Hoover Dam and Las Vegas

The campground we are staying at in Laughlin, Nevada is on Majove Indian Reservation land and is one of the nicest we have been in. There are palm trees, shade trees and tiki huts scatered all through the area. This morning Gigi and I walk early and watched the sun rise over the mountains. It was cool, but still pleasant. This is run by the Majove Indian Tribe. There are 260 sites and not a bad one here. We went to the casino buffet last night and were seated by the window with a view of the Colorado River. The buffet was a lot better than the Golden Corral. The choices were almost unlimited. After dinner it was off to the casino and I played the penny machine. I lost a total of $8. Jay doesn't like to play the slots. This morning we headed for the Hoover Dam. It's approximately 90 miles from the campground so we took Gigi with us this time because I felt it was too far for me to be comfortable about her. There is a security check before you actually are allowed to drive onto the dam. It is a random check and of course, we got pulled over for checking. The Hoover Dam is an engineering marvel. I took a lot of pictures. On the way out of the area we called Roger and Jenny to see how they were doing and where they were. They were just coming into Albuquerque, NM. They went to the painted desert and the pertified forest. Unfortunately, on the way they had a flat time on the truck in the middle of nowhere and had to wait and hour and a half for AAA to arrive. Other than that, they're fine.

We headed for Las Vegas after leaving the dam. It is only 25 miles away. I took lots of pictures and wanted to take more, but my camera disc was full. I took it to a CVS to upload the pictures, but the machines they have will not read my card. It's off to the buffet tonight and more gambling for me. We have another day here and then it's on the road again.