A state most famous for Las Vegas. While it only has one National Park, it does have some very good state parks, and a lot of open rugged areas to camp in. We visit fairly frequently as one of our sons is a teacher in Las Vegas.
June 20, 2021 Austin NV
It is time to head home. The heat wave makes it difficult to enjoy camping right now. Last night I was looking for a place
June 19, 2021 Las Vegas NV
Alex wanted to take us around town and show us some sites today. He has been in Las Vegas for 7 years now which pretty
June 18, 2021 Las Vegas NV
We shifted hotels this morning. Vegas is back as hotel availability for the weekend was very limited and the prices were high. Luckily we can
June 17, 2021 Las Vegas NV
This one is going to be short and sweet. We spent the day in our room avoiding the heat. We only left once to run
June 16, 2021 Las Vegas NV
We woke up early after a good nights sleep despite the heat. The southwest is undergoing an unprecedented heat wave. Not only are the high
May 17, 2021 Tonopah NV
We were up bright and early at 5:20 am to catch the sunrise on the Alvord Desert. It lived up to its billing and was
February 6, 2020 Great Basin NV
Today I made like a commercial truck driver and focused on miles and not fun. I covered a little over 600 miles in 10 hours.
February 5, 2020 Cathedral Gorge SP
I decided to begin pointing towards home last night. I am beginning to miss Ton. But I wanted to try one more Nevada Park before
February 4, 2020 Valley of Fire SP
Valley of Fire State Park has been on my list for this trip since the beginning. Ton and I stopped here last year and it
February 3, 2020 Laughlin NV
It is going to be a short one today as there is nothing much to talk about. I needed to begin moving towards home and
January 26, 2020 Las Vegas NV
It is a short one today. Alex and I met in the morning and had a buffet at one of the casinos at the strip.
January 25, 2020 Las Vegas NV
Today was a quiet day in Las Vegas with Alex my son. He is an elementary school teacher here and has been at the same
January 21, 2020 Round Mountain NV
The original plan was to drive to Tonopah NV which was about 250 miles. I woke early and while I took my time getting going
January 20, 2020 Winnemuca NV
Winnemuca Nevada has been on my radar since last year when we passed thru on the way home. I liked the name and it had
January 21, 2019 Las Vegas NV
Today we spent the day with our son Alex. He wanted to have Korean food for lunch so we had our second Korean barbeque in
January 20, 2019 Las Vegas NV
This was the last day for all of our friends in Las Vegas as they all need to get back home to go to work.
January 19, 2019 Las Vegas NV
Today we spent with our friends, beginning with a walk down the strip for lunch at a Beer house. After that the group splintered for
January 18, 2019 Las Vegas NV
Our route today was on one of Ron’s favorite stretches of roads. US-95 from Fallon to Las Vegas passes thru some of the most stark
January 17, 2019 Fallon NV
After getting up we both felt a little better so we decided to push on. We planned an easy day down to Fallon, and Ron
August 21, 2018 Las Vegas NV
Alex had to teach so we had a day to kill in Las Vegas. We are not gamblers so we decided to have an easy
August 20, 2018 Las Vegas NV
When we were doing the planning to see both of our sons we new that it would be hot in Las Vegas but our experience
February 3, 2018 Las Vegas NV
A slow day for us. We spent the morning taking care of laundry and using the internet at the office to publish the blog and
February 2, 2018 Las Vegas NV
We moved into the city for the weekend. Today was about a little shopping, giving Scout a bath to knock some of the mud off
February 1, 2018 Lake Mead National Recreation Area NV
After breakfast we set out to explore the rest of the park. We took a couple of short hikes and really enjoyed ourselves. The weather
January 31, 2018 Valley of Fire State Park NV
Our alarm was set for 4am so we could get up to witness the eclipse/Blue/Blood/Super moon. The skies were clear, but it was really cold.
January 30, 2018 Caliente NV
I love the west. Today we drove a ridiculous distance thru the Mojave Desert. We wanted to position ourselves to see the Blue Blood Super
January 29, 2018 Reno NV
Ton had a restaurant on her bucket list that is near Reno. So we began our day by heading towards Gardnerville to get a Basque
October 31, 2017 Las Vegas NV
Today we headed to Las Vegas as the trip is starting to wind down and it is time to begin heading in the direction of
May 14, 2017 Las Vegas NV
We visited the Red Rock National Conservation Area outside of Vegas today. It is run by the Bureau of Land Management. The conservation area is
January 27, 2016 Hawthorne NV
Today was supposed to be an easy day. We planned on a drive into Reno expecting to arrive there around 2pm, do some shopping and
December 14, 2015 Hawthorne NV
Another day of hard driving. We have spent a lot of time since we got Scout transiting through and exploring Northeast Nevada and Northeast California
August 24, 2015 Reno NV
Ron had once read that US 50 thru Nevada was the loneliest road in America. Great Basin is on US 50 so we got to
August 23, 2015 Great Basin NP
Today we left Utah behind reluctantly. Our target for the day was Great Basin NP which our son Dylan highly recommended. It was a long
February 3, 2015 Reno NV
Today we drove across US 95 from Las Vegas to Reno. This is one of my favorite highways as it goes across some of the
February 2, 2014 Las Vegas NV
Had a short drive to Las Vegas this morning. Leaving Wickenburg on US 93 we came to an extensive forest of Joshua Tree’s. Do you