High Roller

I settled into my lazy boy to watch a little TV last night and got to watch the Moon Rise. I'll have to admit that I haven't seen too many of those.

After a good nights rest we packed everything up and started up Road Hazard for our next destination. This would be a long drive today and would cover over 300 miles and take us through California to arrive in Las Vegas, Nevada. Up until this point my favorite state to drive through was New Mexico but after today I am switching to Arizona. You start with desert plains as far as you can see. Then the further west you go the landscape starts to change. Today, I drove Road Hazard up over the mountains getting to 7,000'. On the drive down the western side of the mountain the landscape had changed to tall pine trees and green everywhere. I have to admit going down a 10% grade at 65 mph is not fun. It's a concert of keeping the RPM's in check while you down shift, watching the air for the brakes and trying not to go too fast. I was happy when we left the mountain in the rear view mirror.

After we crossed over the Colorado River we entered into California. The drive through CA was for about 60 miles . Right through the desert. This was a two lane road with nothing but desert on both sides as far as you could see. Reta did a great job driving the bumpy road.

We finally hit the Nevada boarder to more cheers coming from Road Hazard. It's hard to believe that we are this are. As we got closer to Las Vegas it was interesting to see the suburbs. Houses packed so close together that if someone opened their window to spit it would hit their neighbors house. With so much land around here it's interesting that they just pack them in tight.

There it is in the distance. You can make out certain casino's. The Strip. Only a couple of miles from where we are parked. Time to look at the odds for the Redskins to win it all!

I have been told already to not spend our gas money. Who knows, we might hit it big here!