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High Roller and Zarkana; Downtown Las Vegas — July 15, 2015

In anticipation of a trip down the Colorado River through Grand Canyon, a number of us gathered in Las Vegas, where we decided to take in a show.  In town were Barb’s daughter Danielle and Danielle’s daughter Abigail, Barb’s son Jeff and Jeff’s son Zane.  Also attending were Barb’s sister Audrey and, of course, Barb & I.  We arrived downtown extra early, so that we could first take a ride on the giant High Roller.  The wheel, which has 28 transparent pods capable of holding 40 passengers each, is so massive that a ride consists of just one slow revolution that takes 30 minutes.  Here is Wikipedia’s description:

High Roller is a 550-foot tall, 520-foot diameter giant Ferris wheel on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada, US. It opened to the public on March 31, 2014, and is the world’s tallest Ferris wheel.

After our ride we had dinner and then attended a performance of “Zarkana”.  Barb and I have seen a number of different offerings by Cirque du Soleil.  Zarkana is a return to the kind of acts that we saw originally.  Great fun.