Just before the big feed, it rained in Death Valley!
Crazy!
But it stopped right away and we all had a good time together.
Then we hit the dump station and drove up and out of the valley. 144 miles later, and cruising through Las Vegas, we arrived at the Boulder Beach campground at the Lake Mead Recreation Area.
Not a lot of people here and we picked a good spot.
Three more days of boondocking. I forgot to look up and now our solar panels are pretty shaded most of the day. Oh well. It is nice and quiet here.
Right after we got set up, we went into Boulder City. It is a neat little town. The next day, we went to Hoover Dam.
Here is a shot of Lake Mead, the marina, and way off, our campground. The water sure is low.
Hoover Dam
I love this shot. I photo-bombed a group selfie!
We walked all over and across the dam. Now what irked me, was that they wanted $10.00 to park in their parking lot. We drove a mile away and parked for free. Then they wanted $10.00 per person to get inside the visitor center. ??? We passed. And if we wanted to do a Hoover Dam tour, it was $30.00 per person. I quess we are too cheap. We saw everything (above ground) and saved 90 bucks.
There are some nice walking/biking trails here. There is the Historic Railroad Trail that goes right by our campground.
Here is mile marker 22.5. There are 5 tunnels between here and Hoover Dam just 5 miles away.
The trail also connects to the River Mountains Loop Trail that goes into Boulder City. This is a good place to bike.
We also had a call from our grandson, Chase. He is a Marine stationed in Camp Pendleton. He just happened to be in Las Vegas for the Marine Corp Ball.
So we drove into Vegas and met up at Johnny Rockets in the Excalliber Resort & Casino.
It was good to see him again.
Good times!
Next stop, Bullhead City, AZ.
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