Over Labor Day I took my wife to Las Vegas for her birthday to see the Cirque du Soliel show “O”, the Hoover dam and experience Vegas.  She’d never been before.  And it is a milestone birthday.  We had a nice trip.  The “O” show is all it is said to be.  Another spectacular event!  The hoover dam is an amazing 80 year old structure, designed to hold water for Arizona, California and Nevada, as well as make some power.  Of course all three have long outgrown the reservoir.  And the level drops each year to where it is 300 feet below its height less than 15 years back.  A colossal feat of engineering that led to huge development in the arid west.  The nearby Boulder City was created to build the dam.  Las Vegas would not exist without its water. Water in the desert!  The Anasazi’s would be amazed.