Weddings were for a niece in Sedona AZ in April, a friend in La Jolla CA in July, a friend in West Covina CA in Sept, and now… someplace I enjoy the weather!!! Lake Tahoe on Oct 22nd for another niece! The question is if it is too cold – see the actual wedding ceremony will be on a beach.
Back to how we got here. We left Mesa AZ and decided to go see a few sights. We stopped in Railroad Pass which is just south of Vegas. Took a ride over and to see the Hoover Damn.
Rode through the interesting town of Boulder City. Great views, 
interesting old town, and a very very low water level.
and a few critters…
While in the area we went to one of the Blueberry Hill restaurants for breakfast with some old friends from CA. That was fun. 
We moved on from there to Death Valley. Just when I thought we left the heat behind… it found me again. We did a drive south and around through Parump. 
The altitude was nearly 200 below sea level.
Firsts for me all around.
We parked at Furnace Creek campground.
We wanted to go see the “Racetrack” that has the mysterious moving rocks, but it was a 26 mile off road adventure from the shorter way in. We didn’t feel like doing that in our explorer, so we opted to pass. 
We did go to a great golf course – the devil’s!
Some great views and sunrises.
We went slightly north to Beatty and parked for 2 nights so that we had time to visit with my cousin and her husband, Michele & Larry. They are now full time in their Tiffin RV also. It’s been about 2 years since we have seen each other. Seems our homes on wheels haven’t crossed paths. It was great to spend time together.
We drove out to Ryolite and observed some very interesting statues they call art.
Look closely at the “rocks” in the ground.
We also saw what was left of the town. Some amazing structures.
Glass house made from bottles.
On our way home we had to stop and buy some from the locals – beef jerky and honey – yum.
From there we started our way toward Reno & Tahoe. One thing we saw on the roads was a lot, and I mean a lot of RV’s going south. There must have been one RV for every 3 vehicles. We stopped at Whiskey Flats and found there was some bad weather brewing and it was causing everyone to jump ship. And here we are heading north! Rather than chance the weather in Reno we went to the RV park we had reserved for the week during the wedding.
We saw one point of interest – the Famous Clown Hotel! 
As we drove in we saw that we had to park our trailer separately in not a great lot. We were not happy with the options so I got on the phone and internet to find another option. I was able to secure us a space not far away. So off we went.
I have to say that the storms that hit were not fun. There were bad winds and lots of rain. The winds stirred up some fires just north of us. We stayed put in our RV! There were some nice views. The one day we had 5 rainbows. 
