This was our moving day from Pahrump to a campground on Lake Mead, south of Overton, NV. We went from a 10/10/10 resort/park to a 6/8.5/6, but we're roughing it and, we still have full hookups. It's more secluded and quiet here, and we are quite close to Lake Mead. The one drawback we have found so far, is that we only have a trickle of water coming out of the faucet. I wonder if that is a sign that we need to conserve! We always carry water aboard, so we are prepared. The reason we wanted to come to this area, is to hike and visit Valley of Fire State Park. Thanks, Jeanie and Nick for informing us of this place. We have loaded a lot of geo-caches/earthcaches in the park and we'll do them while we are here. They aren't allowed in the National Park's System, but they are in state parks. Today's travels went well, but the winds are picking up now, and we are to get rain tonight and tomorrow. We're fine with that, as we built a week in here, and we should have plenty of time to do what we want. Lake Mead Recreation Area consists of 1.5 million acres and is a National Recreation Area, within the National Park Service. Lake Mead is the largest and one of the cleanest reservoirs in North America. We are still in the Mojave Desert and it consists of 87% of the park, and the rest is water. I did take some photos from the motor home as we traveled, so I'll post a few, but I know when we get into this area, they will be much better.
We drove straight through Las Vegas, and alongside The Strip. We visited Las Vegas many times for trade shows, when Jim was in business, and I didn't realize that we walked so far from one end to the other. It looked really long, as we drove by today. We were twenty-five years younger then, too!
This is the famous Trump Tower. It wasn't up when we used to go there, as were several other hotel/casinos.
This is our preference! We'd rather be out in the country than in the big cities. This is just a sample of what is to come. We're excited to start our week's adventure.
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