We left Idaho after dinner with Sunshine because we were concerned about the very low temps freezing our RV pipes and because Dale had to be at a work related meeting early Monday. So Sunday night I drove from Idaho to Provo, Utah where we found a place at a Flying J to park for the night.
We woke up early, picked up fuel, coffee and drove away. The landscape was rolling hills mostly with a layer of snow.
Somewhere two hours or so south of Provo snow started falling so heavy that it looked like snowballs the size of nickels were being thrown. The snow was thick and coated our RV front. I wanted to take a photo but the snow started falling off when we slowed down. We passed two snowplows that were just getting started, but we had no problems driving down the road.
We did enjoy driving through the Virgin River area again, a stretch of Arizona between Utah and Nevada. The drive passes through the Virgin River area and it is a beautiful drive. The 1st time we went through back, in the 80’s, the drive took our breath away. It reminds us of hiking in the bottom of the Grand Canyon with buttes high around us. The canyon is narrow, the road is 4-lane with nowhere to stop, the buttes steep in areas.
We decided to eat breakfast in Mesquite instead of waiting until we got to Las Vegas. We’ve never stopped for food in Mesquite before so this would be a new experience for us. We found a casino, Casablanca, which was not new but very classic, something out of a movie with pink stucco and lots of palm trees. Brunch was fine, probably much the same as what we would have had at Excalibur. We gambled $5.00 each, the casino wouldn’t get rich off of us but we did win a few dollars only to lose them again on the slot machines.
We drove on after brunch, Dale drove and I worked on claims from Seattle that I hadn’t closed yet. We passed thru Las Vegas and wondered which casino that we should try a meal at next time.
We were just driving along coming up on the border of California when traffic stopped completely. At the border, on the Nevada side there are 2 casinos to the south (left) and 1 on the right. We stopped with traffic and looked over to the left, then noticed for the first time a roller coaster car on a track. We looked at each other and said “let’s go”. We pulled over to the exit lane as soon as we could, got off the highway and drove over to the Buffalo Bill Casino. We went into the casino, found the ticket booth for the roller coaster, The Desperado, and bought a ticket for each of us, and went to the entrance. The roller coaster operator waited for us to get on and off we went. This roller coaster was the largest in the 90’s and was really fun, one of the best we’ve been on. The facts say that there are 3 areas where you experience near-zero gravity, and experience G-forces close to 4.0.
After the ride we went back to the truck and finished our drive home. Traffic had let up and was flowing fine so we just went right through, straight on home. Finally Twinks and I were home after a month on the road.
We woke up early, picked up fuel, coffee and drove away. The landscape was rolling hills mostly with a layer of snow.
Somewhere two hours or so south of Provo snow started falling so heavy that it looked like snowballs the size of nickels were being thrown. The snow was thick and coated our RV front. I wanted to take a photo but the snow started falling off when we slowed down. We passed two snowplows that were just getting started, but we had no problems driving down the road.
We did enjoy driving through the Virgin River area again, a stretch of Arizona between Utah and Nevada. The drive passes through the Virgin River area and it is a beautiful drive. The 1st time we went through back, in the 80’s, the drive took our breath away. It reminds us of hiking in the bottom of the Grand Canyon with buttes high around us. The canyon is narrow, the road is 4-lane with nowhere to stop, the buttes steep in areas.
We decided to eat breakfast in Mesquite instead of waiting until we got to Las Vegas. We’ve never stopped for food in Mesquite before so this would be a new experience for us. We found a casino, Casablanca, which was not new but very classic, something out of a movie with pink stucco and lots of palm trees. Brunch was fine, probably much the same as what we would have had at Excalibur. We gambled $5.00 each, the casino wouldn’t get rich off of us but we did win a few dollars only to lose them again on the slot machines.
We drove on after brunch, Dale drove and I worked on claims from Seattle that I hadn’t closed yet. We passed thru Las Vegas and wondered which casino that we should try a meal at next time.
We were just driving along coming up on the border of California when traffic stopped completely. At the border, on the Nevada side there are 2 casinos to the south (left) and 1 on the right. We stopped with traffic and looked over to the left, then noticed for the first time a roller coaster car on a track. We looked at each other and said “let’s go”. We pulled over to the exit lane as soon as we could, got off the highway and drove over to the Buffalo Bill Casino. We went into the casino, found the ticket booth for the roller coaster, The Desperado, and bought a ticket for each of us, and went to the entrance. The roller coaster operator waited for us to get on and off we went. This roller coaster was the largest in the 90’s and was really fun, one of the best we’ve been on. The facts say that there are 3 areas where you experience near-zero gravity, and experience G-forces close to 4.0.
After the ride we went back to the truck and finished our drive home. Traffic had let up and was flowing fine so we just went right through, straight on home. Finally Twinks and I were home after a month on the road.
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