Hoover Dam

After the race was over the Stones and us headed into Las Vegas. The Terras had to head back to So. California. It is so nice to have full hook-ups after almost a week of dry camping! Not having to be sooo frugal with water, lights and everything else is sooo nice! Being able to do laundry and run the vacuum (with two shedding pets) is almost heavenly! We enjoyed ourselves at the buffet that is part of our "reward" for volunteering at the race and one evening Rick & I went downtown to enjoy the lights and action at the older downtown casinos! We didn't "play" too much, but I learned a lot about older Las Vegas from Rick! We drove back to the RVs on the strip and although I've driven down it many times, it is ever changing and ever growing!!

Don and I left Las Vegas a day later than we had planned. Before we left home we had to have our satellite dish shipped to Utah for repair. I had talked to them during our trip west and was told that it would be shipped out in time to meet us when we arrived in Las Vegas. I had the installer all lined up and everything. Only problem was there was no satellite dish to get put back on! Since it weighs quite a bit having it shipped overnight wasn't an option so we decided to take our chances on having it shipped to us normally. The good thing is that Salt Lake City is a straight shot to Las Vegas! Luckily it did make it here although it was very late in the afternoon by the time it was put back on! The next day it was a long travel day to meet up with Jerri and Lloyd Wood in Willcox, AZ! Since we had to stay in Las Vegas the extra day and we had a commitment in Del Rio, TX we had to push on and didn't get a chance to stop in Casa Grande to see our friends Marlene & Bob Rea, there's always next year though!

I have to say that this was truly one of those "oh sh*t" moments when we came around the corner and saw the new bridge that they are working on at Hoover Dam. To see those two ends sticking out there was amazing! I sure wouldn't want to be working on them, that's for darn sure! Traffic wasn't too bad going around the dam and we did have to stop before going over the dam to be inspected. It wasn't bad...just a few minutes, mostly spent talking to the guy and we had to open our bay where the propane tank is! Where security is concerned, I'm not against having to take a few minutes if in the long run it saves my life or someone elses.

We drove like the wind and ended up getting into Willcox later than we normally like to drive. I had dinner cooking in the crock pot as we traveled so it was easy once we got set up and had a chance to visit! We were all heading east with a final destination of Henderson, LA so the next morning we headed out together with Lloyd leading the way! It was another long day of driving but we made it to Van Horn, TX for the night. Jerri fixed dinner for us so that made it a really nice day! :-) We went our separate ways the next morning after only a few miles, but we'll see them again in just a few days when we get to Louisiana! We were heading to Del Rio, TX to see Stacy, Korey and Justisse! We had last seen them in Rapid City, SD so we were anxious to get there!