Desert Eagle RV-Las Vegas, NV (4/27-5/4)

Today we are headed to Vegas, baby!. Along the way we passed the San Francisco peaks in Flagstaff. Last night it snowed on the peaks and it was a beautiful sight driving by seeing all that fresh snow.

As we left Arizona, we crossed the Colorado river into California. We will only be traveling for a short time up US 95 through California into Nevada. We got to see a few Joshua trees, even though we’re not that close to Joshua Tree national Park

Mike and I were trying to figure out how long it’s been since we’ve been to Vegas and we’re thinking about 15 years. Driving into the valley, the skyline of the strip still looks the same as one casino just replaces the last one

Since we are traveling with our friends, Barbara and Mark, who happen to be ex military, we are able to stay at the military campground on Nellis Air Force Base. The drive from Cottonwood to the base was 400 miles and a long drive day. In addition to that, we had to get a pass to be able to come and go onto the base and we had to get a campsite picked out at the campground. We left Cottonwood at 6:30 AM and didn’t get done setting up in Las Vegas until just after five. It was a really long day but uneventful.Read more