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We expected Vegas to be dry. How dry? Dryer than dry. Uber-dry.
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A Joshua Tree in bloom - an extra healthy speciman
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Closeup of the blooms
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At certain altitudes, these plants are plentiful
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Primm, NV - We didn't ride, but we watched....
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In front of the MGM Grand
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The monorail was still decorated from a wireless convention
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At Ethyl M's Chocolates, they do a caramel apple right!
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In the Ethel M Chocolates Cactus Garden . . .
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White spots on sidewalk mean bird above - step aside, then look up.
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A cactus skeleton
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Some cacti are beautiful dead or alive
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A Prickly Pear in bloom
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The Nevada part of a map in the coffee shop at New York New York
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The Excalibur Hotel at night is so colorful
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A fake waterfall outside the Venetian Hotel - the water is real, though.
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40% of these people are alive
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Red Rock Canyon is about 15 miles outside Las Vegas
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Judy searching for a good picture of red rocks
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There was a fire here some time ago, apparently
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The canyon is one of the relics from an ancient inland sea
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The sandstone settled and was then shaped by the water
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It's a popular place for rock climbing
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We thought this was pretty awesome until we got to Utah
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The scenery is pretty amazing
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Hard rocks stay, soft rocks wash away
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The textures are quite beautiful
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There's a climber just starting her ascent
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Lots of people practice climbing skills here
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A 15 mile loop road ambles through the canyon
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Not all the rocks are red . . .
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Segue to FAO Schwartz in Caesar's Palace Forum Shops
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The custom-painted Lamborghini is awesome - in an art gallery!
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Spiral escalators . . . .
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You'd think they'd sell ice cream . . . but nooooo - it's a clothing store!
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Even if it's all fake, it's still impressive
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And the scale is awesome as well
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Harp sighting!
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The Forum Shops had the first "sky" ceiling. Now everybody does.
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Inside the Liberace Museum - a piano wall hanging
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A rare harp piano - wouldn't stay in tune, so they didn't catch on - sad.
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Liberace collected pianos of all kinds and sizes
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Also cars. Some rhinestone-covered.
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And the costumes!
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This one weighs well over 200 pounds.
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This is the last costume worn by Liberace before his death
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If you play the wall, it's the Beer Barrel Polka . . . .
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Rental car confusions abound. Ours is the back one. We think.
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The entrance to Outdoor Resorts - truly a luxury RV resort
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Who would pick this for a vanity plate? Somebody clueless, maybe?
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On Fremont Street, where steak and lobster is still $10.99.
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This guy plays live sax at the Fremont Street Experience
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And also in the huge overhead video show
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It's billed as the world's largest video screen - 4 blocks long
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It's true Vegas - hokey and impressive all at once
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From the top of the replica Eiffel Tower - much construction
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The Bellagio Hotel from above
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That's Caesar's Palace. Not so impressive from this angle
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Vegas is one perpetual construction project
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540 feet up, 28mph winds, bad hair day."
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Planet Hollywood is the reincarnation of the Alladin Hotel
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An unusual view of the fountains at the Bellagio Hotel
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More sky ceiling in the Paris casino
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Sink in ladies' restroom, Paris casino. Impressed Judy.
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The replica Eiffel tower is half the size of the original
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A marvelous mobile inside the Bellagio Hotel
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Wonder how many guests ever see the Bellagio lobby ceiling . .
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It's all blown glass by Dale Chihuly - a symphony in the air
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Don't know how many individual pieces there are
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But it's absolutely fascinating
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A genuine 1920s Ferris Wheel inside the Bellagio Conservatory
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The theme was a trip on Route 66
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Live roses. Must be a resident florist.
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We bet live sunflowers have to be changed a lot
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That's an impressive sight
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The fountains of the Bellagio from water level
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The show was quite impressive
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The observation deck on the Eiffel tower
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Lit for night, the Paris Hotel is impressive
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Outside an art gallery in the Paris hotel
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Delivering our home to the transmission shop
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Inside Sam's Town hotel, an animatronic beaver
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An animatronic woodpecker
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An animatronic bear
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Sam's Town is not a high-end hotel, which is why we stayed there
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Nice fountain by Sam's Town front desk
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That's what broke in our transmission.
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Everything that used to be inside our RV transmission housing.