October 15 - Las Vegas, Nevada

Rattlesnake on hike 

Jenn in Venice

Campground pool

We saw Mystere

The Eiffel Tower

Famous sign

Paris

New York

Our camper map

The Sphere

Titanic exhibit at the Luxor

Rose

Great crepes!

Red Rock Canyon

Hike in Red Rock Canyon 

Rose on hike

Rose was not very impressed with the number of people on the Las Vegas Strip. She said that there were one thousand too many. So we limited our time there but did enjoy a nice dinner at Mon Ami Gabi (French bistro) and dessert crepes at La Creperie. Ken and Rose also said the pizza was quite good at La Pizza. The next best thing to being in Paris sans les bedbugs. 

The campground has been the largest to date with over 800 sites. I thought that the traffic was congested in the Vegas area but not too terrible. However, locals claim it is worse than usual due to the $80 million road project preparing for the first Formula One race in Las Vegas in November, including a section on the strip. 

Rose and I greatly enjoyed the Cirque de Soleil Mystere show. Wow! Rose seemed to be in awe and very impressed although she also mentioned being able to do most of the acrobatic tricks.  

The Titanic exhibit was spectacular. I had seen it before and would see it again. Both Ken and Rose seemed to appreciate it. Rose liked touching the iceberg and making us cold. 

We drove the 13 mile scenic loop at Red Rock Canyon. That is where Rose and I saw the rattlesnake! Quite exciting. Thankfully no incidents. 

And today we found Hope Church Las Vegas not too far from our campground. Service was great and the leader said Rose was the best kid in her group. ❤️ Tonight we went to Paris for the last time and drove by the Sphere. 

Off to Utah tomorrow.

PS Over 8,000 miles driven to date. 




 

Comments

  1. Janeen StepinskyOctober 18, 2023 at 6:15 PM

    Thanks for including me in.
    Love the posts!! 💞
    How are you going to fill Hawaii in the camper map???

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  2. JennOctober 18, 2023 at 9:48 PM

    You’re very welcome, Ken has a plan for that. Lol Maybe we’ll just move those stickers further south so no one can see them.

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  3. MomOctober 21, 2023 at 6:38 AM

    Las Vegas looks great! The pool at the campground is awesome! I am enjoying all your comments and updates of your trip.

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    1. JennOctober 22, 2023 at 7:24 AM

      Yes, pool was great! ❤️ Glad you are enjoying the updates.

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  4. AnonymousOctober 22, 2023 at 10:26 PM

    So cool! Love the photo of you in Venice! Also Rose looks way too old in these photos!!! -Laura Spitler

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  5. HollyNovember 10, 2023 at 12:30 PM

    We flew over Las Vegas on 10/15 on our flight home from LAX after the cruise! That's another place we'd love to get back to. We're not gamblers but love the sights and that it's a good "home base" to see the National Parks. We spent a couple of ours at Red Rock Canyon the year we were there, didn't see any rattlesnakes though. Glad there were no incidents but think they're pretty good about giving warnings. LOL!!!

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