DAM...That Things Big!

Yep, you guessed it. We went and saw the Hoover Dam. What an engineering masterpiece. How do you even begin something like that, especially in the 1930's. The pictures can not show the enormity of the dam...it's dam big! We drove through there on our way to Flagstaff, AZ where I am sitting right now.

Vegas was a good time. I did a lot of relaxing, watching golf, and gambling during the evening hours. Friday night we had dinner and more gambling. The tables were much cooler, I didn't do so hot. I stayed up pretty late, so of course I had to sleep in on Saturday. I slept in and watched golf most of the day. That night we took a bus to the strip and ended up at Harrah's. I ended up on a Caribbean Stud table for many hours. I left there with change in my pocket and a dam good buzz from the Buds I through back while playing...yeah, it was a good night. It was a good night, until I saw the sun coming up...I hate that feeling. Sunday was another day of rest. I think that might be a reoccurring theme. We made a Wal Mart run, can't get away from those, and then we went to Sam's Town. You know, had to see if those 'off the strip' casinos were any looser. Uhhhh NO, no luck there either. Overall, I pretty much broke even on gambling. Two good nights, Thursday and Saturday and one really bad night, Friday. Yesterday, I broke even after I went back to Fitzgeralds and played roulette with the same dealer as Thursday. So, I would say it was a successful Vegas trip.

We got up this morning, not too early, and headed towards Flagstaff. The Hoover Dam was exactly on the way. The drive wasn't bad, I'm still amazed by how much the terrain changes out here. We went from desert and mountains with no vegatation, to mountains filled with big trees. The temperature today was 104 in vegas and even into Arizona. Here in Flagstaff, the high was 83 and it will get down into the 40's tonight. What a huge difference from Vegas. We are staying in a hostel, it's really pretty nice. We have a private room, so mom doesn't have to stay with 7 other hippie chicks. It's an old motel right off of route 66. The owners turned it into a hostel. It's got a pool table, foosball table, two kitchens, etc...it's nice. I saw a few foreigners names on the check in sheet, some from Switzerland and Australia. So far, all I've seen are some hippies. Apparently Flagstaff is a big hippie town. We walked around the donwtown area and it was very cool. Feels like a very small town with lots to do. Numerous restraunts and bars, artsy shops, outdoor stores, etc... I've only had a couple hours here, I'll give a full report on Flagstaff later. So far, I think I'm gonna like this place.

Until next time...

Dough

Ohhh, almost forgot. They were filming a movie at the Plaza while we were there. It's called Yonkers Joe. It is starring Chazz Palminteri, I can't think of what I know him from, I recognized him right away though. I looked at IMDB.com and I couldn't find what I would know him from. I don't know???