Dreary. There is no better word to describe the what should have been a 5 hour drive from Palm Springs to Las Vegas. The landscape is bleak. Granted we are driving through the Mojave Desert, but geez, there is nothing! The only thing of interest are a series of trains with hundreds of cars winding their way through the valley. But we are still chasing the sun...everywhere we want to go is still too cold, so Vegas it is.
It took us eight hours instead of the expected five to make the trip because Gigantor kept overheating as we climbed steep hills up to the 4,000 foot elevation. We had to stop several times along the way to cool down and will have things checked out properly in Vegas.
We enter Las Vegas Motorcoach Resort (lasvegasmotorcoachresort.com) with a sense of deja vu. While each of these Outdoor Resorts of America have their own personalities and level of amenities, the bones are very similar.
This one is very pleasant and we manage to score a great site again....#188. Huge outdoor kitchen that can seat 18. And I've learned a new word....palapas...those are the grass skirt looking umbrellas over the tables. Really quite interesting in their efficiency and construction.
The resort overall is very nice, but we have become so spoiled. It's not up to the level of either of the ones we stayed in Indio. But it's pretty convenient to the strip, about 15 minutes, and we pop in the evening after our arrival to have a little fun and try our luck.
We go to Caesar's Palace (caesarspalace.com) because we want to try Mesa Grill (mesagrill.com/lasvegas), Bobby Flay's place. Way laid a bit by the slots and I'm up $63. Grab appetizers and drinks at the bar which were terrific. Split a "rough" cut ahi tuna tartae with a mango habanera sauce and a smoked chicken/black bean avocado quesadilla. Very pleased with the choices. I really have to learn when to fold them...back at the slots end up losing my winnings plus another $10.
The Mirage volcano show is still cool.
Haven't decided how long we'll stay here....kind of waiting the weather out...booked us here for a week and then we'll figure it out. Lots we want to do....Hoover Dam, Lake Mead, some golf, see a couple of shows and see all the hotels that weren't here 10 years ago. We've also been in contact with Habitat for Humanity to see if we might be able to volunteer while we wait out the weather here.
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