Nov. 20, 2009

From Las Vegas, Nevada.
Day 153, the last.
The weather in Tucson was perfect for sleeping. But since we had about 430 miles to go, we got underway at about nine.
Headed toward Phoenix, the road was good and like I said yesterday this coach runs effortlessly at 75 mph. This was the easiest drive I have ever had through Phoenix to pick up US-93 to Las Vegas. It has always amazed me that no Interstate connecting these two cities. Actually there has been a lot of work on 93 north of Phoenix, it may be four lane divided in 10 or 20 years.
We stopped for dinner at the Cracker Barrel in Kingman, Az. This is the closest one to Las Vegas so we indulged ourselves.
A short jaunt on I-40 brought us back to US-93. The road is now under construction from the Lake Mead Recreation Area boundary to the dam. It looks like it will be four lane divided all the way to Kingman about the same time the bridge downstream from the dam is completed. The check point has moved from the old rest stop to about where the road to Kingman Wash is. The stop and inspection didn’t take five minutes and sure beats going through Laughlin to get to Las Vegas.
By the time we got across the dam it was dark. We got to Henderson just in time for rush hour traffic. The coach may be a dream to drive on the highway but I don’t like the stop and go especially in the dark. It was slow all the way to the house
We got to the house at about 6 PM. A little while later Curt and Dana brought the kids over. We really missed them and enjoyed a couple of hours of them tearing through the house.
We didn’t do much in the way of unloading. We will leave that for other days.
I doon’t know if I will keep up the Blog daily now that we are off the road. The next week or two will be just doctor appointments and getting squared away.
Our next planned trip is to the Rose Parade.
I love to travel, but Home Is Nevada.