Vosslings Adventure Book: Las Vegas Nevada

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Sunday, June 28, 2015

Las Vegas Motorcoach Resort

Las Vegas Motorcoach Resort
Las Vegas, Nevada
Happy Camper Rating 10/10

This campground was more than an RV Park, it was a stunning Resort. The Resort is located just off the main road within walking distance to Target, Kohl's, restaurants and strip mall. The Resort had a mom and pop diner just outside the front gates for campers and general public. The menu looked delicious but we didn't partake in meals at the resort. They had front gate security around the clock. It was immaculate and beautifully landscaped. We had full access to the club house with beautifully designed bathrooms and main swimming pool with a central stone hot tub. There are also 2 other pools located on opposite sides of the Camp. Each Camp site was equipped with a stone drive, patio, grill and outdoor dining set. It was very quiet there. There was very little thru traffic and plenty of shady trees to reduce sun and noise. We had about a 15 minute drive to the Las Vegas Strip. We loved staying at this park. It was very relaxing and enjoyable. ROUGH'N IT!

Sunday, June 21, 2015

Day 11 Hoover Dam

Day 11 Hoover Dam

Voss Tour of Hoover Dam Nevada/Arizona
June 18, 2015

Josh has always talked about touring the Hoover Dam so this was our deciding factor on staying in the Las Vegas area to site see both places this trip. We planned on heading out to Boulder City early to beat the record high heat, but things don't always stay on schedule....

On our way out the door, we all had one last potty break before heading out and guess what happened... Mom broke the cable on the toilet lever when she stepped on it. So instead of going directly to Hoover Dam, we had to go to Camping World for toilet parts because they close early. On the way to Camping World Josh had a hard time reading Las Vegas signs and he missed our exit 3 times. That was NOT fun. Eventually we arrived at Camping World and here comes Josh walking out with a new toilet. Parts would take a week to order so we didn't have much of a choice. Then we realized it wouldn't fit in the trunk with all of us in the car so the toilet played back seat passenger for the remainder of the day. WHAT HAPPENS IN VEGAS......

On to Hoover Dam. The drive was beautiful. As we approached Lake Mead, I grabbed the camera. The water was a stunning blue. The bridge over Hoover Dam was beautifully constructed. As we pulled up to the entrance there was security check points. After a brief questioning and look through, we made our way down to parking. It was extremely hot outside by noon but we pushed through the walking self tour of both sides of the Hoover Dam. Later we headed downstairs to the museum and movie portion of the tour. After the Movie about the Hoover Dam, Josh, Carmen and Chandler went on a lower level tour of the operational parts of the Dam down 72 stories. Meanwhile, Colin, Charlie and I went on a visitors tour of the making of Hoover Dam through the Museum. It was pretty neat for the boys to understand how water creates electricity and how the electricity gets into our homes. They also have a better understanding of how the dam helps the water get into certain parts of the surrounding states and how quality of life is better now with water source as apposed to the years before the Dam construction. Josh and the big kids seemed to enjoy the tour of operations. It was interesting to learn some of the facts about the construction period and the events surrounding it. Only 96 men perished during the construction. The entire town of Boulder City had to be built in order to house the workers for extended period of the construction. They were like family, always together rotating work around the clock.

After a long hot day, we settled down at the RV for some yummy kabobs and swim time. I was pretty excited to take full advantage of that beautiful Grill!

View From Hoover Dam Bridge

Hoover Dam Power

I40 Bridge

Statue of worker

Nevada Time

Josh standing in both Nevada and Arizona

Nevada/Arizona State line

Arizona Time

Old Hoover Dam Museum

Chandler, Carmen, and Josh taking Operations Tour

Hoover Dam Wall

Approaching Lake Mead

Lake Mead

Hoover Dam Movie

The Boys creating electricity

The boys learning about how electricity gets from Hoover Dam to homes

Colin running operations

Time to relax

Kabobs cooking

Dinner Time!

Friday, June 19, 2015

Day 10 LVM Loving Las Vegas

Day 10 LVM Loving Las Vegas

Depart Fillmore, Utah
Destination Las Vegas, Nevada (286 miles 4 hours)
Las Vegas Motorcoach Resort

June 17, 2015

We packed up and headed out of Fillmore at about 10:30am. We fueled up and unhitched the car to prepare for a Canyon drive. The scenery changed from the view of snow capped Rocky Mountains and green hills to Red Clay Mountain and Canyons with very little flatlands. We crossed into AZ and it was a tight, suspenseful drive through the canyon under construction. Traffic was very congested as we got into town. We needed to wash the RV, so we stopped at a Truck Wash upon arrival at Las Vegas Motorcoach Resort. As we pulled into the Resort, all of our jaws dropped at how beautiful it was. There is 24 hour gate security, a stunning club house and the lots are all equipped with a beautiful stone drive, patio and built-in barbecue kitchen.

After setting up camp we decided to find a restaurant with steak on the menu! We decided to introduce the kids to a Brazilian Restaurant called Fogo de Chao. I love Brazilian Restaurants so we decided to take the kids for their first experience and splurge on fine dining. Colin and Charlie were complementary, otherwise I may have thought twice about going there. Charlie wanted nothing to do with the salad bar until he got back to the table to see the other kids with a plate full. I took him back up there and he chose a few mystery meats and salad. After he was done trying each thing on his plate, I told him congratulations, he had just tried new foods including prosciutto. When we were all done with our starters, we were able to flip our cards over so the Brazilian men walking around with an assortment of meats could come over and serve us. That was a hit. I really enjoyed the chicken and garlic sirloin, Josh loves filet, Colin in enjoyed the top sirloin, Lamb was top on Carmen's list, Charlie liked them all and Chandler's favorite was the sirloin. We all chose to split dessert. My Lava cake came with Strawberries which I'm allergic to and wasn't on the menu so they brought me a new one. Everyone was excited about that because there was more to go round. Gotta love strawberry garnished desserts. All in all I think dinner was a hit.

After dinner we drove down the Las Vegas Strip. Charlie saw some Transformers, Ironman and Minions walking down the strip and wanted to meet them. After a few wrong turns, I was able to find a parking lot and we went through the Miracle Mile Mall. Ahead of us was the Bellagio Hotel where Josh wanted everyone to see the fountain water show they have about every 15 minutes. As we made out way though the crowd we came across IronMan, Minions, "girls in feathers" and a few street performers. There were a few times I needed to divert the boys attention to avoid them seeing some very inappropriate things but we handled it pretty well. We watched the beautiful water show and proceeded to walk all the way down the Strip looking for the Transformers. Finally we found them and the boys got their photo taken with the "transformers." There are so many people looking for a buck on the Vegas Strip. I give them props for their creativity. By 11pm we realized it was time to get back to camp. We drove the Strip one last time on our way out and called it a night.