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This entry is actually being written on Sunday Night (20 May) but will be posted when a connection is available. Tonight we are at an RV park that is MILES away from where we expected it to be and the WiFi is too marginal to upload to either the Blog or the Kodak site.
We wound up spending Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights at the Luxor since they made us an offer we couldn't refuse (Spa suite for free). Room 24001 was very comfortable and you'll be able to view some pictures soon. We have at least 60 more photos to post at the Kodak site and I will do this just as soon as I have a reliable connection for long enough to do it.
No, we are NOT big winners but had a fun time. Part of Saturday was spent at Excalibur which remains pretty much the same as when it was built and we visited it for the first time, probably 12 years ago or more.
This morning we arose a bit earlier than normal for this trip (8:00am) and proceeded to load up the RV for the continuation of our journey. We were not surprised to find that the refrigerator was no longer running but pleasantly, Deb later discovered in one of our references just WHY it was not running. Jeff: For a small fee we might actually share all these things that we're learning about YOUR vehicle; however, in the absence of any appropriate remuneration, we just might keep all these neat secrets to ourselves.
...and now back to the travels. Sunday started with an almost immediate diverstion as some construction prevented us from joining up with the Interstate where we intended and after going a bit astray Deb (of course) sought some directions and we were soon back on track. One of our first encounters outside of 'Vegas was Nellis Air Force Base and, of course, for all you SciFi fans out there, the vicinity of Groom Lake and Area 51. Unfortunately, we were NOT abducted by Aliens on this trip, but we are looking forward to investigating this and other areas along this route in a lot more detail on some future trips.
When exiting Nevada we had to cross one small corner of Northern Arizona and were quite surprised to find a real oasis in the desert. Up to this point we had traveled at least 80 miles thru the desert where there were no services of any sort; in fact, the only evidence of civilization on this stretch was the highway (and other sojourners) we were traveling on. The oasis was a town named Mesquite where there were several large and beautiful resorts, an obviously exploding population and housing (anyone know of the Eagles "...Paradise"?), even a couple golf courses - all green and lush.
We are currently some miles South of Provo and the entire trip thru Utah has been simply fantastic. Views too amazing to describe, particularly winding thru the Virgin River Gorge. We're posting some photos of this and I hope you can get some sense of the dramatic scenes. There are other mountain scenes, etc. for you to enjoy (including several snow caps - matter of fact we just heard on the news that the snow in the mountains is a lot more sparse than normal for this time of year).
Monday we expect to be off thru Provo, Salt Lake City, a lot more mountains, thru the small section of Idaho and then into Wyoming. We hope you continue to join us on our journey and if you've posted comments to the blog and cannot yet see them, it is only because Internet access has been a bit more spotty than expected. Oh, and then there's TV. Right now we're watching a Golf Show on the only available (snowy) channel.
Deb Here: Jeff, Ty would not tell you but the counters in the bedroom are coming off, I went back while we were driving and low and behold the formica is lifting right off the nightstands.Oh I am sure that we can superglue them somehow or if need be we will duck tape them like the gas door, Wow, am I glad we brought duck tape, we will most likely buy more tomorrow at the grocery store just in case. We have yet to figure out what the beep beep is, but it is starting to go off more and more, today as I was driving in construction, doing the 65 posted speed, ( way too fast for almost a gravel-like surface) it went absolutely ballistic, Ty referred to it as morse code, and I do believe he was accurate, oh well just another thing for you to figure out, but do figure it out, otherwise it will drive you crazy.
To everyone else we are still having so much fun, the trip is so great and we are still going to buy a RIG. The driving is great and the views are so great that the time flies by, we can't believe that a week has gone by. Well it is getting late here in the mountains and I need to get my beauty sleep, I seem to not care too much about things like make up, and as you all can see, my hair has not had much upkeep either.
We wound up spending Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights at the Luxor since they made us an offer we couldn't refuse (Spa suite for free). Room 24001 was very comfortable and you'll be able to view some pictures soon. We have at least 60 more photos to post at the Kodak site and I will do this just as soon as I have a reliable connection for long enough to do it.
No, we are NOT big winners but had a fun time. Part of Saturday was spent at Excalibur which remains pretty much the same as when it was built and we visited it for the first time, probably 12 years ago or more.
This morning we arose a bit earlier than normal for this trip (8:00am) and proceeded to load up the RV for the continuation of our journey. We were not surprised to find that the refrigerator was no longer running but pleasantly, Deb later discovered in one of our references just WHY it was not running. Jeff: For a small fee we might actually share all these things that we're learning about YOUR vehicle; however, in the absence of any appropriate remuneration, we just might keep all these neat secrets to ourselves.
...and now back to the travels. Sunday started with an almost immediate diverstion as some construction prevented us from joining up with the Interstate where we intended and after going a bit astray Deb (of course) sought some directions and we were soon back on track. One of our first encounters outside of 'Vegas was Nellis Air Force Base and, of course, for all you SciFi fans out there, the vicinity of Groom Lake and Area 51. Unfortunately, we were NOT abducted by Aliens on this trip, but we are looking forward to investigating this and other areas along this route in a lot more detail on some future trips.
When exiting Nevada we had to cross one small corner of Northern Arizona and were quite surprised to find a real oasis in the desert. Up to this point we had traveled at least 80 miles thru the desert where there were no services of any sort; in fact, the only evidence of civilization on this stretch was the highway (and other sojourners) we were traveling on. The oasis was a town named Mesquite where there were several large and beautiful resorts, an obviously exploding population and housing (anyone know of the Eagles "...Paradise"?), even a couple golf courses - all green and lush.
We are currently some miles South of Provo and the entire trip thru Utah has been simply fantastic. Views too amazing to describe, particularly winding thru the Virgin River Gorge. We're posting some photos of this and I hope you can get some sense of the dramatic scenes. There are other mountain scenes, etc. for you to enjoy (including several snow caps - matter of fact we just heard on the news that the snow in the mountains is a lot more sparse than normal for this time of year).
Monday we expect to be off thru Provo, Salt Lake City, a lot more mountains, thru the small section of Idaho and then into Wyoming. We hope you continue to join us on our journey and if you've posted comments to the blog and cannot yet see them, it is only because Internet access has been a bit more spotty than expected. Oh, and then there's TV. Right now we're watching a Golf Show on the only available (snowy) channel.
Deb Here: Jeff, Ty would not tell you but the counters in the bedroom are coming off, I went back while we were driving and low and behold the formica is lifting right off the nightstands.Oh I am sure that we can superglue them somehow or if need be we will duck tape them like the gas door, Wow, am I glad we brought duck tape, we will most likely buy more tomorrow at the grocery store just in case. We have yet to figure out what the beep beep is, but it is starting to go off more and more, today as I was driving in construction, doing the 65 posted speed, ( way too fast for almost a gravel-like surface) it went absolutely ballistic, Ty referred to it as morse code, and I do believe he was accurate, oh well just another thing for you to figure out, but do figure it out, otherwise it will drive you crazy.
To everyone else we are still having so much fun, the trip is so great and we are still going to buy a RIG. The driving is great and the views are so great that the time flies by, we can't believe that a week has gone by. Well it is getting late here in the mountains and I need to get my beauty sleep, I seem to not care too much about things like make up, and as you all can see, my hair has not had much upkeep either.
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