Cottonwood Cove Resort
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Route 66, Hoover Dam and the Campground from HELL!
This is a top pick! We left early from Tuba City so would get packed up without needing to shower again as its FRIGGIN HOT (over 100F), and headed west to the Nevada border. The trip took us along the old Route 66 again http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Route _66, this time through some of the authentic "oldschool" towns along the way...kinda 50s, 60s & 70ish …
Into the Wild
After leaving Las Vegas, we returned to the campground on the Colorado River, the heat wave being over. We really wanted to rent a boat and travel up the river through the Black Canyon which we did the following morning. The weather was overcast and the temperature down so it was a nice ride along a stretch of river that was reminiscent of the way most of the river looked before the dams were all constructed. – high granite walls on either side with only a ...
Talk About Hot
Talk About Hot
Lying here on my bed in our camper which is parked on a concrete campground slab on a hillside overlooking the Black Canyon of the Colorado River just south of the Hoover Dam. I have become aware of a strange sensation. I cannot hold a thought in my brain. A bit scary to try to think a train of thought through to a conclusion only to lose it midway, with my consciousness floating into a new thought equally doomed never ...
In and Out of Death Valley
This is a top pick!
... but 2 motels where we could have stayed last night to break up the journey. We felt a little knocked that due to the misleading information we now had to continue for another 51 miles in the midday heat. Anyway, we stayed upbeat and after fuelling up (sorry, another burger) and restocking our water supplies, we made our way out of town. Baker incidentally, is just along from Death Valley. This is the lowest point in the US, it sits at 86m below sea level. It also holds ...
Viva Las Vegas!
... illusionist/magician) that night, then just cruised around, basically visiting every hotel we could to stay out of the heat - New York New York, Planet Hollywood, Monte Carlo. What people had told us about the smoke-filled casinos was right - the amount of nicotine was disgusting! Have these people ever heard of passive smoking???? That night we grabbed a quick dinner at the hotel, then it was across the road to the Luxor to see Criss Angel. it was only fair ...
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