Lake Mead
(the bathtub is draining)
We enjoyed some real weather this time in Las Vegas, the type they don't get very often. Of course I was hoping for dry 70 degree days, but I've never been here when it was quite like this. Instead of shimmering white hot flat landscape, dramatic clouds and passing showers lit up the snow-covered mountains and desert.
Yesterday was a great day to drive out to Hoover Dam to gawk at the amazing highway overpass. We actually walked across the highway span but I was too busy clutching the handrail to take pictures. I'm sure John got some nice shots though, and I'll post those when we get home. The day was a wonderful contrast to our intense "Strip experience" the day before.
On the way back to town, we stopped at the Clark County Heritage Museum in Henderson. It is a real gem of a museum and we practically had it to ourselves. Well, who comes to Vegas to visit a museum?
Candlelight Wedding Chapel
Along with the inside exhibits, over the years historic Las Vegas houses and other structures have been carefully moved to the museums grounds. All the houses through the decades are furnished with period antiques. Visitors can stroll though the buildings and being walking antiques ourselves, we felt right at home from the 1950's on.
The Candlelight Wedding Chapel shown here with dummy brides and grooms was once in the middle of the Las Vegas Strip. In 1987 on a Saturday Valentines Day, a record 425 weddings were held here in a single 24 hour period-- once wedding completed every 3.5 minutes. Next?
Back to Seattle and stuffy old Northwest reality today. Many thanks to dear Marji for her amazing hospitality and hosting our winter get-away.
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