Escondido, CA outside of San Diego

I think I'm finally getting caught up on my postings.  whew!!

We're in Escondido, CA, just north of San Diego.  The weather is incredible here and our air conditioners are getting a much needed break.  We're enjoying the outside and taking advantage of the cooler temps.  Highs are in the 80's and lows in the 60's.  Perfect!  I could get used to this!  It's a very pretty place.  We're surrounded by hills, lots of palm trees and blooming flowers. 

We're staying at All Seasons RV Park which is an older park with spaces that are closer together than we had in Las Vegas but the good news is that we can actually enjoy the outdoors.  There's a stream that runs down the middle of the park for fishing, a great pool and spa and a little store in the front.  We'll be here through the first of September.  Ahhhh!

Las Vegas Baby! Experiencing the Strip

We're headed down to the Strip for some fun and luxurious accommodations.  Jeff's employer is having a marketing event at the Wynn Hotel this week.  They've booked us a wonderful room, with an incredible view.  TAZ is staying back at the RV protecting it from unwanted visitors.  Any of you that know our English Bulldog, TAZ, know that that's a joke because 1st of all you'd be lucky to wake him and 2nd of all he'd probably run to the back of the RV and hide, scared to death.  He's a big chicken!  We're running back and forth from the hotel to the RV taking care of him.  In between we're checking out the sites on the Strip, touring around a few of the hotels and enjoying our room. 

Our first stop was The Venetian Hotel.  I've always wanted to see this hotel because I'm so fond of Venice, Italy.  I have to say that it's very nice, especially the Canal, Shops and Gondola ride area.  The ceiling above this area is painted like a blue sky with fluffy white clouds.  If you look up, it actually looks like the clouds are moving.  Amazing! 

Even though we are neither one big gamblers we decided to be big spenders and put $10 in one of the slot machines at The Venetian Casino.  Four pulls later we'd won $175.  We didn't push our luck and promptly cashed in our winnings. 

Of course, I had to go to some of the shops, do some looking and a little buying.  Great shopping here ladies!  If you come to Vegas it's worth checking out.  Jeff really enjoyed this part!  lol

I have to say that after we did some looking around the different hotels I've decided that there's no place like the Wynn.  It's an amazing hotel.  They've put a lot of detail into every inch of this hotel.  From the entry, to the shopping, restaurants, the casino and the gorgeous rooms.  Just want to give you a description of what our room was like.  When we first arrived and opened the door to our room, we turned on the lights and the curtains automatically opened exposing floor to ceiling windows and a perfect view of the Strip.  Beautiful décor.  White leather sitting area, desk, table and chairs, king bed, flat screen TV on the wall and push button controls that control temperature, lighting and the curtains.  The bathroom is all marble, has a large glass shower and huge bath tub.  It even has a TV in the bathroom!  As nice as our RV is this place is huge in comparison.  If you decide to visit Las Vegas I highly recommend staying at the Wynn.  Just gorgeous!

Our last night we decided to go see a show.  We picked Penn & Teller which turned out to be an excellent choice.  We both love comedy and this show was excellent.  It was at the Rio Hotel.  What a fun time!

We checked out on Thursday and headed back to the RV and start to preparing for our next destination.  We're headed to San Diego, CA and we're looking forward to cooler temperatures. 

Our View

 

 

The Wynn - I should have gotten more pics

The Venetian Hotel

 

 

 

Hoover Dam

I've gotten really behind on my postings due to a wonderful computer virus.  I'll be adding things over the next few days to get you up to date on where we've been and where we are now. 
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Jeff's back safe and sound from cool San Francisco with temperatures in the 60's and 70's.  Of course he had to rub it in.  This week in Las Vegas has been hot as usual but we actually got a few rain showers which were followed up with steam and more heat.  Thank God for air conditioning!

It's Saturday and we're headed to Hoover Dam.  It is an amazing place!  To think that the workers who built this place worked in this heat, hanging off the side of the canyon, working 7 days a week and going home to no a/c.  Incredible!  The dam was built starting in 1931 and completed 5 years later in 1936 ahead of schedule.  It was originally called the Boulder Dam and later renamed the Hoover Dam after President Hebert Hoover.  The Dam was built to supply water to Nevada, Arizona and part of California.  An amazing amount of concrete was poured to create this Dam. We took a tour of the Power Plant and made our way around the outside of the dam and visitors center.
We took some great pictures and thought we'd share them with all of you.

 

 

Las Vegas, NV

Sorry I haven't posted in awhile.  We've been busy staying cool here in hot Las Vegas.  When we arrived it was 118 degrees and our poor air conditioners were struggling to keep up.  We concluded pretty fast that we were going to have to buy some sun visors for some of the windows to block out some of the heat.  We rushed off to the nearest Camping World and found a large one for our front windshield.  Even though we have the black out shades on the exterior of the windshield it just wasn't enough.  Thank goodness it helped and we've been a lot more comfortable since.  Of course the temperatures have gotten a little lower (110) over the last week and a half and today is actually rainy and cloudy.

I hope everyone had a great 4th!  We headed down to the Las Vegas Strip to check out the festivities. Our plan was to drive down the strip and then head back the other direction to find parking so we could get out and enjoy the fireworks display near Caesars Place.  Well that didn't exactly work.  After turning around we got stuck in a massive traffic jam.  I've never seen anything like it.  Cars, taxi's and limos, bumper to bumper, and people everywhere.  We never made it to a parking garage and watched the fireworks from the car.  While sitting in the traffic we discovered that our gas gauge was on empty.  We had visions of our car running out of gas right in the middle of the strip, all the cars and people.  Thank goodness we were able to eventually get out of the traffic and found the nearest gas station.  After filling up the gas tank it was time to fill our tummy's.  We found a great little diner called "Blueberry Hill".  Great breakfast for me and Mexican for Jeff.  Both were excellent. 

Jeff will be headed to San Francisco this week for work.  I'll stay behind to hold down the RV and take care of Taz.  After he gets back we're planning to take in a show when the Vegas Strip is a little less congested.  I'll keep you posted.