Las Vegas and Grand Canyon Trip

Family trip to the Southwest with stops in Las Vegas, Hoover Dam, the Grand Canyon, and Las Vegas again. Serious contrasts between these locales.
img_1574 Loaded up and waiting for the light rail to get to the airport.
Loaded up and waiting for the light rail to get to the airport.
img_1575 Looks like everybody is in some sort of shock in the hotel lobby.
Looks like everybody is in some sort of shock in the hotel lobby.
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img_1579 Taking the family on a tour of the casino area. Didn't take us long to figure out that this was most definitely not our family's scene.
Taking the family on a tour of the casino area. Didn't take us long to figure out that this was most definitely not our family's scene.
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img_1586 Place your bets. Horse racetracks from all over the country.
Place your bets. Horse racetracks from all over the country.
img_1588 Slot machine overload.
Slot machine overload.
img_1590 Looking over the Las Vegas strip.
Looking over the Las Vegas strip.
img_1594 Make your own frozen yogurt is a hit.
Make your own frozen yogurt is a hit.
img_1596 Haha, Martin is so funny. Still in Nevada with Arizona in the background and the Hoover Dam in between.
Haha, Martin is so funny. Still in Nevada with Arizona in the background and the Hoover Dam in between.
img_1597 Aigh!
Aigh!
img_1598 Looking out over the Hoover Dam's huge turbine room.
Looking out over the Hoover Dam's huge turbine room.
img_1599 A turbine out for maintanence. Look at those huge magnets.
A turbine out for maintanence. Look at those huge magnets.
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img_1614 Our first peek into the Grand Canyon.
Our first peek into the Grand Canyon.
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