Leaving the Grand Canyon we travelled through more of Arizona towards Las Vegas. We stopped to see Hoover Dam, which is one of America's largest security risks because it is the main water supply for most of California, Nevada and Utah as well as some of the other states . Cars were stopped by security before entering the area and there were police hovering around everywhere. The dam wall is huge, and although the water levels in the lake were quite low, there was still a lot of water in there.
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Our trip to Vegas was short, but we had promised the girls that we would go to Circus Circus where they could see the circus and spend some time on the rides in the Adventuredome. We arrived late afternoon and went straight to see the circus acts. The acts only ran for about 10mins each, with shows every 45mins, with different performers each time. Of course to fill in your time in between there was an amusement area, much like sideshow alley at the show. We played a few times and the girls both won some stuffed toys so they were thrilled!
After dinner we drove up and down "The Strip" a couple of times to see the lights, the crowds and all the different casinos. Wow, the casinos certainly are the winners here. Lavish is an understatement for some of these places. Everything from the Eiffel Tower and Arc de Triumph at 'Paris' to the Statue of Liberty, the Empire State and Chrysler buildings at 'New York', a massive castle called 'Excalibur' as well as the well known ones like MGM Grand, The Venetian complete with canals and bridges to the very plush Bellagio and the enormous Caesar's Palace, with its own Colosseum of course. There was even a pirate ship at Treasure Island.
The girls were up early ready for the Adventuredome. There was all sorts of rides including a rollercoaster and a 4D Sponge Bob movie that the girls loved. After a couple of hours we eventually dragged them away!
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