Yesterday, we reluctantly returned to Las Vegas from Death Valley. It’s time to go home,  but not without one more quick stop. We were looking forward to seeing Red Rock Canyon and it did not disappoint us. The scenery was incredible, so I want to share some of our pictures, even though they really don’t…

“Today is payday at the mines and if you want to stay around, you will undoubtedly hear the bawdy music that pierces the silences of the night air, the hard laughter of the girls, and the rowdy voices of the miners.” —Kate Graves, Rhyolite resident   I wonder if Kate haunts her old stomping grounds…

Georges Claude would be a proud man if he could see the Boneyard. Never in his wildest dreams could he have imagined that his invention of the neon light circa 1910 would make possible the impossibly magnificent neon marquees and signs that set Las Vegas apart from any other city in the world. It’s a…