We are now at the airport and waiting for our flight. It is still hot in Las Vegas, 109 degrees today. In total we did 1548 miles - which has certainly put some miles on the clock for the new car. Linda liked it so much she wanted to take it home!
The airport is like a third world country - no Starbucks, or any coffee shop. However, it does have free internet access in its favour.
We left Palm Springs yesterday morning, and took the scenic route across the mountains, to Barlow. This took about 2 and 1/2 hours. We then joined the I15, the motorway, and followed this to Barry, where we stopped for a coffee. The whole journey was very scenic, going across several sandy deserts, mountain passes and small towns in the middle of nowhere. Linda was sitting there doing her knitting, and I was listening to Country Music.
We got to Las Vegas about mid afternoon and were staying at the MGM, the Largest Hotel in the Road (when it was built). We checked in and then went for a walk. We walked down the main street for hours, looking in all the hotels, and finally having to stop for a coffee as we were too tired to walk any further! The hotels are all different but just full of people gambling and not winning anything. It was a long walk back, and with the heat and the driving we were tired! So we went to bed and fell asleep.
Today, we got up late, had a Starbucks for breakfast ( as the hotel gave you a free upgrade on your drink) and then we went out for a drive. We went to the Red Canyon, which is about 45 minutes away and had a drive around.
Then we called in at the Mall for a lunch before finally returning to the airport. The fuel light was on so we couldn't go much further anyway.
The end of another trip.
A few photo's at http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/simon.werrett The folder is Palm Springs to Las Vegas