The Vacation Dome

If I had a billion dollars, I would have a private vacation dome constructed at a secret remote location in Nevada. The Dome would contain a reproduction of a piece of Joshua Tree National Park. Rolling terrain with Joshua Trees, washes and rocks would culminate in a large rockpile. The Rockpile would have many special features: Running streams with waterfalls and different pools for swimming and hot-tubbing, "natural" caves, verandas and campsites, and an elaborate tunnel system. Some of the tunnels would resemble "man-made" passages and lead to "forgotten" bunkers. Deep inside the rockpile there would be a lounge complete with modern amenities such as a wet bar, movie theater, billiards table, mini-casino, single-lane bowling alley, cafe and luxury mini-hotel sleeping quarters. On the far side of the dome there would be an idyllic beach opening onto a miniature ocean complete with surfable waves and an island. The Dome would be constructed in such a way that I would have to spend a full year exploring it in my off-hours in order to discover all of its secrets. It would be capable of creating its own cyclical day and night, as well as its own weather, including rain, lightning storms, and wind, which could be controlled or set for random/cyclical variations. Streams could be turned on or off at will, changing landscapes. The dome would also double as a hardened, self-contained shelter from societal chaos and disasters†