Las Vegas, Nevada

At the end of April when the spring semester is finished, we like to take a trip to somewhere.  We prefer to go around and explore things rather than to lounge around at the beach.  Last year, we (well, more likely I) decided to go to Las Vegas, a.k.a. Sin City, which is the Entertainment Capital of the World.  Mind you that we are not gamblers at all (we don't even buy lottery tickets).  So why Vegas?  Unlike the common understanding of the city, it offers so much more than just gambling.  There are so many other tourist attractions around the city that you won't have time to gamble.  Even though we took many day trips to various places while we were there, but there was so much more to do that we literally ran out of time to do everything we planned.  Some of the activities we did included visiting the "Gold and Silver Pawn Shop" where the TV series "Pawn Stars" is based, riding in a gondola and watching the "Blue Man Group" at the Venetian hotel (by the way, that was an amazing show), watching the Cirque du Soleil "Ka" at the MGM, exploring "Red Rock Canyon,"  "Valley of Fire," and "Death Valley" where I took over 1,000 photos of red rocks, visiting the Hoover Dam and seeing the new bridge under construction, conducting some geocaching, spending some time looking at the architecture of the beautiful Casinos, just to name a few.  We had a fantastic time.  I would like to share a few shots from Red Rock Canyon and Valley of Fire.

Red Rock Canyon

  




Is this the same rock?

  





How about this one?

   




Did you say "red rock"?

  





Valley of Fire