When we awoke the following morning in Flagstaff, it was -7 degrees AND there was 8" of snow on the ground!!!! It seems that we brought our weather with us@^)**(^%@@!) Arizona, surprisingly, is very good at removing the snow from its interstate highways and once we removed the snow from the car (without snow brush or gloves) we were on our way. It took us about an hour and a half to get out of the snow.
We opted to take the scenic route along the original Route 66 -- little traffic and interesting scenery. Every 5 or 6 miles along the route there would be a series of 5 small red signs. The first 4 signs would tell a short whippet of wisdom (Graham's phrase because I couldn't come up with one) and the 5th sign always said Burma Shave.
Despite a significant delay at the Hoover Dam related to heightened security and vast numbers of cars, we arrived at our hotel in Las Vegas at about 3:30 this afternoon.
Once we were unpacked and settled we headed out for dinner and our first night of gambling - at Caesar's Palace. What an amazing place - 2 casinos, over 200 shops, I'm not sure how many resaturants -- HUGE!! We discovered already that you do NOT; EVER drive on the Vegas Strip. It is just a glorified parking lot.
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