NO COUNTRY FOR OLD FOLKS, OR MAYBE IT IS!!!!

DRIVING IN LAS VEGAS is certainly less confusing than was the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex.  We just finished our Camping World rounds and it took a full five days to cover the territory.  The towns are far apart.  It was a fun and interesting drive.We traveled about 700 miles.  We left Mesquite, drove to Las Vegas and spent three nights there.  We had three comp nights in a large hotel on the strip.  It was crowded and noisy and EXPENSIVE.  We could barely afford coffee at the Burger King located in the casino.  This is the first hotel room we have stayed in that did not have a coffee pot.  Coffee delivered to the room was $12 for FOUR cups.  The medium cup at Burger King was $2.00 apiece.  We did not leave any money at the hotel so, we will see if the comps appear again.  We already have them for next month.

LAS VEGAS TO PAHRUMP is a drive of about 60 miles to the west.  Pahrump has 1700 RV sites and the interesting fact is that it is the only city in Nevada where prostitution is legal.  However, we did not see any signs of that sort of activity.  It seemed to be a popular destination for Snowbirds and most of the 1700 spaces were occupied.  The parks there were friendly and happy to see us.  The couple previous to us had done an excellent job and made it easy for us to find our way around and be welcomed at each park.

The Sidewinder Grille in Needles, CA

LAS VEGAS DRIVING is pretty straight forward as there is one road north and south, one east and west and a circular around the city.  There is lots of traffic during rush hour, but we tried to avoid that time and made our rounds in one pretty easy day.  We used the good directions from the previous GWA's and our GPS to get around.  You really don't see the economic problems that plague the city, except the homeless are a presence every where you travel.  There have been many hit by cars as they cross the street.  It is a sad situation and the news reports that the unemployment rate is 29%.  I noticed that in almost every restaurant we frequented that the servers were male.

Guard booth sign says "Hi, I'm Hillary Clinton.
I was hoping to be your 44th President.  Oh well!!  Have a nice day!"

SOUTH TO CAL-NEV-ARI and to three states in one day.  We visited 20 campgrounds in the one day.  They are in clustered in Needles, CA, Mojave, AZ, Bullhead City, AZ and Laughlin, NV.  It has been chilly for a few days and the snowbirds are not happy about it.  Never the less, most campgrounds were nearly full.

THE RETURN TO MESQUITE completed our roundtrip.  There are very nice parks in Mesquite.  There is one we had not seen on the north end of town with 340 spaces.  We like where we are because we are not really into the many activities the snowbird campgrounds plan for their visitors.  Guess we are true nomads.  We also drove north out of town to two parks.  The Arizona border is just on the north edge of town so, we visit AZ once again.

BOO BOO SURVIVED three nights of boarding at a very nice Vet clinic in downtown Mesquite.  They said he was a little hissy at first. but settled in.  He was very happy to see us.  He has been on one of our laps since we returned.  They said he would be welcomed back.  The last time we boarded him in Texas, they asked us not to bring him back.  He does have very bad memories of his several procedure visits to the vet.  We really enjoy our cat.  He does not require walking in the cold early morning and gives a little lovin' when it suits him.  Lots more to come....C, H, and Boo too