Monday Oct 21, 2024 White Spar Campground (Prescott AZ) to Las Vegas

Very quiet campground given we are so close to Prescott. Coffee and then a quick stop at McD’s for the breakfast sandwich we were cheated out of yesterday. Today we go to Las Vegas, where Deb has not been and I was last there at a trade show 30 years ago. I also met our daughter there in 2015 and we rented a Harley and rode around for a week.

Before leaving town we went to Watson Lake / The Dells which is a beautiful lake with odd round rock formations. One or two people there. The campground is closed for the season but the boat launch and park are open. Nice to have the place to ourselves.

Rt 89 took us directly north until we hit I-40 at Ash Fork. This road is pretty remote so you have to watch your gas. I-40 was busy but quick and we did a quick side loop to Seligman, AZ which is an old Rt 66 town. Lots of 1950-60 Americana there.

Then back on the I-40 since we wanted to get to Las Vegas in time to go into the city and see the sights.

We got to the Las Vegas RV Resort around 2:00 and checked in. A friend recommended it and it is indeed very nice. Our van was the smallest thing here.

We got an Uber to the Sphere, which we decided not to do since we hadn’t planned on it and also were too cheap to pay the $100+ a head. Better done at a later trip. Then we walked “the strip”.

First stop was The Venetian where they have boats with singing drivers that will take you in and out of the compound. All the shops were new and the casino was full, like all of the casinos.

Next stop was The Paris where they have a really big Eiffel Tower. Looked pretty new and well done. Then the Flamingo which was a little run down, but still busy. Then we tried to stop at Caesars Palace where I had spent a week at 30 years ago but it was hard to tell how you even got in. Then the Bellagio and watched one of the fountain shows. We decided to get some dinner and then walk the strip again after dark. We had dinner at Bubba Gump Shrimp on the third floor balcony which was a great place to watch all the action down on the strip.

After dinner we went back to the Ballagio and watched the fountain show again with all the lights. Pretty spectacular. The crowds were double what they had been earlier today and it was fun to see all the crazy people on the streets at night.

We ended up back at the Venetian where we called an Uber and rode back to the RV park.

At our quiet spot back at the park we realized that Las Vegas is meant to max out all of your senses. Sight, sound, smell, vision, the whole works. Contrast that to where we hope to end up tomorrow night, somewhere on Rt-50, the loneliest road in America.