"Exploring East & West of the Colorado River Caravan" We left for Las Vegas this morning - a four hour drive. This time, we were not deparkers and could leave early, drive at our own pace, stop when we wanted and arrive anytime in the afternoon. Changing to Pacific time zone meant we arrived an hour earlier. Our Leaders cautioned us about a speed trap in the village of Searchlight. We rolled into town at 25 mph (55 mph half a mile earlier) found a big parking lot filled with RVers and had lunch. We never saw the police car. The weather has not been cooperative, 45 degrees and very windy. Our Reese dual cam sway controls are doing their job. The forecast is for more of the same, plus rain and colder temperatures into next week. This may impact our travel plans into Death Valley, particularly if snow or flooding is forecast. After we continued on, an unfamiliar numbered Airstream began following us. A voice came on the CB asking if we were part of the caravan. We replied, "Yes" and asked where they were going. "We're just arriving and hoped to catch up with the caravan." On more than one caravan, this has occurred when families were delayed or couldn't get to the rendezvous site on time. They followed us in - thinking we knew exactly what we were doing. Luckily, we got it right the first time. Silverton RV Resort is a full facility campground with WES, cable, telephone, raised concrete pads and pull through sites. Our Leaders greeted us with an unexpected surprise - tickets to a Comedy Magic Show. At Happy Hour, supper plans were made for Jerry's Nugget Restaurant where huge prime rib dinners go for $7.99 each. Somehow, we were asked to lead the way on this 10 mile drive through downtown Las Vegas. We had never visited this city before. The prime rib was everything we'd been told. It was our month's allotment of beef. The return drive along Las Vegas Boulevard had enough lights burning to provide California with electricity for a week. Every hotel was trying to put on a more spectacular display than the other. Opulent consumption of electrical power is the norm in Las Vegas. Terry mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] "Nothing is fool-proof to a sufficiently talented fool." -- Anon To unsubscribe or to change to a daily Digest, please go to http://www.airstream.net/vaclist/listoffice.html If replying back to this message, please delete all the unnecessary original text from your reply.
