The Las Vegas Adventurer

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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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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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It’s probably safe to say that anyone who’s ever had In-N-Out Burger suddenly just got very hungry! Truth be told, Alicia can keep her Chik-Fil-A (which Vegas is, admittedly, sorely lacking) because I have In-N-Out!
In-N-Out Burger is, without exception, something everyone in my family can agree on when we need a quick lunch or dinner. It’s also the first place visiting friends and family want to go – in fact, one brother-in-law loves it so much we were waiting at the front door for them to open at 10:30am during his last visit!
In-N-Out began in 1948 by Harry and …read more

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I get asked now and then what it’s like living in Las Vegas and even had someone ask off-hand once if everyone lives in a hotel. I think they were joking (I hope they were joking) but I realized that it was something I had wondered many years ago too (granted, I was 10, but anyway).
To give you some background, we moved here from Utah six years ago. Pull from any stereotype you have about Utah life (I don’t mind, really) and you can imagine the deep culture shock I experienced upon moving to Sin City, not the least of …read more

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