Seeing America with Ken and Shirley: Two more off the "Bucket List" and Lake Mead and Hoover Dam!

Thursday, January 29, 2015

Two more off the "Bucket List" and Lake Mead and Hoover Dam!

Had a nice night here at the RV Park..Left this am and were at Gold and Silver Pawn in Vegas at about 1000. Not a bad crowd there at that time, but of course no Pawn Stars either. Nice little shop, alot smaller than I would have expected but nicely kept and lots of people working. We looked around a bit, bought one souvenir and left. By the time we got out to the parking lot it was amazing how many people had come and were headed in to the pawn shop! We got there just in time!

The way I remember Vegas..when I was younger!

Almost to Las Vegas Blvd...love the shoe!

Here it is!

The back of the store....Rick..

Ken outside the store...

The parking lot ...

People going in...there was hardly anyone when we went in...

Think they're gonna stop them soon...ridiculous...

We left there and drove down the "Strip"...we thought we'd find a place to park and walk around, but just too many people, so we drove and I took pictures..that was fine with us.

Stratasphere...looking up those are people on that spider looking thing
NO way!

Down the strip...

Treasure Island...

Don't have to go to New York City....She's in Vegas...

We decided to head to Lake Mead and see where we want to camp after leaving the rv park. Had a lovely drive through Henderson NV and on to Lake Mead...Because Ken's America the Beautiful Senior Pass was stolen in the truck break in we were able to get him another one for another $10.00. Yay!

So we drove on the lakeview drive and checked out a couple of campgrounds. We like Boulder Beach which is where we'll probably head tomorrow for a night or two before heading to Arizona. Because it is a National Recreation Area it's only $5.00 a night for camping...(old person's pass)...great bathrooms, water but no hookups..but we don't need them..

Heading toward Lake Mead!

Camping area we may stay for $5.00....awesome!

Then we headed to the Hoover Dam road and drove over the dam, lots of people but such a beautiful place! We may go back in the next day or two.

After our drive there, we headed for Boulder City and the Coffee Cup Diner. This was featured on Diners, Drive Ins and Dives...so off we went in search and found it! Had lunch there and it was yummy! We may go back for breakfast on Saturday and see how that is. Pork Chili Verde Omelette is their featured item that DDD had so we'll have to try it...well at least Ken will, as I saw an order of biscuits and gravy go by and hmmmm.....i'll try not to ...but no guarantees.

My lunch at the Coffeee Cup...NO I did not eat all those fries...

Ken's lunch and yes he did eat all his!

The hallway to the bathroom....

Bar at the Coffee Cup...

Outside the diner

By the time we were done with lunch and a quick drive around old town we decided to head back to trailer. I made reservations for Buckskin Mt State Park for February 7th till 11th...so what to do before that? I'm sure we'll spend a few days at La Paz County Park...but before that...who knows.