Ah, after four days in Las Vegas I am back to blessed cool air and the San Francisco Bay Area. Actually, it cooled off a bit on Monday. It was only 115° on Monday, down from 116° on Sunday. Ha...big deal.
I will never understand how anyone can live there. If this was an unsual heat wave it would be one thing but this is the normal temperature for July and August. As for the evenings, it may get down to 85 or 90° but that is not much relief. I was glad to have the opportunity to go and see Hoover Dam, which was number one on my list. We did a walk through of some of the hotels not visited a few years ago such as Caesars Palace and Mirage plus the new Wynn. The Wynn is huge and sumptious but I like Caesars Palace best of these three. On the other end of the spectrum is the shabby and tacky Circus-Circus. At least the arcade in the New York-New York Hotel seems to attract a better class of people and the casino does not stink as does the one at Circus-Circus. I am not sure how much much bigger that city can get. Each new hotel seems to try to out-do the previous but there is a very limited water supply and things are critical now.

So, if you go to Las Vegas, go any time except July and August.