Las Vegas, NV; 16 April 2011

Actually, most of the pictures here are from Henderson, NV, which is just south of Las Vegas. Today was “Henderson Heritage Day,” and they had a display of classic cars. I am not much into automobiles, so I just took pictures of the cars that had the brightest colors or looked the most interesting.

Model T with wooden sides Yellow pickup truck with blue flames painted on side The dashboard, steering wheel, and even the fuzzy dice in the truck are yellow Blue 1952 DeSoto Classic yellow pickup truck Classic car; salmon lower body and white upper body Closeup of a classic car engine Classic car with salmon colored lower body; white upper body. Classic car in yellow, blue, and green teardrop paint Red classic car painted with yellow flames Vintage fire truck Burnt orange pickup truck purple classic car Red and white convertible Blue classic car (a Cord) white/red car with air scoop on hood Yellow car w. red decoration; engine protruding through hood area. Orange classic car with hood partially up purple car w. yellow teardrop design Red model-T-like car. side view of purple/yellow car closeup of car engine

The most interesting car was the \ Isetta, whose entire front end opens up to allow two people to be seated.

An Isetta with the front of the car opened up.

The cars had little tags that identified the make, model, etc. This was the best of the lot.

Card on windshield reading “Mustang: Valentine from WIFE!”

Along with the car show was a very small arts & crafts area, as well as food booths from many countries. Ireland was one of the countries represented. There was also an area where businesses hawked their products; Geico was there.

Vest with sequins depicting leprechauns and four-leaf clover Large inflated Geico gecko

I rode my bike along Boulder Highway for the first part of the ride home from the festival. I passed by a casino that had been closed down; even the cactus looked dilapidated. I also saw the most incredibly minimalist “handicapped parking” symbol ever.

Roadhouse Casino sign, with parts missing Cactus in planters outside Roadhouse Casino minimalist “handicapped parking” logo on parking lot surface

And finally, a couple of nice desertscape photos.

Desertscape with large and small mountain in background. Desert plants in foreground; large mountain in background.