So back to
the grind…LOL
We have had
a wonderful break back in Canada and UK and are now on to the next stage of our
adventures.
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| WELCOME HOME!!!! |
Early
morning flight to Tucson via Chicago and yes they are in the NHL finals and the
city is in full excitement. Flights arrived on time and we made to the trailer
storage by 12.15. Trailer and truck were shiny and waiting. Got some groceries
across the road and set off to Palm Creek Resort. Pretty warm at 109F so we got
both air conditioners going. Settled in nicely and got a nighttime swim in
their wonderful pool.
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| AHHHH!!! 109 degrees don't feel so bad now |
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| Palm Creek RV Resort- Nice |
June 12 - Wednesday
Laundry
unpacking and repacking day. Got in some pool time and got ready or tomorrows
drive.
June 13 –
Thursday
Well it was
a 312 mile, 6 hour drive to Lake Mead. Some challenge with routing around
Phoenix. Arrived at 3.30pm, used about $105.00 worth of diesel! Still at 109F
it was pleasant drive with the truck ac working great. Managed to back into our
lakeside site after only a couple of attempts. What a view.
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| En route to Lake Mead.. Colorado River |
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| NEVADA ... WHOO HOOO!! |
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| First sight of Lake Mead |
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| First view from our campsite - 5 nights YEY!! |
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| Inside Lake Mead RV Resort |
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| Set up and relaxing |
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| View we came to love |
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| Sunset increases the colours |
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| Beautiful Lake Mead (Hoover Dam around that corner) |
June 14 –
Friday
Up before
7.00, at least it was a little cooler and of course the AC ran all night. Off
we went to the Hoover Dam. Took a very informative tour and heard a lot of
“dam” jokes. We walked across the dam and then drove across and then got some
great views from the McCarron Bridge on I 93. We then drove up the western side
of Lake Mead to suss out the former town of St Thomas that was flooded as part
of the Lake Mead project. En route we passed Redstone where we saw volcanic,
limestone and sandstone rock formations and learned a bit about the local
geology; and how we felt about almost losing Janice’s camera!
June 15 – Saturday
Tried to
sort out the mobile hotspot situation as we had exceeded the Tengonet broadband
limit at the camp. On our 4th retail visit we finally found someone
who had knowledge of what we wanted…and at WalMart no less. Bought a mobile hotspot from
t-mobile at Wally-mart! Hoping our internet problems would be fixed with
this and we would have internet at hand
if the RV park wifi’s are weak. (turns
out tmobile doesn’t have much coverage in North-western States… we learned that
later to our dismay!!!)We carried on into
Las Vegas and drove up the strip. Eventually parked at Caesar’s Palace and
began our investigations and people watching. Had a great time absorbing all of
the atmosphere and walked the length of the strip down to Mandalay Bay where we
had dinner at the House of Blues. Wandered through The Luxor, loved the architecture
at Excalibur, peered into MGM, passed New York New York, caught a great
40’s/50’s group at Cosmopolitan, saw the fountains at Bellagio, played a couple
of slot machines in Caesar’s and got back to the truck around midnight. One
more slow drive down the strip and a 45 minute ride home. What a great day.
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| Inside Luxor Hotel/Casino |
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| Disney theme Hotel |
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| Fountains at Bellagio... amazing!! |
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| Me big time gambler ..... NOT!!! |
June 16 - Sunday
Fathers day.... HAPPY FATHERS DAY Derek .... decided to do some catch up around the condo...
basically a day of relaxation and hanging out. Watched the US open on TV for a while.
Monday June 17
Up early and packed up a breakfast in
the cooler and headed down to the beach… Set up chairs etc ate our brekky and
had a lovely swim in the lake…. Temperatures headed into the 100+ range again
during the day… so it was nice to catch some sun and swim while it was down in
the 80’s early in the morning. Went
shopping to Macys. Janice bought a couple of new clothes (prices were amazing
there) and a purse for the wedding. A huge panic when we realized her hearing
aids had come off somewhere in the store. and a frantic return to the store and
run around, she found them on the floor. Unfortunately one was slightly damaged
by someone treading on it, but is fixable. Feeling VERY lucky to have found them. Back to camp to start packing ready for trip tomorrow.
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| Breakfast on the Beach 7am.... Heaven - still in the high 80's |
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| View of RV resort from the beach |
