Pigs flew today when the weathermen announced that the high today was only supposed to be 91.  Taking advantage of the cooler weather, Pam, Dennis and I went out to the Clark County Museum.  It has a small indoor portion that gives a quick history of the area along with a lot of old junk and some really well done dioramas.  The biggest part of the museum is its outdoor collection of houses (original and a few replicas) that were moved on site to demonstrate the changing look and character of Clark County.

It starts with a ghost town and a bunch of old west wreckage scattered about.

There's also a nod toward the county's huge mining history.  Cars, trucks, trains....

The really fun part is the houses on Heritage Street though.  They're decorated with period furniture and (occasionally) peopled with creepy mannequins.  Very much out of period, the houses are also all air conditioned.  Big bonus.

  

By a strange twist of fate, the Candllelight Wedding Chapel, where Pam and Dennis got married nearly forty years ago, is now a museum piece.  It used to be on the northern part of the strip, near The Sands, which isn't part of the museum as it was imploded a number of years ago.  (If I remember correctly, The Venetian is now where The Sands was...maybe.  It's hard to keep track.  Everything gets imploded eventually.)

Let's end with a sunburst clock, shall we?