Sunday
morning we woke to a down pour of rain and my man discovered our
sewer hose had a hole in it. How do you know if your sewer tube has
a hole in it??? It's not that hard to figure out! If you will be
staying at the Blackoak Rv park soon, you might want to avoid slot
52. ha!
This
was a drive day. Las Vegas here we come. We passed 1000 miles of
drive time today. Grace Anne loves to draw with a purpose so I got
her a new sketch book for the trip, here is her rendition of us
leaving Yosemite:
We
headed south on highway 99 through Bakersville, CA where we jumped on
highway 58 and started our drive through the Mojave Desert. Like I
mentioned it was pouring rain at the start of the day, our windshield
wipers were on overtime. We headed over a pass of green lush hills,
evergreen trees, and vineyards. My man looked over to me (his queen
of the monster truck) and said this is all changing very soon, his
prediction was dead on. Half hour later we were seeing fewer trees
and more brown dust. The thing we were not expecting were the wind
turbines. We saw one huge turbine and marveled at it and then our
eyes scanned the ridge beside us and our jaws dropped. These
turbines go on for miles. The landscape is dotted with thousands of
them in all different sizes. We passed a semi carrying a single
blade and it was approximately 100 feet long! The wind was intense
(hence why they thought this a good spot for thousands of wind
turbines) we stopped at a rest stop, I opened the truck door and I
thought it was going to blow away, taking me with it. Luckily, we
only lost the wrapper to a chocolate bar I had enjoyed:) I wanted to
get a good picture of the turbines but couldn't due to the downpour;
Grace Anne sketched it for me.
The
train tracks and all the tunnels were a big hit in this car since we
are big fans of “Thomas the Train”. And, then the sheer vastness
of the desert was a sight I won't soon forget. It felt like it was
just us out in the great big, wide world. Then suddenly the
landscape didn't change but the traffic did! About 75 miles outside
Vegas the cars just started appearing. Thankfully on a Sunday
afternoon we were headed towards the city and not away. My advice,
never drive out of Vegas on a Sunday, or you'll be joining everyone
in California.
And
then the brown ended, the tumble weed disappeared, and Las Vegas
shown in all its glory ahead. What hotel did we stay in you might
ask? The Oasis RV hotel of course. One of Luke's patients
recommended this one too and it was a great stop for us. Nice, clean
spots and a heated pool to boot. We were just minutes from the strip
so we set up camp and headed into the Vegas night. My man was on a
mission: good food and lots of it. Some friends told us about the
Aria hotel, so we headed there and found The Buffet. It was an all
you could eat Lobster, Crab, Shrimp, Steak, Sushi, and all other
manner of delicacies. My man about put them out of business with
the crab legs. He also enjoyed the tops (yes only the top) of about
10 crème brulee desserts. I loved the crab, shrimp, and the endless
trips to the bathroom with my children. Grace Anne loved the crab
legs (already cracked for you), her Coke and the rice krispie treats.
Dawson loved his very own Sprite and the bread sticks. Gotta love
the kids.
We
managed to make it to the Belliagio for the water show. I love
watching the lights dance and thinking Brad Pitt or George Clooney
might appear for another Oceans movie:) Back to the Oasis, we have a
big day tomorrow; we're hoping to be the first ones to the M & M
factory!
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