It’s Vegas Baby!

Sam’s Town Las Vegas, NV – July 29 through August 1, 2013

Descending into the desert that holds Las Vegas revels some magnificent scenery.

And apparently not all Casinos are money makers…

And finally Vegas is in sight, sorta.  Is that smog? Are we going to be breathing that for the next 3 days?

We’ll make a three day stop here in Vegas to visit some friends, do a little financial contributing and see the sights before continuing on to California.

We check into the Sam’s Town Casino and RV Park, which by the way, is a very nice place to stay. Our only complaint was the triple digit temperatures.

We had a great visit with our friends Steve and LeeAnn and caught up on their adventures. They made the big step and joined the ranks of us retired folks this year. Congratulations!

We had originally thought we would stay at the Western Hotel RV Park, but they wouldn’t answer the phone. We found out why.  That’s it behind the fence. Looks like nobody’s home.

And of course we had to do a little sight seeing (via car since it is way too hot to be walking around).

I was lucky, in that traffic was fairly light that day. While I had driving duty, I think you can tell who was taking the pictures…

We finally got smart and used the Sam’s Town shuttle to catch a ride down to Fremont Street. This is the old original Vegas. It’s a little seamier now, a little more casual, and definitely more unusual. But we think the slots are looser and drinks and food are less expensive for sure.

 

Our visiting and sight seeing is over and it’s time to head to California. How would you like to wake up every morning and have this as a view?

I think the big wind harvesters are more attractive than the smaller ones. We stay at the Mountain View RV Park in Tehachapi, CA which is right next to a glider air field. We’re told the Air Force uses this facility for some of their pilot training.

Tehachapi is also known for the Tehachapi Loop where long trains actually loop back over themselves via a tunnel when transiting between the mountains and the Mojave Desert.

After a drive around town, checking out fuel prices and lucking upon the evening farmers market, we head back to BG. The elevation here is high enough that we won’t need to run the air conditioning tonight. Life is definitely good!!