Pahrump, NV

 

 

After a short stay in Reno, NV our little two trailer caravan headed south out of Fallon on US-95. Nice highway but nothing much to see or do.

We had a two week reservation at the Circus Circus RV Park in Las Vegas but we were a week early and had no idea where we would spend that week. At a nice pull-off near the Nellis bombing range we decided to try and stay at the military campground on Nellis AFB near Las Vegas. All they had was overflow sites and we don’t boondock so that was out.

We really didn’t want to spend an extra week in Las Vegas so we got our RV park catalogs out and started calling places. I called a place called Terrible’s Lakeside Casino near Pahrump, NV. (It is now known just as Lakeside Casino). They had just had a 12 site reservation canceled and could let us have two of them side-by-side. I told them we would be there in a couple of hours and gave them a card number to hold the sites.

We had no idea what kind of place we were going to and the pot-holed roads didn’t help. We were pleasantly surprised when we saw how nice it was. Me and Don both did 30 years in the Navy. So when we are checking-in together and asking for a military discount our combined 450# and military gab normally get us 15% and it did there. They also do 10% for AARP, AAA and a couple others plus past users with players cards.

I ended up with the largest site and it had two parking spots which worked out to our advantage as Don could not get his trailer far enough onto his sit because of the banking. So he parked his truck in front of my trailer.

There was a beautiful new golf course less than five miles away and we played there three times. No waiting or tee times needed. The girls set-up on the smallish sandy beach on the casino lake and read books and gabbed the days away while we were golfing. There were lots of fish in the lake but small.

We were not parked close to the Casino but that’s not a problem. Just call the Valet Parking office and they send a golf cart right to your site and take you where you want to go. When leaving the casino or restaurant just walk over to Valet Parking and they return you to your site in the golf cart. They had a small fleet of them and there was no charges for that service.

We stayed there for a week. The only times we used a truck was to go golfing. Great place to just chill. Very quiet and secluded.
http://www.lakesidecasinopahrump.com/

Here are some pictures. As usual you can click on any one of them to get a larger view.

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  Cal & Linda

Wapwallopen, PA.

Sometimes it's a great adventure just hunting for and getting to a campground when it's more than just a few miles off your major route. And that's just what happened when we went hunting for Moyer’s Grove CG in Wapwallopen, PA. It was down narrow roads and well secluded in the PA countryside. Our site was a FHU under acorn trees that were dropping their acorns all night. Had the wind been blowing I dare say we would not have got much sleep. Not many RV patrons. Mostly homesteaders and seasonal users. It was clean and well kept but not very friendly. The office store was well stocked.

Between the CG and the interstate we found a very friendly country store with reasonable fuel prices, with all grades, including diesel #2.

http://www.moyersgrovecg.com/

Another advantage of coming this far off a major highway to find a campground was the rewarding views of the PA countryside during clear and warm skies. And, now we can say we’ve been to another place in PA with a unique name.

Here are some pictures. Clicking on any one of them will get you a larger view and you can just toggle from picture to picture.

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  Cal & Linda

Las Vegas - The Circus Circus

This stop at Las Vegas was a very special occasion. We were traveling with our long time friends - Don & Betty - and Don’s daughter was getting married in one of those neat little wedding chapels. Family members were coming from all over the country, including a brother from Hawaii. All were staying at various Strip hotels. So we splurged and made a two week reservation at the Circus Circus RV Park.

Now the Circus Circus RV Park is a KOA managed facility. It’s very unique as the entire RV parking areas are paved like a parking lot. All sites are FHU with 50 amp service. If you’re there in warm/hot weather you better have good air-conditioning because shade is not available.

  http://koa.com/campgrounds/las-vegas/

From your site you can walk to the back entrance of the casino and then ride one of the belt type people movers to the strip where you can catch a bus or cab to any other locations. We like the bus rides. They will take passengers all the way downtown.

There are a lot of other RV parks in and around Las Vegas and Nellis AFB has a Campground on base if you qualify to stay there.

Here are a few pictures of the RV parking area, two at one of our stops along the strip and another at the wedding chapel.

Click on any picture to start a slide show. The KOA link works, just click on it.

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  Cal & Linda