Friday 17.7. (Las Vegas)

Extremely hot. We drive along the highway and the temperature increases to 47 Celsius degrees in the shadow. We continue on the local route, along the Lake Mead, through the Arizona and Nevada desert. Without the air-conditioning, it would not be very pleasant. We set the clock one hour back and approach the Hoover Dam -- last mile to the dam is neverending, we got to the traffic. However, it is worth to see the dam. The air-conditioning is fully employed and the drive is very slow, the gas consumption rises and we stop at the gas-station again (and have a great lunch at the Burger King). Around 5, we got to Fremont hotel, in the evening, we take a walk through Vegas -- Fremont Experience and Strip, of course. A perfect contrast to the heavenly Salt Lake City. Around the midnight it is still 44 C degrees, hot as in hell. We drive through the whole Strip to Stratosphere Tower, where we take a rollercoster ride at the very top of the highest building west from Mississippi -- and a little break to catch the breath after the ride to see the beautiful view of Vegas. Again at Fremont hotel, we try to gamble a little (winning 15$) and around the 2 in the morning we return to beds.