Your travel4seniors.com editor recently enjoyed a posh resort hotel buffet in Reno. The theme of the evening repast was Italian food. The menu included delicious lasagna, ossobuco, risotto, spaghetti Bolognese and many other exceptional dishes.

However, we passed on this calamari fra diablo. We couldn’t help imagining some things other than squid were writhing among the wiggly display.

Since it first emerged from the Nevada desert a century ago, Las Vegas has long been known as an adult playground. The theme, "What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas", is a not-so-subtle hint.

It invites grown-ups to indulge in the naughty charms of aptly-nicknamed Sin City. Today, there's more emphasis on inviting the entire family to enjoy the city's many features beyond gambling and glamor. These five are very entertaining, and offer loads of free fun kids of all ages can experience:

Scene looks as if captured by one of those newfangled little flying peekers in the sky. Actually, just a normal camera view as pointed from the 10th floor window of the California hotel located near Palm Springs.

A family member of the travel4seniors.com staff captured this moment in the 26.2-mile run AAF World Championships Marathon. The annual event started and finished at Tower Bridge.