after his ride on the roller coaster Ha!

Freemont Street

My favorite ever Native

Guy getting arrested Ha!

What a day we were on the go almost the whole time...at the end of the day we rode the monarail and a bus to Freemont Street ...had a great time

Grand Canyon by Helecopter

Ready to go

Up Up and away

First view of Lake Mead

and the Hoover Dam

Sunshining through the window beauty of a day

Lake Mead

Grand Canyon

More grand canyon

Landed on the top

View from the top

Rod contimplating the view

Little lizard by the rock

Odeil our pilot and hostess with the mostest

Me and Rod by the Copter

Beautiful plants growing in the almost rainless land

Rod and I with a view

Colorado River below

Looking down the Strip on the way back

Same

Bye Bye Odeil thanks for the ride

Would you believe just me and Rod in the big limo on the way back to the Bellagio

Oh! Boy what a day....we started off with a great breakfast at the Bellagio Cafe...most expensive breaky we have ever had...But boy was it tasty...We walked around the Bellagio for awhile then  headed over to catch our Limo to the airport....There were 6 of us in the Copter all really nice people ...our pilot was the cutest little lady name of Odeil pretty name full of fun and very capable that's for sure...she gave us a very good ride...we had a commentary and background music on our headphones....Once at the Grand Canyon she landed the helicopter on a high ridge over looking the Colorado River...What a view we saw humming birds and lizards ....We recomend this to anyone it was fantastic...nice box lunch and well chilled champange ...

Back to Las vegas ...bye bye Lake Havasu

The rolling highway back to vegas

 The room is really beautiful came back tonight and the maid had it all remade from the little mess we had made and left us chocolates

A Selfie in the mirror

From our window

Same from the window

The Botanical Garden

This was really beautiful we saw a few weddings going on

This picture is all living plants

Chocolate fountains

Yummies!!!

dr. Suess art gallery

Show girls on the strip

Eiffel tower

The Fountains at the Bellagio really was amazing

Lok how high they shot

Caesers Palace

Bloody long hallway

We had a late breakfast with Margret and Joe at the Legion and then did some shopping at the swap meet...Then drove back to Las Vegas...It's a big wow!! all of it could just stay in the bellagio walking around for three days its so big...The night life I have to admit is to much for us...