As some of you may already know, The National Park Service (NPS) recently announced that on June 1, most seven-day vehicle passes to enter national parks will be increased by five dollars. Most other fees [more…]
For those of you who know me or have been on a tour with me, you know how obsessed I get with Las Vegas history and the fun of learning something new and interesting. Like the [more…]
Last night, my wife Debbie and I decided to play tourist and do the Sundance Helicopters Citylights tour. A great way to see the city and all its lights without all the traffic and crowds! [more…]
New construction coming! As we like to say, Las Vegas is always reinventing itself. As Caesars comes out of their bankruptcy with money and land to spare, they decided to take that large parking lot [more…]
The team that nobody said could do it, and they said it couldn’t do a lot! Did and still does. And on occasion, this fairytale team in the desert city not known for winning franchises falters. [more…]
NASCAR rolled into Las Vegas earlier this year because of the expanded schedule. Thursday night was reserved for the somewhat annual Hauler Parade down the Las Vegas Strip. Right after sunset, the NASCAR fans who [more…]
Recently I was cleaning up some old files and came across a video from a few years ago when I was on tour with a group that did the helicopter/boat adventure at the Grand Canyon [more…]
The Hualapai Indians, owners of the Grand Canyon West, home of the Skywalk, recently added a zip line to their attraction and invited some tour guides and operators out to try it out. I had never [more…]
You haven’t seen Matt Goss Yet? Really? Why Not? Well, actually the question came from my darling wife Debbie; “Why haven’t we seen him before tonight?” To be honest, I didn’t have a really good answer. I think it [more…]
Fontainebleau, that big blue hulking structure at the north end of the Las Vegas Strip, the Big Blue Silo, the one remaining symbol to the era of Vegas’ unbridled growth and greed, gets a new name and [more…]
For those of you coming to Las Vegas from Arizona, using the Highway 93 into Boulder City, we have an Interstate-11 Boulder City bypass update for you! Last August they opened up the southbound lanes [more…]
One of the truisms of Las Vegas is that we know how to separate you from your money better than any other city in the world. We’ve been doing it for over 100 years. Also, [more…]
When I first moved to Las Vegas in 2001, there were more construction cranes in the Las Vegas skyline than anywhere else int he western hemisphere. Seriously! Many other cities were complaining that they could [more…]
Las Vegas built its brand on fantasy, fun. People come here to escape from reality and enter a fantasy world. People do things here and they wear things here they would never dare to do [more…]
It may come to a surprise for some, but we do get rain in Las Vegas!! On a normal year, it will be between 4 to 5 inches and most of it will fall during one [more…]
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