[PinkString]

Originally Posted by lisdol

PinkString, is there a map of those bike trails in Aliante? Or a good hub point for getting on the trails?

There used to be a map at aliantehomes.com but now that site is no more since the HOA took complete control a few years ago.
I will send you a link from a 5k run a few years ago that shows Aliante's roads and it does show the trails, they will be the ones that look like roads, but unmarked.

[unf0rgiven6262]

I got an excellent review from someone I know who went to Zion national park in Utah. I plan on going soon as it's supposedly only a 2-2.5 hour drive.

[Bulldogdad]

Go blast off a Machine Gun. I do every time I'm in Vegas.
Las Vegas Gun Range & Firearm Center (http://www.lasvegasgunrange.net/RangeRentals.aspx - broken link)

[VLWH]

Originally Posted by sdreloc

I know casinos have more to do than just gambling (such restaurants/buffets and various types of pricey musical shows), but what do locals like to do in their spare time that does not involve walking through a smoke-filled casino?

Look for a job.

[RCCCB]

Eat, go to museums, hike in th local hills towards evening or early morning.

[LVRockstar]

here is what i do other then the Casino's

hoover dam





lake mead





Offroading at RedRock






Offroading at Nellis Dunes








and the Strip

[swagger]

Originally Posted by Buzz123

the top of Charleston Peak where it is quite a bit cooler. In fact you'll see glacial ice.

I believe that the only glacier in Nevada is on Wheeler Peak, in Great Basin National Park.

[Buzz123]

Originally Posted by unf0rgiven6262

I got an excellent review from someone I know who went to Zion national park in Utah. I plan on going soon as it's supposedly only a 2-2.5 hour drive.

It's more like 3-3½, but the scenery alone along the way is worth the drive.

We've hiked all over Zion (except for the Narrows trail), and camped there many times. Mostly now we just get a room in Springdale. When Teddy Roosevelt said, "Every American should see the Grand Canyon," I think he also might have added, "Then see Zion Canyon before you leave the area." At the Grand Canyon you look at it from the top down; in Zion you look at it from the bottom up.

It's well worth the trip, especially if you do some hiking.

[banger]

LVRockstar stole my thunder.

When i am in town, I like to rent a 4WD and drive the gullies, washes and hills of the desert.

I usually go further out of town, usually toward the area of Mesquite, but it can all be fun.

[Buzz123]

Originally Posted by swagger

I believe that the only glacier in Nevada is on Wheeler Peak, in Great Basin National Park.

Well, it ain't the Mendenhall, but I said glacial ice, not a moving glacier. It's ice that doesn't melt, and this could be wrong, but I've heard it may be left over from the ice age glaciers. It isn't big, but it's always been there the few times I made the climb to the top.

The one in a cirque on the side of Wheeler isn't very big either, but it's bigger than what you see on Charleston Peak. I have my suspicions they might both be from recent snowfall though.