Sorry for the lack of updates, but I just got back from an extended vacation in the southwest USA. My wife and I flew to Las Vegas and drove to visit my brother's family (we met our new niece!) in Sacramento, CA. We stopped by Death Valley as well as Lake Tahoe. I took a few pictures, some of which I figured might be interesting...
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| McCarran Airport Welcomes us to Las Vegas... |
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North of Las Vegas we passed to the west of a military base. For being so secret, everyone seems to know about it!
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| Just over those hills is Area 51... |
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| Apparently there's aliens around? |
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| Being Nevada, of course there's a brothel attached! |
Entering Death Valley, we stopped a couple places to get some pics. It was about 1PM and 113 degrees F (about 45 degrees C) outside. Nice and cool!
We stopped at a ghost town just outside Death Valley as well. It's called Rhyolite, and can be found on google maps, if you are curious. I found the ruins interesting, I kept expecting some sort of apocalyptic survivors to emerge from the shadows!
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| Abandoned caboose |
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| Great weathering on the inside! |
Most of the town was just partial ruins. Still cool and inspiring for scenery.
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| This used to be the bank |
There were several cool buildings in ruins. A couple felt a bit more creepy...
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| Graffiti in the small room. |
Another day, and Lake Tahoe. It was pretty, less inspiration for gaming, but good looking.
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| Landslide! |
After a few days in Sacramento we headed back to Vegas. Our trip took us near Edwards Air Force base, including an aircraft boneyard. Still it was mostly desert...
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| Miles of this. Sand and Cactus. |
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| Aircraft boneyard, pretty far off. |
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| A solar power setup. Pretty cool to see. |
We finished up back in Vegas. The strip is pretty crazy, and goes from family fun to adults only.
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| From off the strip - pretty cool view |
It was a fun trip, but tiring. I'm glad to be home. I'm planning a return to gaming once I've rested a bit.
