Author Topic: Vegas vacation (Read 2912 times)

Jack · « **on:** November 21, 2021, 06:39:53 PM »

For our 25th anniversary we decided to go to Vegas. I have been there at least 20 times on business but I never took the time to do anything other than work. My wife never been there so it was a good choice. To my disappointment the Hoover dam was closed (no dam tours) but still we (I) wanted to see it.

Jack · « **Reply #1 on:** November 21, 2021, 06:57:21 PM »

Valley of Fire was beautiful.

Jack · « **Reply #2 on:** November 21, 2021, 07:01:12 PM »

And I had to stop at this place...

79GoldnTan · « **Reply #3 on:** November 21, 2021, 07:15:47 PM »

Looks like a great time! Beutifull country!,

5th T/A · « **Reply #4 on:** November 21, 2021, 08:53:21 PM »

I am not a gambler but enjoy the shows and food in Vegas. I think the Hoover Dam tour was shut down for a while after 911.We were fortunate to go before. When you are down at the bottom, standing over the tubes where the water is flowing towards the turbines and feeling the vibration it’s hard not to be impressed. It quite an engineering achievement even by today’s standards.

Beautiful pictures, thanks for posting!

« **Reply #4 on:** November 21, 2021, 08:53:21 PM »

roadking77 · « **Reply #5 on:** November 22, 2021, 07:57:45 AM »

Sounds like a fun time Jack. I have been there twice, wouldnt mind going back. One time was solo riding my motorcycle the other with my wife. I did the dam tour and it was quite interesting. When I was there they were still building the bypass bridge. I have pics somewhere of the arches started on each side.

roadking77 · « **Reply #6 on:** November 22, 2021, 07:58:15 AM »

I forgot to add, did you catch up with Cousin Eddie when you were in the area?

72projectbird · « **Reply #7 on:** November 22, 2021, 09:54:53 AM »

My brother went out there this past summer, and he loved it. He went to the new Raiders stadium, and darn that thing is impressive! He got me a Raiders shirt directly from the source, but it feels funny wearing it in Patriots land.

Looks like you had fun! Congratulations on 25 years!

Mac · « **Reply #8 on:** November 22, 2021, 11:25:39 AM »

Congratulations Jack...enjoy....

ryeguy2006a · « **Reply #9 on:** November 22, 2021, 11:27:13 AM »

Glad you didn't pawn your T/A! Looks like a really fun trip, thanks for sharing.

Jack · « **Reply #10 on:** November 22, 2021, 12:15:02 PM »

Thank you all, it was a fun trip especially since we haven't done anything for few years.

Jack · « **Reply #11 on:** November 22, 2021, 12:20:22 PM »

More pictures of another place we visited.

Jack · « **Reply #12 on:** November 22, 2021, 12:42:21 PM »

And we went to an old abandoned gold/silver mine.
The last picture is a true story and apparently what happens to miners that use the wrong stick

Jack · « **Reply #13 on:** November 22, 2021, 03:40:03 PM »

Quote from: roadking77 on November 22, 2021, 07:58:15 AM

I forgot to add, did you catch up with Cousin Eddie when you were in the area?

My wife was ready to divorce me after I told her the Dam "dam" joke about 5 times.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6oxhLz9l5s

kentucky yeti · « **Reply #14 on:** November 22, 2021, 07:00:53 PM »

Happy Anniversary! I love Hoover Dam. Vegas was … ok. Dinner at the stratosphere was my favorite part of downtown Vegas lol

« **Reply #14 on:** November 22, 2021, 07:00:53 PM »

Jack · « **Reply #15 on:** November 22, 2021, 07:23:34 PM »

The mine was in the middle of nowhere but the owner was a hoarder but had some cool junk. This plane was from a movie that 7 scenes where shot there, they blew up the plane but left it there.

TATurbo · « **Reply #16 on:** November 22, 2021, 11:22:49 PM »

Congrats on 25 Years!
Thanks for sharing the Vega pics. My wife and I went there for my 30th Bday, then again for 50th (just this past summer).
We had a great time both times. I'm not a big gambler, but we do like playing some games in the Casino when we are in AC or Las Vegas. There's so much to see and do there you don't need to spend much time gaming. In fact, this last trip to Vegas we ended up about a hundred bucks at the end of 5 days there.

Did you go to the Neon Museum? If you like history a little, and/or you like the look of neon signs the Neon Museum is a great way to spend an evening in Las Vegas.

Congratulations again to your and your wife.

Jack · « **Reply #17 on:** November 23, 2021, 06:51:30 AM »

Thanks Tom.

