2016 Trip -17) Virgin, UT to Las Vegas, NV

 

Sun. 7/24…  (Virgin, UT)  Last day in Virgin.  Bryce Canyon is 95 miles from our park.  We know the road and that it’s at least a 2 hour drive one way.  Even if we spent two hours at the park we felt we would be gone too long for Bailey so we chose not to visit there this time.  We offered to take care of Daisy and Little Bit but R&J didn’t want to go either.  So this is just a hangout day.  I will catch up on my races and Lydia and I will watch the last day of the Tour de France together. Janie and Rick talked with some folks in the spa last night and they steered her from Sam’s Town RV to Oasis Resort.  So we looked it up online and decided to call there and see if we could get in.  We will actually save as Oasis is Passport America (for 3 nights).  Plus Oasis has grass and concrete whereas Sam’s Town is asphalt.  All they could promise us was afternoon shade and we’re not sure how if they have no trees!  So we will stay there one night and then move to Oasis.  More on this as we get there.   

We decided to eat in tonight.  We drove into Hurricane (about 8 miles) and went to a supermarket to pick up some cold cuts and buns for dinner.  We made deli sandwiches and had potato salad and pistachio salad. We had cantaloupe for dessert.  It was easy and very good!  We hit the pool and spa for a while.  Rick and Janie came over just as we were leaving.  I finished up my races and we went to bed early.  Bailey got a head start....

 

Mon. 7/25…  (Las Vegas, NV)  We know that Nevada is on PST so we will gain an hour when we get there.  So we left at 11:00am and drove the 166 miles to Sam’s Town KOA (tl$43.).  

Thank God it was downhill almost all the way from Virgin. Temps were 104°-110°.  I felt sorry for those climbing those long steady pulls!  We missed the turn to the registration but are good now.  The sites they gave us are ok – pretty much what we expected.  This park is 90% asphalt with very little shade.  We got satellite and good 50amp so we’re good.  Wifi is suspect – the one they give you at the office has poor signal but there is another one labeled Sam’s Town RV with a bad certificate.  So I’ll use my mobile hotspot if/when I need it.  Because we changed reservations yesterday, we are now going to stay here only one night.  After getting set up we finally got the coach cooled down a bit.  Bailey does not like the ride plus the heat so she got sick again. We have learned to put towels down so easy cleanup!  She’s ok now as long as we can keep the air going!  We called long time friends Lee and Lyn Hand and will be getting together with them in a few days.  Later, we drove around town to check things out.  We’ll eat leftovers tonight but we still needed Walmart for water and other things.  Both Lydia and I got haircuts while we were there.  Janie and Lydia stayed at Walmart while Rick & I found The Ram's Head Bar at Sam's Town.  They gave us 1/2 price happy hour tickets at check in so we went over and had a few beers each. Lydia and Janie found us and had drinks themselves!  We went back to the rig and fixed dinner and then headed out. We have two places to go for will call for our Terry Fator (The Mirage) and Blue Man Group (The Luxor) tickets so we stopped at both and went in a picked up both packets. We came home and walked the dogs and called it a night.

 

Tues. 7/26…  (Las Vegas, NV)  Today we had a 9 mile trip to the new park so we didn’t have to check out until 11:00am.  Lydia took some towels over to the laundry before we left so that’s done. We are now at Oasis RV Resort (pa$30x3 tl$50x2).

Now this park is nice!  They have a lobby like a five star hotel!  Plus a great pool. Actually, two pools – one just for adults! Plus an adult spa, not that we need the hot water with these temps but it’s in the shade!  R&J made dinner tonight.  Rick got his bbq out and cooked burgers.  Very good. We drove over to Petco for dog food and then back to the rig and then to the pool again.  We do want to go back to the strip for the evening (Lydia wants to hit the M&Ms store there) but we will wait till tomorrow.