sin city

What a place - Las Vegas! Everything that is forbidden elsewhere in very much allowed here. Drinking alcohol in the streets (no paper bags to hide beer bottles), riding your motorbike without helmet, gambling and probably much more that we're not even aware of
We had to do some gambling, just for the record. It's not our thing. Surprisingly we lost all the $3 we invested. Aviv is dissapointed for not being allowed near the slot machines.

We've stayed in a nice hotel, in a room that is 4 times bigger than the rv and enjoyed the TV, took many many showers and rested.
In between we strolled along the strip, the main casino and hotels street that winds along Venice, Paris, Sahara and more


Some celebrities insisted on taking a picture with us. What a nuisance...

The mornings are fairly quiet and calm. It's the night when the city comes to life and the casinos are filled with minimally well dressed ladies. They attract so much attention, we hardly noticed any men.
Last picture sent with love to the Kingma family:

Arizona to Nevada

Traveling from Arizona to Nevada we crossed the Colorado river (and changed our time for the last time in out trip). We did our first cross in Lake Mohave and then we crossed back and forth through the Hoover Dam, at Lake Mead (we couldn't find a parking spot in Nevada so we parked in Arizona).

Both Lakes are actually part of the Lake Mead National Recreational Area - what made it an opportunity for the kids to earn another Junior Ranger Badge (their 18th!!!!)

Davis Dam is a relatively small dam, holding the 67 miles long Lake Mohave - south to Lake Mead. Blue clear water scattered with ducks and giant fish and dramatic desert mountains surrounding it.
The next site was the Hoover Dam. As a strategic site - the road on the dam is closed for trucks and buses (since 9/11) and we were not sure if we will be able to go on it with our RV, but after a short questioning and search in and out the RV - we could go.
by 2010 there will be a new bridge to take the traffic crossing between Arizona and Nevada in parallel to the dam instead of on top.
This is how it looks from the top of the dam
We learned that Lake Mead's low water level is a source of concern for the locals. Maybe another global warming effect? In the picture below, the white strip shows the level of water in the past.
And today - we packed a suitcase for 2 nights and left home for the first time in 6 months!! We parked it in the hotel parking lot and took a hotel room in Circus Circus Hotel, Las Vegas. Actually we preferred staying home but it turns out that in Vegas a hotel room is cheaper than a campground!! who said depression is bad???