BTW - this is the plane and location that the plane was blown up.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NTuSFRFsaWM

hakitup · « **Reply #18 on:** November 23, 2021, 09:52:09 AM »

Very cool trip, happy anniversary

Tom H

gm muscle · « **Reply #19 on:** November 23, 2021, 11:44:12 AM »

Congratulations on the anniversary! Thanks for sharing those pics with us. I've been to Vegas about 4 times and back in 2007 or '08, we went to Hoover darn. They were working on rerouting the highway so that traffic did not go through Hoover Dam. This was in June and the temperature was 117*! You could feel the heat radiate from the darn. My lips felt huge...like two sizzling sausages!

Jack · « **Reply #20 on:** November 23, 2021, 07:06:25 PM »

The mine owner was a hoarder but he had junk but somewhat interesting collection of cars... enjoy.

Jack · « **Reply #21 on:** November 23, 2021, 07:18:36 PM »

More pics

Jack · « **Reply #22 on:** November 23, 2021, 07:20:41 PM »

Final pics.

5th T/A · « **Reply #23 on:** November 23, 2021, 07:48:54 PM »

I like to use the word collector over hoarder.

Looks like you had a great time. Congratulations on 25 years!

76455sd · « **Reply #24 on:** November 24, 2021, 10:46:54 PM »

Congrats to you and your wife on the 25th.

We took a family trip to Vegas when my youngest son turned 21. We took the bus tour to the dam. My wife and kids were into the gaming but we bought tickets to several shows. The Linq hotel actually had a car museum in it. A quick searched found it closed a few years ago.
https://vitalvegas.com/auto-collections-linq-close/

We also went to the atomic test museum. I thought it was pretty cool. https://nationalatomictestingmuseum.org/visit/

Fremont Street was pretty cool too. I believe it was the “old strip”.

« **Reply #24 on:** November 24, 2021, 10:46:54 PM »

kentucky yeti · « **Reply #25 on:** November 25, 2021, 06:26:08 AM »

We stayed at the Ling (Imperial Palace back when we stayed) and coyld use our room key to access the auto museum on the 4th/5th floor. They all had prices on them, in case someone hit it big and wanted a cool ride, I suppose. That was the best part about the hotel, that and the fact that we could get on the Vegas Monorail right at our hotel. It was one of the stops back then, not sure if it still is.

Mac · « **Reply #26 on:** November 29, 2021, 01:43:06 PM »

very cool Jack...

Jack · « **Reply #27 on:** December 18, 2021, 09:11:07 AM »

Started traveling for work again and saw this at one of the sites.

roadking77 · « **Reply #28 on:** December 18, 2021, 10:36:19 AM »

Hill country Texas?

Jack · « **Reply #29 on:** December 18, 2021, 12:18:16 PM »

Correct, nice place especially during the winter.
This was the third state I visited within the last two weeks. I had forgotten how much I hate traveling for work on my own.

roadking77 · « **Reply #30 on:** December 18, 2021, 07:28:09 PM »

I spent a few days motorcycling in that part of the country. Beautiful riding. Also stopped at a few road side bbq's that were pretty good. Only place (with the exception of a farm in chester co pa) that I have seen long horn cattle. I was surprised to see road side stands selling the horns. I wanted to get a set and mount on the hood of my truck but they wouldnt fit on the bike

rkellerjr · « **Reply #31 on:** December 19, 2021, 07:05:14 AM »

Dude, don't know how I missed this thread, Happy late Anniversary. Looks like a fantastic trip.

Jack · « **Reply #32 on:** December 19, 2021, 08:02:27 AM »

Thanks Rich.
Kerry - you should have, nothing says roadking like having longhorns on a bike

I've been to other parts of TX and often think to myself why am I still living up north... but I know why and don't think I can move anytime soon.

roadking77 · « **Reply #33 on:** December 19, 2021, 09:27:04 AM »

Chewey · « **Reply #34 on:** December 23, 2021, 03:47:39 PM »

I love going to Vegas but I'm not a gambler. There's plenty of other things to do there. That's too bad the museum at the Imperial Palace...or Linq closed, I loved going to look at the Duesenbergs there.

No trip to Vegas is complete for a car guy without going thru the Shelby factory and museum just south of the strip. I was there a couple months ago and they had a couple cars from Ford vs Ferrari (Aston Martin & GT40) on display, not to mention a bunch of Mustangs and Cobras.

That's awesome you got to get an anniversary get away, congrats on 25 years!

« **Reply #34 on:** December 23, 2021, 03:47:39 PM »

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