Vegas, Baby!

In typical McKay fashion, we left two hours late. The car was finally packed and we headed out of San Diego and on to the blistering heat of Las Vegas. 

Our first stop was the Hoover Dam. We arrived too late to go on a tour of the power plant, but we wandered through Visitor Center, went on the observation deck, and walked across the dam. It is an impressive structure. Made of 2.6 million cubic meters of cement blocks, the Hoover dam is 221.3 meters (726.4 feet) tall and 201.2 meters (600 feet) wide at the base.

We were not only impressed with the size of the dam, but also by the fact that men built this thing in the crazy heat! And ahead of schedule and under budget to boot!

After about an hour or so, we drove to our hotel in Las Vegas. As we drove past a bank, the marquee declared the temperature to be 119 degrees at 7:00 p.m. We are spending the night at South Point. My husband, Matt comes here every year to see his favorite singer, Crystal Gayle. Our room is nice, but in typical Vegas fashion, we had to walk through the casino to check in, to get back to our car, to go get dinner, or pretty much anytime we wanted to go anywhere. Hmmm...I wonder why they do that...?

Dinner was late, but delicious at Steak and Shake. As the City of Lights carries on through the night, we are drifting away into sweet slumber looking forward to a day at Zion National Park. Good night!