Continuing trip

Yeah, I know. I am a little behind. Been kinda busy lately, but here I am to continue with our trip home from the wedding in Seattle. After touring thru the rest of Yosemite and burning our brakes coming down out of the mountains we landed in Bishop, California for the night. It was a nice place and we left early the next morning heading for Las Vegas. It was a long and hot road when we finally got to Nevada we ran across this "ghost town" and stopped to take a few pictures. It was a humorous place and a bit out of our way but then we were exploring and said why not. It was a former gold mining town out in the middle of nowhere named Goldpoint. It was made up of ramshackle buildings that were former saloon, bordello,general store, etc. It was kinda cute but we didn't hang around too long. It was also a little creepy.

We headed on down the road and finally reached Las Vegas and boy was it crowded. We got into town at rush hour traffic and were beginning to have a little trouble with the transmission. I guess the car was getting tired of all the traveling. lol. We checked into our motel and took a little rest before heading next door to the restaurant /casino to enjoy a meal and gamble a little. Of course we lost a little money, but we placed a limit and had a good time. The next morning we toured up the main drag and grabbed some pictures of most of the famous hotels and casinos on the strip. We picked up some souvenoirs at the huge souvenior shop that I had seen on my favorite TV show CSI.

We headed out of town and saw the famous "Leaving Las Vegas" sign and decided to cross Hoover Dam. There was construction going on and the line was long. It was fascinating how huge the dam was but neither of us wanted to get out of the car because it was so dang hot!. We dd however stop on the Arizona side of the dam at a little souvenoir shop for a few goodies. The clerk there was very friendly.

We made Alberquerque, New Mexico very late and took our time getting up the next morning to head home. Alone the way, we stopped at the Billy the Kid Museum and rested and took some pictures and gathered up some souvenoirs like usual. It was a nice museum and very well thouhgt out and maintained. They had all kinds of pictures and old relics from the western days. Worth the stop.

Finally, We arrived back in good old Texas and headed for home thankful for a nice trip, but grateful to be in our own beds. e had a really good time and hope to get to travel like that again soon.