Day Eight - Viva Las Vegas or Elvis and All of His Freinds - Part One

So this one is gonna be pretty straight forward. We left San Francisco and it was 62 degrees. We arrived in Las Vegas and it reached 106. During our drive through the Mojave Desert we saw very little besides mountains, hills, Joshua Trees and Truck Stops. We also barely missed a car accident when a Honda Fit, which was two cars ahead of us, spun out of control and spun around and slammed head first into the guard rail in the median going full speed. The highway was covered in a cloud of dust, dirt and rocks everywhere. Fortunately for us, we were able to steer clear of it and emerge with only a few scratches on the car.

We also had a less the stellar meal at Carl's Jr. That'll teach us to eat fast food on the road.

We arrived in Vegas with only an hour to spare before having dinner with my family at Sam's Town. After a haphazard attempt at ironing a shirt, we drove across town and arrived at one of the city's older coastal casinos. Inside was a buffet of enormity, serving everything from Italian to American to Mexican to Asian to everything in between. After a few hours with my family, Lloyd and I made our way to Downtown Las Vegas to witness the Fremont Experience. It is the world's largest overhead screen that stretches three city blocks. The show was mostly a big commercial for all that Vegas has to offer.

From there, we returned to our home, The Excalibur where, after spending 9 hours in a car, we crashed.

There we no doubt be more to tell of our adventures in Sin City as we will be returning after our trip to the Grand Canyon.

From the Road,
Harvey