Thursday April 20th 2017

Today was a little warmer and a little breezier than yesterday, but overall a beautiful day in the mid 80s. After a couple of full tourist style days today was a much slower day. I’m sharing a few more pictures from yesterday’s trip to the Valley of Fire State Park in this blog entry.

Rock formation at Valley of Fire State Park.

I spent the morning reviewing my plans for the next couple of weeks. The plan has been to leave Las Vegas on Monday. I introduced a wrinkle to that plan when I bought a ticket to a show for next Thursday my mistake. If I don’t want to throw away the ticket value I need to consider staying in town. Luckily I don’t have any commitments in the near future.

White rock formation at Valley of Fire SP.

There are still plenty of things I’d like to do in this area. I haven’t been out to Lake Mead, Laughlin or Pahrump this trip and I have never been to the Mob Museum to name a few. I had given some thought to coming back in November or December, but I could easily use the time at the end of the year in new areas. Tomorrow I’ll check to see if I can extend here without moving. If I have to move I’ll probably leave on Monday. Otherwise, I’ll stay for another week.

This afternoon I took a drive to check out my escape route from Las Vegas. I haven’t been on US95 northwest from the center of the city since the limited access highway replaced Rancho Drive as the path of the route. I wanted to see how much construction was underway and get a general feel for the road. It will be an easy exit from Las Vegas assuming I hit the traffic right. Now I just need to find a gas station with easy in and out access.