Done with Vegas!

Vegas Chocolate Factory

Yummmmm Chocolate right from the Factory!!!

 HE SAID:We continued our efforts to do Vegas on a budget using Groupon and Restaurants.com. We also tried to find some cheap entertainment  like visiting the chocolate factory in Vegas. The only thing missing was Lucy and Vivian working on the assembly line stuffing their faces with chocolate....funny thing was the assembly line above was dropping chocolates on the floor and they were just sitting there...What a waste.

We got a great price on visiting the Atomic Testing Museum and found it very interesting. Both Pat and I were amazed at how long they continued testing atomic bombs long after World War II. Of course they did most of the testing in and around Vegas.

Drop Cover and kiss your ......goodbye!!

We wish our suite  had a kitchen, but we did our best eating as cheap as possible. Some of the places were sketchy. This sign was from a  pizza place we ate at.... they spelled Sauce wrong all three times....BTW the pizza was really great here, but when the cook starting smoking in the back at an open door, it was time to go (we were just finishing thank goodness).

Last picture after Pat's comments reminded us of "Danger Will Robinson".

SHE SAID:

Am I getting too old for Vegas??? No yearning for the night life with us on this trip - other times we have stayed out late, walking the strip - on this trip we walked the strip once, stayed pretty close to the hotel, other than our venturing out for museums, food, etc.  Oh, right, etc = shopping, and that we really reigned ourselves in on this trip. We did do the outlet malls, and Fashion Show malls, along with Burlington and Ross/TJ Maxx.  No awesome buys, as we are so limited with space!  

I did really enjoy the Atomic Museum - I had no idea the testing went into the 1990's.  My memories consist of my young childhood, with school teaching the 'stop, drop and cover' scenario'...just in case, and...'don't look at the light!  Brought back a 'gone era' - hope so, anyway!  Leaving Las Vegas became a longer experience than anticipated as we had to get the dogs, drive to Pahrump to pick up the RV (it was about 1/10 cost of Vegas to leave for the week) and then to head to Yuma - which took us right back through Vegas.  

We drove until about 4 and decided to call it a day, leaving us near Needles, Ca - which is right at the Arizona boarder. We filled up with gas at $4.19/gallon - only to drive another three miles across the Arizona side and gas was $3.19/gallon - an expensive lesson - good thing we were nowhere near empty for that one!  We parked, set things up, with a few glitches in getting the SATTELLITE TV running - caveman John came out again, placing the receiver on the roof, allowing RECEPTION! I am not even sure that he watched TV last night - it was the comfort of knowing it was there, I guess. I won't even get into the lack of WIFI :)  

Today we hit the road around ten - the time keeps jumping around - it felt like 9.  On our continuing journey to Yuma, we passed through Quartzsite where there is a giant RV show going on - it seemed more like a trade show to me, surrounded by RV sales.  During our run around the perimeter of the show, we actually bumped into Jeanne and Bas Visser (Beths in laws)  We had talked a few weeks ago and planned on getting together sometime while we were in the area, but certainly did expect to just bump into them - small world, that's for sure!   We are hoping to see them in the next few days.  After a quick stop for our lookeyloo,  we pressed on to Yuma.   Tonight we pulled into a very crowded RV park in Yuma, not the nicest place we've stayed - the sites are very close together and the garbage was a mile walk to get to.   We have made plans to meet up with Twila and David (Dianas in laws) for a Boon-Docking Boot Camp.  They have been full time RVing for over a year now, and have promised to share some tips with us - looking forward to an education.  We do need some help, but we are having fun!