High up over Las Vegas! |
We had lunch in the Stratosphere's Restaurant that is on the 108th floor. Notice the butter is molded to look like the Stratosphere. |
What a view of this large sprawling city! |
Las Vegas Blvd. See the construction in the foreground? More huge resorts and condominiums are going in - starting at $300,00.00 and going to $2Mil. |
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The desert tray! |
Fremont Street. |
One of three thrilling rides on top of the Stratosphere! |
Every way you look there is masive urban sprawl. |
The city stretches out to the mountains on all sides. The population of the metropolitan area is growing close to two million people. |
Red Rock Canyon in the distance. The population of Las Vegas: 164,674 in 1980 258,295 in 1990 478,434 in 2000 508,604 in 2002 The population of the region jumped from 528,000 in 1980 853,000 in 1990 1,563,000 in 2002 |
Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! |
Back on land, we drove over to the Rio, and checked out their pool area. Nice. |
There were several cascading waterfalls. |
Even a real sand beach at one of the outdoor pools! |
Looking up at the festively designed hotel. |