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. \u00a0In town were Barb’s daughter Danielle and Danielle’s daughter Abigail, Barb’s son Jeff and Jeff’s son Zane. \u00a0Also attending were Barb’s sister Audrey and, of course, Barb & I. \u00a0We arrived downtown extra early, so that we could first take a ride on the giant High Roller. \u00a0The wheel, which has\u00a028 transparent pods capable of holding 40 passengers each, is so massive that a ride consists of just one slow revolution that takes 30 minutes. \u00a0Here is Wikipedia’s description:<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
After our ride we had dinner and then attended a performance of “Zarkana”. \u00a0Barb and I have seen a number of different offerings by Cirque du Soleil. \u00a0Zarkana is a return to the kind of acts that we saw originally. \u00a0Great fun.<\/p>\n\n\t\t