Friday, January 22, 2010

Nevada

Nevada

Austin
local hot springs

Boulder City
Dam Hotel
Hoover Dam Museum
St Jude’s Children’s Art Museum
Black Canyon River Raft Tours
The Coffee Cup Cafe (lunch)

Battle Mountain
Festival of the Pits (Wash Post dig)

Blue Diamond
Spring Mtn Ranch St Pk

Carson Valley
In n’ Out

Eureka
Pony Express Deli (Mennonite fresh-baked goods)

Havasu Falls (waterfall, swimming hole)

Henderson
Clark Cty Heritage Museum (recreated ghost town)
Hoover Dam (hard hat tour)
In n’ Out

Lake Mead
Red Cloud Cove (anchoring)
Forever Resorts (houseboat vacations)
Seven Crown Resorts (houseboat rentals)

Lake Tahoe
Lake Tahoe Drive
Sternwheeler Race

Las Vegas
Simon Kitchen and Bar (peanut butter and jelly+)
Carl’s Donuts
Red Rock Canyon (hiking, scenic drive; 17 miles west of LV)
Tracker Boat Center
Ethel M Chocolates (cactus garden tour)
Ocean Spray Cranberry West
Ron Lee’s World of Clowns
Neon Museum (160 of Vegas' classic signs)
Guiness Book of World of Records
Imperial Palace Antique and Classic Auto Collection
Art Museum
Natural History Museum
Liberace Museum
Madame Tussaud’s Wax Museum
Nevada State Museum
Mormon Fort Historic Park
Crown Anchor British Pub
Red Rock National Conservation Area (Pink Jeep Tours)
Bay Area Biscotti
Danielle’s (desert tortoise)
Freed’s Bakery (ruggula)
LeMar’s Donuts (chain but great)
Flamingo (pool)
Mandalay Bay (sand, waves, minus 5 Ice Lounge--bar literally made of ice (couches, chandeliers, glasses) in which you wear insulated parkas, boots and gloves)3
Red Rock Casino (fountain w/ lounge chairs)
American Heroes Museum (veterans)
Howard Cannon Aviation Museum (McCarran Intl Airport)
Lied Discovery Children’s Museum
Scandia Family Fun Center (amusement park)
Mini Gran Prix Family Fun Center (amusement park )
Wet ‘n Wild (Sahara)
The Wynn Collection (Impressionism)
Art Encounter
Cowboy Trail Rides
Westward Casino (Mega Dog--3/4 lb for under $2)
Golden Gate (shrimp)
Ellis Island Casino (meal for $5, barbecue, Brew Pub)
Bourbon Street Hotel and Casino (French Market Cafe--sirloin and lobster)
Eiffel Tower Rest (Paris Hotel, chocolate souffle)
In n’ Out (Sunset Rd; Industrial Rd; S. Casino Dr; Rock Springs Dr; S. Eastern Ave; S. Maryland Pkwy; N. Nellis Blvd; W. Sahara Ave)
Mermaid (fried Twinkies)
Binions (chicken-fried lobster)
Nora’s Cuisine (homemade Italian pasta)
Golden Gate Hotel and Casino (99 cents for shrimp sundae)
Wild Wild West Hotel (Gambler’s Grill)
Fremont Street Experience (fried Twinkies and Oreos)
Bouchon (a Thomas Keller restaurant, in the Venetian Hotel)
Circus Circus (Adventure Dome--Rim Runner water ride)
Southern NV Zoological Botanical Park
Las Vegas Outlet Center (Gymboree)
Ethel M Factory (cactus gardens)
Fremont St (open-air pedestrian mall with neon signs)
MGM Grand (The Lion Habitat- free; pool)
Mirage Hotel (Secret Garden; Dolphin Habitat; pool)
Centaur Art Galleries (art masterpieces for sale)
Showcase Mall (Coca-Cola, M&M)
Stratosphere (The Tower Shop- themed NYC, Paris, Hong Kong shops and streets)
Las Vegas Premium Outlets
Wynn Las Vegas (The Show Shop- Spamalot)
The Venetian (Guggenheim Hermitage Museum, gondola ride through Grand Canal replica)
Tropicana (Titanic exhibit)
Bellagio (fountains, 200 item buffet: 8 pizzas, 1/2 dozen breads, beef Wellington, suckling pig, fish, crab legs, desserts)3
Imperial Palace (classic cars)
Atomic Testing Museum
Golden Nugget (shoot out of water slide while viewing sharks)
Le Louvre
Eiffel Tower
Grand Slam Canyon
Adventuredome
Child Memorial Park
Hike This
Fitzgerald Tot Lot
Big Shot
Richard Petty Driving Experience
Race for Atlantis
Manahattan Experience
RM Seafood (4x4x2 rows of ice cream--no flavors of the 16 are alike or common: carrot cheesecake, rum and coke, celery lime, black truffle, octopus; guess which is which flavor)3
Rio All Suite Hotel and Casino (3 meals of the largest buffet in Las Vegas--
340 feet, 400 different types of food--prime rib, giant crab legs, 70 desserts)3
Sahara (Nascar Cafe--burrito; roller coaster--backwards too)
Great Santa Run (every year?)


Laughlin
River Restaurant (1 1/4 lb hamburger)
In n’ Out
Avi Casino (beach)
Harrah’s Riverfront (sandy beach)

Nelson
Goldmine Tours/Colorado River Tours

Overton
Nev (ghost town of St Thomas)
Lost City Museum of Archaeology
St Thomas Cemetery (pioneers)

Primm
Fashion Outlets of Las Vegas

Reno
In n’ Out

Rhyolite (ghost town)

Sparks
In n’ Out

Tonopah
Central Nevada Museum

Truckee
Truckee Whitewater Park (kayaking, rafting thru town)

Virginia City
International Camel Race (professional camel jockeys, ostrich races)

?
Hoover Dam (Discovery Tour--elevator down; ride elevator thru Black Canyon)
Mt Charleston (alpine hiking, picnicking, 30 degree cooler than Sin City)
(Nevada atomic test site tours)
Pyramid Lake Scenic Byway
Valley of Fire State Park (White Domes Trail, Blazing Trail)


Black Canyon (boat trips along calm section)

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