Another shot of Lake Mead.

When we left the dam and headed back to Vegas, I noticed the Lake Mead Recreation Area. I thought it may be a good place to gt off a couple of shots. The only entry fee to the area was, if I remember correctly, a weekly pass, kind of pricey for spending a few minutes taking pictures. After talking with the attendant, he let me go in to the parking area and spend a few minutes without having to pay. The weather was starting to clear up nicely as evidenced by the rainbow.

This was taken from one of the overlooks after crossing the dam. You are looking toward Lake Mead, the lake formed by the dam. There is a barrier to keep the sightseeing boat that you see from being pulled into the currents created when water is flowing.

The weather wasn't great while we were there, kind of cold and rainy. I was a little worried that the weather forecast wouldn't be good for the wedding since it was scheduled to be an outdoor affair. We were keeping our fingers crossed. It was now Thursday so we had one more day for it to clear up. You can't go to Vegas without seeing the Hoover Dam. We thought about a tour bus but decided that we didn't want to be locked in to their schedule so we took off on our own. It was not the best day for a visit but it did clear up enough for periods of time that we were able to walk out on the dam and get out at some of the outlooks. This first shot is looking down the face of the dam. There was a wall about 3 1/2 feet high and 2 feet wide separating the sidewalk from the steep fall. I could not believe that as windy and wet as it was, people were standing up on that wall getting their pictures taken. One slip and there was nothing but concrete and river to stop you.

We stayed at the Plaza, as did many of the folks there for the wedding. As you can see, it was right at the end of Freemont.

We finally got up Vegas on Wednesday. We were staying at the Plaza, which was in the older part of Vegas on Freemont Street. Once we settled into the hotel and picked up the tuxes, it was time to see the sights. When we started, it was still light out so the effect wasn't there but once the sun went down and people started moving around, it really was an interesting sight.

For some reason, I am fascinated by taking pictures of neon.

OK, back to the trip. After spending the evening meeting Whitney's parents over dinner, we went back to Parker to prepare for the trip to Vegas for the wedding. I really liked the view from the lookouts over Lake Havasu (see earlier posts of the lake) so I decided to get up early the next morning to get some sunrise pictures.

Although the lat few posts have all been from our trip, I am going to break from it briefly. These are shots of the last sunset of 2012 as sun disappears over Lake Monroe.