Thursday, June 14, 2018

Day 9 - Las Vegas

We had an eight hour to Las Vegas from San Francisco.  Another long day; and yet, traveling and seeing the different geoscapes of our nation was part of the plan.  We stopped in San Jose to visit the Apple Visitor's Center.  It was a very nice place full of lots of toys and to explore their home base. 



Tons of wind turbines in the dessert. 



After that we arrived to Las Vegas, got lost trying to find New York New York (my GPS steered us wrong in the worse traffic congestion), and once settled in, went down to gamble.  Of course, I lost $20 in minutes.  Heber did much better and at least lasted much longer on $20.



I've only been here once before in my lifetime.  I'm not a person who necessarily likes to gamble, but it's interesting to be here, eat the great food, and just explore the town.  I'm more excited about visiting Hoover Dam tomorrow.  That fascinates me.




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