Las Vegas or bust(or to go bust)

Yes, yes another change of plan. Well we were informed that Vegas was cheap and good fun so it's always best to inspect for yourself, don't you agree.
We hit Las Vegas running at 8pm after an overnight from Fiji and immediately went for a small gawk which, lasted until 1am. J&K impressed by the spectacle and grandeur as you couldn't not be. We were beside Caesers Palace so after 12hrs sleep we nipped in for the buffet. Little did we realise that this would become an eating marathon and, a personal challenge to Jack's ability to down chocolate eclairs.
We roller coasted(and screamed) around hotels at 11pm, watched excellent circus acts free, stalked through hotels while one's jaw trailed along the rug in amazement at the scale and investment, watched the gondoliers in their boats inside The Venetian Hotel, strolled through San Marco Piattza, through the Arc De Truimpe, meandered down Parisian back streets, saw top London shows and watched in surprise at the gaming going on 24hrs a day. You could even have had a medieval dinner while watching real jousting within one of the hotels. The big surprise is that our hotel was £35 a night for four and food was inexpensive.
Our other reasons to visit were that we could and did, fly out to The Grand Canyon and visit the southern rim which is the larger end. It is so large that you can't take in the scale and you would have to have gone on a mule trip down to the bottom to appreciate the depth.(1 mile)
Jeni and I both reckoned we had seen more impressive sights in Australia.
The Hoover Dam was a good school day out as J&K had both seen it on The Seven Industrial Wonders of The World, TV series. Jack especially was looking forward to getting down inside the dam and viewing the guts of the wall. He's not around just now to pass on the facts and figures but, believe me it's impressive. We all agreed that we actually preferred the simple visit to the dam over the grand canyon.
We depart Vegas on the worst flight ever, 23.45 to Chicago, offload 3am, load on again 5am get to Indianapolis 6am. Drive to friends Steve and Michelle's house having missed a night's sleep. The reason the flights were horrendous was because we were running one day behind from Fiji and we could no longer get our original flights.
Steve and Michelle (American friends from Comrie) had moved home 3 yrs ago so it was great to catch up with them after being used to seeing them a few times a week in Comrie.
They showed us around the university and kid's schools and J&K were delighted to see even more dogs. Thanks Conors.
After 5 days of around 0deg it was time to pack the shorts and get ready for the temporary return to the UK.

pics. We took the hoover dam snap when flying over to the canyon. Just to get a scale there is a two lane road over the top. J,J&K at the canyon. Gondaliers inside the Venetian Hotel. Jenni in sequins.