Friday October 20th 2017

The flock of birds landed on the roof again this morning, but it was a welcome alarm today. Last night I learned that a high wind warning would be out for the area today. It had been calm during my entire stay at Lake Havasu State Park. Wouldn’t you know that on my travel day it was going to be very windy. I decided to get an early start so that I would hopefully be off the road before it got serious.

I was out of the park and on the road shortly after nine this morning. I made one stop to fill the gas tank and arrived in Las Vegas around noon. The last hour of the trip was a real white knuckle affair. Coming up US95 from California to Bolder City Nevada there was a strong cross wind with gusts that wanted me off the road. I slowed down and kept two hands on the wheel to make it safely up the 70 mile leg of my morning travels.

I got checked in and situated on my site at the Las Vegas RV Resort. This is not a beautifully landscaped park with lots of space between RVs. Rather it is a high quality urban RV park. I was here in April so I knew exactly what I was getting. The sites are lined off areas in a large level paved area. There are many RVs packed in orderly rows, but you have plenty of space. I have more space here than I had last January in a park south of Tampa Florida which cost significantly more. It’s about the same amount of space I had south of Phoenix last March, but that was on annoying pea gravel.

Site 217 at the Las Vegas RV Resort.   Note the white painted lines that delineate the boundaries of the site. 

In selecting Las Vegas as a place for the next three months, I knew I’d be in for some cooler weather. There will be days that don’t get out of the 50s and the nights may be below freezing. I can easily handle those temperatures. I have a full propane tank for the times I need the furnace, but will use the heat pump in the AC unit, the electric fireplace and an electric space heater for most of my heating needs.

The primary attraction of Las Vegas is the multitude of activities available. Just tonight I learned that a Hot Air balloon festival is going on this weekend. They are having difficulty with the wind but never the less is an interesting opportunity to see an uncommon event. I doubt that I will get up early enough to cross the valley for the morning events, but I will check out the afternoon events one of the days this weekend.