Sin City

Our Las Vegas Home

Yes, we are in Las Vegas. Yesterday we drove from Kanab, UT into Arizona, back into Utah and then into Nevada. Needless to say we were in the tri-state region and our route caused us to transverse Utah twice where the corner of Arizona intruded into our path. The distance travel was 205 miles but to us flatlanders from Florida it was like being on a different planet. We crossed mountains, deserts and plains. Much of our way followed the path of the Virgin River as its canyon was the only practical place to build a road through the mountains. Beautiful!

Our campsite is pure Las Vegas. We are parked at Arizona Charlie’s RV Park which is a part of the casino property here. You might wonder why we are camping at a casino. Simply, $$$$$$$$$$$. When we checked out the local KOA Campground we discovered that their rates were $77 a night – ouch. Here we are only paying $27 a night and this location comes with perks. Signing up for a casino Players Card was a no brainer as this entitles us to breaks on food, and certain promotional gifts. This morning I had steak and eggs for breakfast and it only set me back $3.99 less a 10% discount for our Players Card. Not too shabby.

Last evening we dined with longtime friends of Kathy Lou, Diane, Palma, and Peter at the Tuscany. Diane and Lou, now living here, had coupons so again we benefited from the casino scene. I had a delicious prime rib for $10.99 but with the coupon, dinner was two for one. I guess this is one place where we can eat out cheaper than eating at home. We had a nice visit.

This morning Kathy rode over to their local residence and spent some time with her friends while I stayed at the coach with the puppies. We had clothes in the wash so I was there to transfer them to the dryer. It is surely convenient traveling with a washer/dryer combo in our motorhome. Kathy always hated looking for laundry opportunities in our previous travels, especially with the onus of sitting around in a Laundromat waiting for our clothes to finish.

Tonight I presume we will meet up with the gang again and do dinner somewhere. After all, we are in Vegas, why not? 

P.S. One of the programs that Kathy and I watch on TV is America's Got Talent. This year one of my college mates was a contestant and actually made the finals. His name is Joe Castillo. We just got tickets for AGT opening night of the live show in Vegas at the Venetian Palazzo on September 26th and Joe will be performing. How exciting. We hope to meet up with Joe and his wife, Cindy, for lunch one day if his busy schedule will allow.