Re: [OM] Trip to the US?

[Wiliam Wagenaar]

Thanks for your recommendations Chuck. Hoover dam was already on the to
must see list. We just added red rock canyon to the want to see list. I
understand that Las Vegas is nothing like any place else in the US (or
elsewhere) I guess that is why we want to visit that too.

Wiliam 

> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
> Van: Chuck Norcutt [mailto:chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] 
> Verzonden: zaterdag 4 april 2009 20:14
> Aan: Olympus Camera Discussion
> Onderwerp: Re: [OM] Trip to the US?
> 
> 
> You will most likely pass about 250 km south of Niagara Falls.  Enjoy 
> your trip but don't take Las Vegas as anything like the rest 
> of the US. 
>   It is unlike any other city in the US.  Also, smoking is allowed in 
> most (if not all) casinos.  And there is a lot of it.  That's unlike 
> most places in the US today.
> 
> But perhaps you'll plan a side trip to Hoover Dam.  
> Recommended. 
> <http://www.usbr.gov/lc/hooverdam/service/index.html>  The 
> shorter and 
> less expensive tour is probably adequate.  Hoover Dam is 
> about 50km from 
> Las Vegas on mostly fast highway.  You have to pass through 
> the suburban 
> areas of Las Vegas and Henderson (where my father lives).  There are 
> still lots of casinos in Henderson but it looks more typical 
> (at least 
> of desert living) than the Las Vegas strip.
> 
> When you get tired of casinos and lights and need to do a little 
> landscape photography go west about 30 km to Red Rock Canyon. 
> <http://www.desertusa.com/redrock/>
> <http://www.redrockcanyonlv.org/>
> 
> Chuck Norcutt
> 
> Wiliam Wagenaar wrote:
> > Hi Ali,
> > 
> > Sorry but the Niagara falls are not in our route. Maybe we can see 
> > them from the plane while flying fron New York to Las Vegas with a 
> > stopover in Chicago? Your country is so large that we can only see 
> > very few special places and the ones we visit we can only visit 
> > briefly. I feel we are already wanting to see too much. I 
> will mail my 
> > travel plans to the list later.
> > 
> > Maybe there will be a next time we visit the US ;-) That 
> will be a few 
> > years away though. Can't afford this kind of trip every 
> year, not even 
> > without the kids ;-(
> > 
> > Wiliam
> > 
> >> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
> >> Van: AS [mailto:alizookoman@xxxxxxxxx]
> >> Verzonden: zaterdag 4 april 2009 16:25
> >> Aan: Olympus Camera Discussion
> >> Onderwerp: Re: [OM] Trip to the US?
> >>
> >>
> >> Make sure to visit Niagara Falls ( the American side ). I
> >> have a friend here who is from the Netherlands as well. 
> >> You'll be in close proximity to Canada and about 8 hours away 
> >> from NYC. 
> >>
> >>
> >>
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