Las Vegas was a perfect location to spend Thanksgiving with Terri and Jerry. We were lucky to have warm days and cool nights to explore Las Vegas, Red Rocks Canyon and Valley of Fire State Park. It was about a 5 hour drive from San Diego. There is a Freightliner service center north of Vegas where we spent a couple days having our annual service, steering alignment, and warranty shock replacement done.
Oasis Las Vegas RV Resort
We enjoyed this RV park. Their gym had equipment in excellent condition, unlike so many RV resorts. Oasis had an adult only pool and hot tub, nice for end of the day relaxation. Sandy really liked their dog park, which had numerous individual dog runs. The park was large allowing for power walks around the resort.
Oasis had an 18 hole putting course with real grass that wraps around the pool and club house. Ok, it wasn’t Bentgrass with a stimpmeter of 10, but still fun.
Thanksgiving
Terri is an amazing cook. Each night we had an incredible spread with wine or prosecco. Terri is also a very good artist. She took us to visit her friends at the Las Vegas Arts District. Sandy had been wanting to learn acrylics for a long time and took the opportunity to gain some knowledge from Terri during our short stay. Sandy is a beginner and has a lot to learn. She thinks her style will be abstracts. This first painting has since been altered/improved!
Red Rock Canyon
Red Rock Canyon features a 13 mile one way scenic loop road filled with stops to numerous hiking trails. The area is managed by the BLM.
The wild burros were abandoned by gold rush miners. Kind of a nuisance but protected. They have been problematic, encroaching on bighorn sheep habitat and known to bite and kick tourists for a handout.
Valley of Fire
Valley of Fire is Nevada’s oldest State Park and encompasses 46,000 acres of red sandstone.
It is composed of Aztec Sandstone which formed from sand dunes 150 million years ago. Jake always enjoys a good hike.
Television, movies and commercials had been filmed here including; Star Trek, The Professionals, Total Recall, and of course…Viva Las Vegas starring Elvis Presley and Ann Margret.
We enjoyed hiking among the rocks, slot canyon, arches and wind carved formations.
