St. Patrick's Day Hoover Dam & Las Vegas

Above 6 Jolly Dubliners we met on "The Strip" in Las Vegas enjoying Paddy's Day

W elcome to Las Vegas. On arrival at the KOA RV Park just off The Strip, we were met with torrential rain and rather chilly weather. I thought Las Vegas was supposed to be hot. Scotland was hotter today.

Ceasar's Palace on the right and the Bullagio Hotel to the left....

The 3 Amigos at Hoover Dam.

The Hoover Dam.

Saturday 17th March, 2012. After an easy drive up from Kingman (about 120 miles) we called into the Hoover Dam, on the border between Nevada and Arizona. The views were spectacular and if you're into mega structures in anyway, it's a magnificent feat of engineering. We drove from Arizona to Nevada then back from Nevada to Arizona, then back to Nevada crossing the top of the Hoover Dam along with the hundreds of other tourists who were crossing it on foot, car and any other means of transport available. After our fix of construction wonders, we move on the 30 miles or so to our RV park right in the centre of Las Vegas, just a few minutes walk from The Strip. The weather was pretty bad, seriously windy, very wet and a bit chilly to say the least. After a couple of hours chilling in the heat of the RV, we ventured out into Vegas and the Strip. If I told you that the 3 Amigo's went out in Las Vegas on St Patrick's night for a pint, I would forgive you for not believing me. The truth is we did.... It's a funny old place Las Vegas, a place that you would either love or hate. There is no shortage of interesting people to watch and behaviours to observe. We were passing a bar and could see the crowd inside were gathered around (all 200 or so of them) and we wondered what on earth was the attraction, so we ventured in, to find a fist fight in full flow with around 7 security personnel trying to sort it out. The fist fight consisted of 4 men and 2 woman. The woman were much more violent then the men, I initially thought it was a ploy, some sort of marketing gimmick, especially as there was a lot of clapping and cheering. However, by the looks on the faces of those involved and the blood on the uniforms of the Security Personnel, I can't believe it was. We must have walked for about 5 miles tonight and HONESTLY we only had the one beer, which we had with our dinner. So we are now back in the RV, it's 0125 am Saturday 18th right now which means it's breakfast time back in the UK. So The 3 Amigo's are now going to have a night cap before retiring. Goodnight all and remember, "What happens in Vegas probably ends up on the internet"