#las-vegas

Game 1 gave fans an untrue representation of how this match-up was going to go

What a bust almost this entire card was

Many are calling this Alex's toughest match-up in his MMA career

I believe it is my own pessimism that made this happen! :)

Las Vegas Strip Five Years Ago WHAT HAPPENS IN VEGAS ENDS UP ON THE BLOCKCHAIN Ah, Las Vegas! The place where the sun never seems to set and the drinks flow freely. I visited Sin City back in 2018 and

This post could be subtitled Leaving Las Vegas. We spent a month there and I was amazed at the number of activities we found that didn't involve the usual things people go to Vegas for. The Clark County

Okay, okay, so we did go to a casino while we were in Las Vegas. The Bellagio. We took the monorail there, or as close as we could get. But we didn't gamble or see a show. As I've mentioned before, that's

Did you know that there's a train in downtown Las Vegas? It's not what you might think. It's a monorail. The Las Vegas Monorail is owned and maintained by the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority.

Another day, another hike. This time we stayed within city limits – Henderson city limits, that is. Whitney Mesa Nature Preserve is managed by the Henderson Department of Parks and Recreation. As noted

Perhaps the most popular tourist attraction in the vicinity of Las Vegas is the Hoover Dam1. While we didn't tour the dam itself this trip, Kim and I discovered a fascinating way to get there – the Historic

Las Vegas is not a city that lives in the past1, especially architecturally. When someone has a big idea with big financing and something less than shiny and new occupies a golden location, they have no

I noted in my post on the Springs Preserve that there is where the city began. If that's true, then why does the legend on the exterior wall of the Old Las Vegas Mormon Fort visitor center, as seen in

Every city has to start somewhere. Las Vegas started at the Springs Preserve. Wikipedia tells us, The Las Vegas Springs or Big Springs is the site of a natural oasis, known traditionally as a cienega.

In my last post I forecast my intention to revisit the Clark County Wetlands Park on my bicycle. Indeed I did. I was well rewarded for my effort by a friendly roadrunner. More on that later. You can easily

Something went wrong when I posted my last entry about the Clark County Wetlands. I'm writing this post, therefore, to redirect my readers to view that post via Ecency rather than at this site. I would

Wetlands in the desert? Who'd 'a thunk it? When we were looking for things to do in Las Vegas, aside from the usual fare I mentioned in my last post that we were trying to avoid, the Clark County Wetlands

What do you think of when you think of Las Vegas? Extravagant shows and casinos? Late, late night life? The sports book? Golfing and conventions? Yeah, I think of all that too. But we don't go in much

In 2016, my family and I took a road trip of the western United States. Here is a picture of Las Vegas, Nevada taken from our vehicle. I never really thought of Vegas as being just a place in the middle

View of Vegas from the 1:2 scale Eiffel Tower in the Paris in Las Vegas, Nevada