The Las Vegas Strip is a sensory overload.

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Pam and the kids walk along the Strip in Las Vegas.

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John pauses for a photo with a character from "Frozen".

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Las Vegas

View from our hotel room, of the Hilton and (reflected) another hotel, with airport and mountains beyond.

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It's hot in Las Vegas! look at the forecast.

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Mara and John at the Hoover Dam.

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Bridge from Hoover Dam

The Mike O'Callaghan - Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge, bypassing Hoover Dam, opened less than four years ago.

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Andy and Mara check out the Turbines at the Hoover Dam.

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Memorial at Hoover dam

Memorial at Hoover dam - recognizing the death of 112 workers during its construction in the 1930s.

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Lunch at Hoover dam

Lunch overlooking Hoover Dam

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Cliff Dweller's Lodge

Cliff Dweller's Lodge, near the Lee's Ferry entrance to Grand Canyon.

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Sunrise on funky rocks

Sunrise illuminates some funky rocks beside the road, near Cliff Dweller's Lodge.

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Funky rocks

Funky rocks beside the road, near Cliff Dweller's Lodge. The old stone home now serves as a roadside stall for Native American craft vendors.

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Dry wash at sunrise

A dry and salty wash near Cliff Dweller's Lodge.

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Salt remains in dry wash

Salt crystals line the wash near Cliff Dweller's Lodge.

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Salty dry wash

A dry and salty wash near Cliff Dweller's Lodge.

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Old stone house

Relic of a home in a dry wash near Cliff Dweller's Lodge.

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