The American West is about grandness — big open spaces, star-filled skies and cowboys riding for days without seeing another person. This grandness has been taken to extreme in Las Vegas, where every hotel, casino. and show attempts to be bigger, better, and more glamorous than those that came before.
Vegas is known for its gambling, its showgirls and its wild parties. The Sin of Sin City is to be forgotten once visitors return home, with only memories — and maybe a few cell phone pictures — to prove it ever happened. But there is another side of Vegas, one that is tied intrinsically to the history and wonder of the region. A Vegas that includes Hoover Dam, and the Grand Canyon.
The Grand Canyon is about as big as anything in the West gets. Located a short helicopter ride from the Vegas strip, it has become a popular destination for those visiting Las Vegas with their family or as a part of a romantic getaway. There are several companies, like Papillon tours that offer package trips including views of the Canyon, Hoover Dam, and the Vegas Strip. It seems like the perfect way to experience the wide open and grand scale of the West in all its forms.
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National Treasures Revealed on Maps | VidZika · September 12, 2011 at 10:35 am
[...] to reveal the natural treasures of the nation. Some will be very obvious, such as the location of the Grand Canyon and the Continental Divide . Others will take a bit more visual hunting. The major mountain ranges, [...]