We left Lone Pine this morning and drove to
Mojave, California. On the way we
stopped at Indian Wells Brewery. We
visited this brewery in 2009. Just before
we got to Mojave, we stopped at Red Rock Canyon State Park and walked along a
small trail to see the rock formations.
We got an RV site for the night at Sierra Trails RV Park where we stayed in 2009
also. After unhooking we had a grilled
cheese for a late lunch. Then we drove
into the town of Mojave and past the airport.
There are a lot of obsolete planes stored here. Gas in town was $3.99 per gallon so we
decided to drive to another nearby town that was larger. California City had gas for $3.60 per gallon. We filled up and at the same intersection
was a VFW. We stopped in for a beer and
talked to a really colorful man and his daughter. This man used to be an extra and a stunt man in movies. I think they also had quite a few beers
before we got there and they sure did talk a lot. He said he knew Sam Elliot, one of my favorite actors. His father was also in the movie industry
around the time of McHale’s Navy. We
went back to the Casita and I fixed us a large salad for supper.
8/12/13 - Las Vegas, NV
We left Mojave, California and drove to Las
Vegas, Nevada. We got a site and
unhooked at 3 pm. It was 104
degrees. Hot, Hot, Hot. We drove to the nearby Barley’s Casino and
Brewery. We had 20 ounce beers for
$2.00 each. I cooked sloppy Joe’s for
dinner.
8/13/13 - Las Vegas, NV
We drove to the strip today. We drove north on Las Vegas Blvd. and then went
to Ellis Island Casino and Brewery. We
each had a beer and then went to Yayo Taco for lunch.
Yayo Taco was on Diner, Drive-ins and Dives. They had a wide variety of really great tacos. We got back on Las
Vegas Blvd. and drove to see the rest of the casinos. We doubled back and then drove into the Aria Casino and Hotel’s
parking garage. We walked around for a
few blocks and into New York, New York Casino, MGM Grand Casino and Paris Casino. Paris had Gordon Ramsey’s Steak
restaurant. You need to book a
reservation here months in advance. We
looked at the menu and it was very expensive.
While walking back to the parking garage we came upon Planet Hollywood
Casino and in it was Gordon Ramsey’s BURGR.
We went in and had hamburgers and French fries. Jim had a Hell’s Kitchen Burger with asadero
cheese, roasted jalapeno peppers, avacado and oven roasted tomato and a Stone Ruination Ale. I had a Euro Burger with truffle aioli, goat
cheese, arugula and oven roasted tomato.
After eating we then drove back to the Casita. We stopped at Trader Joe’s on the way and stocked up on wine.
8/14/13 - Las Vegas, NV
We got up at 6 am this morning and went to
Valley of Fires State Park. We went in
the west entrance north of Las Vegas and drove through the whole park. This park has strangely shaped red sandstone formations from
eroded 200 million year old sand dunes.
There are also petrified logs from the age of the dinosaurs and 3,000 year old Indian
petroglyphs.
We left by the east entrance and went into Lake Mead National Recreation Area. The lake level has really dropped -- it looks like it could dry up within a few years. We didn’t drive all the way to the Hoover Dam. We drove over it when we were here with Martha and Amelia. When we were here last time we drove through the Indian reservation to see the Grand Canyon. This was before the Sky Walk over the Grand Canyon was made. At that time we were the only ones there.
We drove into town and went to Triple 7 Restaurant and Brewery in Main Street Station Casino. We had a couple of beers each and some garlic fries and boneless chicken wings. It was 109 degrees when we got back to the Casita.
We did two loads of laundry and watched TV tonight.
We left by the east entrance and went into Lake Mead National Recreation Area. The lake level has really dropped -- it looks like it could dry up within a few years. We didn’t drive all the way to the Hoover Dam. We drove over it when we were here with Martha and Amelia. When we were here last time we drove through the Indian reservation to see the Grand Canyon. This was before the Sky Walk over the Grand Canyon was made. At that time we were the only ones there.
We drove into town and went to Triple 7 Restaurant and Brewery in Main Street Station Casino. We had a couple of beers each and some garlic fries and boneless chicken wings. It was 109 degrees when we got back to the Casita.
We did two loads of laundry and watched TV tonight.
8/15/13 - Cedar City, UT
We left Las Vegas and drove to Cedar City,
Utah. We got an RV site at Best
Western Country Inn and RV Park. There
are a few spaces here and they have full hookups. There isn’t a restroom.
They have an indoor pool and spa and an outdoor pool. They offer free coffee, donuts and
wi-fi. Breakfast isn’t included in the
RV price but it is only $5.00 extra. We
got set up and then went to Walmart, Walgreens and got a movie at Red Box. We rented “The Call”. We had a couple of 3.2% beers at a bar and
met a man from Abilene, Texas, who is here working on the large windmills. I
gave him a Karbach Saison. I cooked
dinner and we sat outside to eat. It is
much cooler here than Las Vegas, it is about 15-18 degrees cooler.
8/16/13 - Cedar City, UT
I fixed bacon, lettuce and tomato sandwiches for
breakfast this morning. I have been
wanting some bacon. We returned the
movie to Red Box and then drove to Cedar Breaks National Monument. There isn’t much to do here but stop at the
overlooks. But what beautiful scenery
there is to see! After leaving Cedar
Breaks we drove to the east entrance to Zion National Park. After stopping along the way to take pictures,
we drove to the visitor’s center. This
is where you have to catch the shuttle bus to ride into the main part of the
park. Along the drive the shuttle stops
and will let you off to hike trails. We
did this in April 2007 when it was much cooler weather. Today it was 99 degrees and we just rode the
bus in and out. The round trip was 80
minutes. Then we drove back to the
Casita and sat outside to relax. I
cooked supper and Jim worked on the blog.
We saw a Casita in the campground at Zion but didn’t stop to see if we
knew them.
8/17/13 - Cedar City, UT
We drove to Bryce Canyon National Park
today. We went through the Dixie
National Forest to get there. On the
road through the forest is Red Canyon -- we stopped and took pictures. At Bryce Canyon we stopped at Inspiration
Point and Bryce Point. The
thunderclouds started to roll in pretty fast.
There was a lot of lightning and thunder nearby. After stopping at Paria View and taking
pictures, it started to rain. This is
the first major rain of our trip. The
temperature cooled off to 60 degrees.
We drove to Sunset Point and one of Jim’s pictures captured
lightening. Then we went to Sunrise
Point. Both Sunset ad Sunrise Points
were without the sunshine. The last
stop was Fairyland Canyon and then we drove back to camp. We went through Cedar Breaks National
Monument to get back. At camp it had
barely rained.
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