LAS VEGAS TO SACRAMENTO

I left WHATEVER HAPPENED IN VAGAS IN VEGAS when I left that town. I took US95 north through Beatty. There is not a whole lot of anything, except open country, until you get to the town of Goldfield.




 Back in the early part of the last century, this placed was a booming town.

The main activity in Goldfield was mining. There is plenty of evidence of that by the numerous mine tailings left behind.

 

 In 1905 the wooden hotel in town burned to the ground. In 1908 the brick Goldfield Hotel opened. It featured the finest food that was prepared by European chefs. It had one of the first electric elevators west of the Mississippi River. The 110 guest rooms are now all deserted, except room 220, where they say a ghost lives.

Goldfield was also the location of the Bullfrog Goldfield Railroad freight depot and repair yard.

 

 

(to be continued)

LAS VEGAS REALITY TV SHOWS

While in Las Vegas, I visited several Reality TV Show filming sites. The first three shows are seen on the History Channel. I did them all in one day. The first stop was at Counts Kustoms where they film the show Counting Cars. I looked around the many custom cars for a while.

I talked with "Horny Mike" about his bus. You can see where he gets his name.

 

I talked Scott into having his picture taken with me.

 

 

 

Next Stop was at Rick's Restoration where they film American Restoration.

 

Their "Bone Yard" where they keep spare parts and future projects.

No cameras are allowed on the inside tour because I could take a picture of a project that would be on a future show. These photos were taken in their lobby.

 

 

Next Stop was the Gold and Silver Pawn Shop where they film the show Pawn Stars.

 

 

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The Last Stop was at ATM where they film the show Tanked. It is shown on the Animal Planet Channel

 

It turned out that the main Stars, Brett and Wayde (shown below), were away in Florida doing an install on an aquarium..

They both love parrots and they were all over their shop.

 

This shark was keeping an eye on the birds!

 

I did get to meet one of the stars known as "The General".

Along with Frank and Agnes.

 

So you see what happens in Vegas does not always stay in Vegas!

Bellagio Hotel/Casino

I stayed at Arizona Charlie's in Las Vegas, NV for a month and had several adventures. My favorite place to visit on the Las Vegas Strip is the Bellagio. I always take my camera with me in case I see a good photo op.

Here are just a few and want to share them with you.

CANYON LAKE

One of the many things I did while in Mesa, AZ was to go for a relaxing cruise on Canyon Lake. This lake is one of three lakes in a chain of lakes on the Salt River whose waters come from the Roosevelt Dam higher up in the mountains east of Apache Junction. It is the middle lake of the three and is formed by water that is backed up by the 200-ft. high Mormon Dam.

We departed the dock at the marina and spent the next 1.5 hrs. enjoying the beautiful sights and animals along the banks.

We marveled at the rock formations on every hand.

 

Time flew by and way too soon the boat was turning around and heading back to the dock.

I watched an eagle flying overhead and saw where it landed on the cliff. I was able to get this photo of it before it flew away again.

We also saw several groups of big horn sheep. They were very hard to spot from the boat.

  

 

When we saw the dock in the distance, we were thanking the Captain for the very wonderful cruise.