Las Vegas Day 2

We spent the morning resting up after our long walk the day before.  About 1PM we bought 24 hr bus passes and took the bus about 6 miles to the other end of the strip.   Proceeded to walk thru Mandalay Bay, Luxor, Excalabar, Tropicana, MGM, and New York-New York.  Ate Fish dinners at a restaurant  in New York-New York.  Then we walked thru the Aria (a new casino/hotel and really awesome).  Walked on to the Bellagio for a fountain show.  Then it was back on the crowded bus for the trip back to Circus Circus campground.  Very tired from all the walking.

                                           Barb at Mandalay Bay

                                                    Sphinx at the Luxor

                                           New York-New York with roller coaster

                                           Excalibur



                                  

                                           Barb tickling lion's toes at MGM

                                      

                                           More MGM lions              





                                          

                                           Bellagio Fountain show 3 min video  (turn up sound)

Las Vegas day 1

We arrived in Las Vegas about 1PM yesterday.  It was a very easy driving day compared to day before with 50 mph gusts.  We got a campsite at Circus Circus/KOA.  In the afternoon we  walked down the strip to Treasure Island and Mirage (round trip about 3 miles).  We watched the Volcano erupt at the Mirage. We missed the Treasure Island show due to the huge crowd. Have to catch it another time.  The weather is beautiful, with temperatures in the 70's.  We will be here at least 3 nights.

                                           Our campsite

                                           Sigfried and Roy

                                          Mirage

                                          Volcano erupting in front of Mirage

                                          Riviera

 

 Stratosphere

Barstow, CA

Left Yosemite on Sunday morning, taking pictures of the clouds in the valley and seeing Yosemite falls.  It had rained a lot over night and was still cloudy in the morning.  Headed for Kings Canyon/Sequoia National Park.  Got a park campground for the night, and it stormed the whole night.  We left this morning driving thru snow, hail, sleet, rain, and fog/clouds getting out of the mountains.  We decided due to the weather not to see the worlds largest tree (General Grant tree)  It is 107 ft. around, and about 2000 yrs old.  Here are the last pics of  Yosemite.  Today we drove on to Barstow, CA and camped at the Shady Lane Campground.    We got electric tonight, first time since last Tuesday.

            

                                                           Me at Mirror Lake  ( dry this time of year)

                                           Barb in Yosemite valley with low clouds

                                           Yosemite Falls   (Dry this time of year)

                                           El Capitan  (seen climbers on it days earlier)

                                           Bridalveil Falls  (from road leaving park)