Campsite Review: Desert Eagle Campground is located on Nellis Air Force Base north-east of Las Vegas south of Interstate 15. It is a very nice place. Coming from Las Vegas go north on Interstate 15 and exit on east Tropical Parkway. Then turn south on North Sloan Lane and turn southwest on Las Vegas Boulevard …
Campsite Review: Sparks Marina Campground is located just north of Interstate 80 and west of Sparks Boulevard. It is just north of the Marina. The very best way to get here from the east is to exit Interstate 80 and then north on Sparks Boulevard, then west on Lincon Way. Lincoln Way has two very …
The RV Park we are staying at in Reno (actually Sparks) may be the nicest RV Park we have ever been to. This is the Sparks Marina RV Park; right across the street from a Sparks Marina Lake Park where the water floods out of the ground at over 2 million gallons a day. The …
Campsite Review: Topaz Lodge Campground is located on Highway 395 just to the north of the California -Nevada Border (on the Nevada side). It is northwest of Topaz Lake and part of the Topaz Casino. Carson City is forty miles north and South Lake Tahoe is forty miles northwest. The road however to South Lake …
Campsite Review: Tonopah Banc Club Casino “Campground” (closed during our stay overnight, gravel parking lot). Tonopah Nevada, to avoid confusion. The Banc Club is located just north of Highway 95 just north of the downtown area in Tonopah. The Banc Club offers truck and RV parking in their dirt lot without charge. Tonopah Nevada is …
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Still in Las Vegas at Nellis Air Force Base. We have not been here since Ground Hog Day, but rather every day feels like Ground Hog Day, same day — different date. Just like the entire world, we are still hiding from the virus. We are grateful that we had a place to stay during …
While we are staying in Las Vegas we made a day trip to visit Valley of Fire Nevada State Park which was one of our very first campgrounds. We camped here in March of 2018. Everyone knows that travel is very restricted and that campsites are valuable in this time of the pandemic. Several friends …
I planned our route to be in Las Vegas for Tami’s birthday. I started about three months ago getting the plan in order. The plan was to meet at her brother’s house on her birthday and because it wasn’t going to be much of a surprise. How many surprises can you get, when we go …
Another RV term is “Toad” which means a car towed behind the RV. The word is used in a sentence as if “What kind of toad do you have?” Our old toad was an Acura, very nice and we got it already with the necessary equipment to tow behind the RV. The Acura had one …
Yesterday was not a good day on wheels. We’re stuck. No starter. We are broken down waiting for repair. We are still at our friend’s house. No jiggling of the gear shifter is getting me out of this one. Willy the local mobile mechanic came over with his repair truck and diagnosis was a break …
Virginia City and Perfect Beef Stroganoff. I bet you didn’t expect this in our travel blog. We are visiting Virginia City, Tami is standing in front of one of the many bars. Tami is not leaning. The building is leaning –honest. Perfect Beef Stroganoff Well to get perfect beef stroganoff, first, someone has to join …
It is a long way from Boise to Gardnerville, Nevada even though we stopped in Winnemucca. It is a long way from Bend to Boise but we made it in one day. I realize that some people in RVs will knock off 300 mile days without complaint but we were tired on all three legs …
We have electricity, and water, no sewer, no cell phone coverage, and no computers. We do have a view. We are at Valley of Fire for the rest of the week. The view from our front window. Our friends Patti and Joel are in the RV in front of us. In the summer — Hot! …
Vegas — Baby Traveling to Las Vegas along the Colorado River was just what we needed. We just arrived in Vegas after spending the week in Laughlin/Bullhead City. Not much to see there. The big view was the casinos in Laughlin. It was very windy — most of the time. We did go to Oatman …
Campsite Review: Oasis Las Vegas Campground is located in south Las Vegas at the corner of Interstate 15 and just south of Blue Diamond Road. From Blue Diamond Road turn south on Parvin street which turns into West Windmill Lane. Do not attempt to gain entrance from the south or east of the Resort, use …
