Day 4 (April 3) - Still stiff from the hike the day before we set off from the Grand Canyon and started heading towards Vegas. From Grand Canyon Village we head south to Williams and then westish on Route 66 to Kingman and finally up through the desert to Hoover Dam. From Hoover Dam we went through the mountains to Boulder City and then dropped down into Las Vegas. We stayed at the Circus Circus Hotel and Casino which was okay (sort of white trashy - I imagine because of the lower room rates). We checked in and walked about half the strip that evening before heading off to bed sometime around 2 in the morning.

Day 5 (April 4) - We decided to walk the entire strip today and ended up probably hiking it 3 or 4 times, plus all of the walking we did throughout each casino. We literally stopped at every casino on the strip and at each one of them signed up for the slot club comp cards. We are hoping to get some enticements at the very least to come back (since we will definitely be back). We ended up playing the most at the Luxor which was at the other end of the strip from Circus Circus. We had dinner at the Mirage Buffet, which turned out to be one of the best meals we found. All you can eat prime rib, shrimp and crab legs, all for $14.95. We didn't get back to our room until sometime around 3:30 in the morning. Before getting back to the room, Moe won a jackpot (2000 something nickels) on Jackpot Party (5 Jackpot 7's and 5 plums for you in the know)...

Day 6 (April 5) - We had only booked Circus Circus for two nights but they had told us to call if we wanted to extend our stay and we did, but they were booked up. We found a Motel 6 at the other end of the strip near the Luxor and made reservations down there. We moved the car and dropped off our bags before going off to Luxor and Mandalay Bay for the afternoon and evening. We were going to go to the buffet at the Excalibur (tacky hotel - do not stay there) but it was closed so we went to the Luxor Buffet (not worth the money - go to the Mirage). We went to bed at a fairly conservative 1 in the morning.

Day 7 (April 6) - Wanting to stay another night in Vegas, but unable to find a hotel room we decided to leave and do things outside of Vegas and then head back to Kingman via Laughlin, NV, which was supposedly the up-and-coming Las Vegas. We went out to Red Rock Canyon (Spring Mtn. State Park) and explored that area fairly fully. We got to use the 4wd on the rental car on the jeep trails deep into the ravines and mountains.

From there we drove back down through Las Vegas and along the strip to say goodbye to all of the Casinos and get some pictures.

We went to Laughlin and it was like a little mini-Las Vegas. It is located along the Colorado River below Davis Dam (below Hoover Dam but above Lake Havasu) and has a small strip with probably about 8 hotels and casinos or so. Some of the places are from Vegas but with different themes. It's less crowded and less expensive than Vegas is. The buffet at the Hilton was only $6.95 and included prime rib. Moe and I were both pretty impressed. We hung around there until about 8:30 or so and then headed the 30 miles over the mountains to Kingman where we spent the night.

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