The Road From Vegas To Laughlin

On the road from Vegas to Laughlin, you'll pass the Hoover Dam and Area 51, where they store alien UFOs.

The Desert In Spring

Outside of Vegas, Reno and Lake Tahoe, this is Nevada - one giant desert.

Goldwell Museum, Rhyolite, Nevada

Ghostly statues by A. Szukalski and a giant couch seemingly left in the desert.
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The Weather Channel asked that I mention they have a show about an ebullient Australian photographer, Peter Lik, who photographs landscapes with a large panoramic camera - he reminds me of Steve Irwin. Well, as long as photographers are hip again.

How The West Was Won

The West was won by armies of gigantic stick-like iron men - electrical pylons marching in formation across the majestic landscape.

py-lon: chiefly British : a: tower for supporting either end of usually a number of wires over a long span b : any of various towerlike structures (Merriam Webster)

The Bleak, Beautiful Desert

When you drive to Vegas, it's all desert - vast, desolate, never-ending, yet strangely beautiful, full of Joshua trees. And finally, signs of life.