Tuesday, December 30, 2008

What a drive to Las Vegas





What is nice about being retired is that you can change your mind and yesterday we did just that. What was going to be a straight 300 mile drive to Vegas turned into a twisting, turning, 450 mile drive,but glad we did it . While visiting with Ken and Jeanie, Jeanie mentioned we should drive through Death Valley so Doug took his map out and plotted a new course. What looked like a straight road, CA 155, turned out to have so many twists, turns, hairpins curves and up and down the mountain took 2 1/2 hours to go 110 miles. But what a beautiful drive.


The drive took us through some interesting places and some desolate places. Death Valley is a real wonder of Mother Nature and I wished we had longer to stay and explore.


Arriving late in Las Vegas we were surprised to find that Treasure Island had upgraded us to a suite, so SWEET!! Wish I could add that we won big, can only say truthfully that we both still have some of our money left.

1 comment:

Todd said...

Definately click on the picture for this one, as you can see cow's, at least I think they are cow's grazing on the far hillside.
I'm so jealous to not have a view like that from my backyard!