Where can we find the closest easy hiking trails to Las Vegas? We’ll only have a couple of hours, but we’d like to get out of the city and into the desert, with some sun and fresh air.

I enjoy my view of the Bellagio fountains from my room at Paris, but the booming gunshot like sounds coming from there must tick off more than just this guest. Have nearby hotels complained about the noise that the fountains cause?

On my recent visit to Las Vegas, we noticed more panhandlers than police. Is this problem being addressed?

I see that quite a few hotels are hiring for pool season. Any idea when it starts? I have a trip planned at the end of March and am hoping to hit the pool.

Every day I hear about another arena in Las Vegas – how many are actually proposed? Could this decade’s arenas match last decade’s high rise condos?

Do you have an update as to activities for Chinese New Year?

Do you know which casinos will be selling the Chinese New Years chips ($8) like last year? I will be in Vegas next week and would very much like to purchase some. Thanks.

A few years ago we were at the Hoover Dam gift store and we were talking to someone who worked there. She told us that a new water pipe was being built at Lake Mead because the water level was going down in Lake Mead and within a few years the old pipe would be above the water level. Is this true and what is the status of the new pipe?

With all of the visitors to Las Vegas each year, is there any idea of how many are "First Timers"?

I’ve always thought that the most likely days for casino patronage to be very low and very high to be one week apart: Namely, Christmas for the low and New Year’s Eve for the high. How close am I to being right?