The Las Vegas Adventurer

This is a guest post from Mary Jo Manzanares, b5media’s Travel & Culture Channel Editor and travel blogger at Flyaway Cafe.
Las Vegas attracts lots of visitors from Los Angeles.  It’s a short distance in miles and time, and an escape to the craziness of Las Vegas is a welcome change from the craziness of Los Angeles.  For those travelers flying into or out of LAS, you’ve probably seen the Encounter, a spider looking restaurant at the airport.
You can’t miss seeing it when you fly into (or out of) LAX. Although it looks like something out of The Jetson’s, the Theme …read more

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Today’s guest post is from Mary Jo Manzanares, b5media’s Travel & Culture Channel Editor and travel blogger at Flyaway Cafe.
When you’re ready to escape the glitz and glamor that is Las Vegas, you’ll find the polar opposite at the Grand Canyon — a peaceful beauty that will take your breath away.  It’s a good weekend trip when you’re ready for something a little different.
Grand Canyon National Park was designated a national park on February 26, 1919, and is one of the oldest national parks in the United States. It is located within Arizona, near Flagstaff, and within the parks lies …read more

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October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and to help raise awareness and a little money, Pink Jeep Tours of Las Vegas has teamed up with the Nevada Cancer Institute for the first annual “Trek for the Cure.”
Throughout October, Pink Jeep Tours will donate $4.80 from the sales of their Red Rock Tours to the Nevada Cancer Institute in Summerlin. $4.80 sounds like a random amount, but it represents the number of years (48) that Pink Jeep Tours has been in operation throughout Sedona, Arizona and Las Vegas.
The video above gives some great information about the Tours themselves and what …read more

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I’m not sure that I know of any other state whose cities seem to rely so heavily on taglines and makes such a big deal out of them!
The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority has launched a new ad campaign for Laughlin, the city 90 minutes south of Las Vegas that straddles the Colorado River between Nevada and Arizona.
The campaign is built around the new tagline “Laughlin. It’s Like You Own the Place,” and is targeted at out of state visitors and tourists. The TV ad campaign focuses on cheap room rates, restaurants, gambling and the location of Laughlin on …read more

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Take your Vegas vacation way off-Strip – and three miles up!
Skydive Las Vegas offers a unique view of southern Nevada — rather, whatever you manage to take in before the jitters take over! At 10,000 feet you’re all but guaranteed to see the Hoover Dam, Lake Mead, the Colorado River, Valley of Fire, Red Rock Canyon, and Mt. Charleston.
A free shuttle picks you up on the Strip (you need to call 1-800-875-9348 to find out where) at 8:00am and 12:00 noon and also drops you off when your day is done. You can, of course, save a bit of …read more

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I can’t tell you how many times in my life I’ve been up and down Interstate 15, or as it’s more commonly called, the I-15! The I-15 is a transcontinental north-south interstate highway that runs through Montana, Idaho, Utah, Arizona, Nevada, and California.
Having grown up in northern Utah with grandparents in southern California, the I-15 was the fastest and most direct route for Thanksgivings, Christmases and Easters spent with extended family. The drive wasn’t terribly spectacular, usually starting obscenely early in the morning and ending late at night with a whole lot of flat desert landscaping in between, but …read more

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From now until September 1 visitors to the Las Vegas Natural History Museum will get a unique perspective on crime solving: The CSI: Crime Scene Insects exhibit, which was put together by forensic entomologist M. Lee Goff, a consultant on the popular CBS show, CSI. Some of his cases have even been used as storylines on the show!
The exhibit contains actual examples of what crime scene investigators study when insects are present at a crime scene (bugs are referred to as the “cleanup crew”), and even includes a re-creation of a courtroom scene with taped testimony of forensic entomologists …read more

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Not an uncommon question around Las Vegas! Side streets are usually pretty clear but to really get anywhere other than a residential area chances are you’ll need to use a main road.
Traffic.com has a very handy tool that lets you type in your city and instantly see accidents, road hazards, planned events, how the flow of traffic looks in real time and it even gives it to you quickly with green, yellow or red highlighted routes.
You can even enter in a specific address or city and your destination address or city and get an estimate of how long it’ll …read more

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Driving over the Hoover Dam is a lesson in patience. The two-lane bridge connecting Nevada, Arizona and Utah is often clogged with traffic and has even become an economic burden on the states because the major commercial corridor simply doesn’t move quickly enough.
Over the last several years there have been lingering concerns of possible catastrophes involving vehicle accidents or terrorist threats that could hinder the dam and its facilities and threaten the water supply of several southwestern states.

Enter the Hoover Dam Bypass, a “twin rib” concrete arch bridge about 1,600 feet south of the current bridge and an improvement …read more

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The Citizens Area Transit, or CAT bus (no, not that one!), of Las Vegas and Henderson is one of the most affordable ways to make your way around the city!
The route that runs the Strip features a double decker (pictured above) called The Deuce, and runs 24 hours a day, seven days a week and is $2 each way. One way residential fares are $1.25, and extended passes can even be purchased online and mailed to you, or you can purchase them in person at a Ticket Vending Machine.
There are 360 vehicles that run 36 routes, with three dedicated to …read more

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