Movin' On

The wind was blowing in Bullhead City this morning at 25 mph+, and so we rode it right out of town. The young lady at the desk as I checked out of the Silver View RV Resort asked me when we would be back and I told her we would return when the wind stopped.  She (sorta) laughed.

We took highway 163 across the Colorado River from Bullhead City through Laughlin, and on to an intersection with US95, which goes north through Searchlight, NV, and intersects with US93 about 15 miles west of Hoover dam.  From there it was a short jaunt to our current location, the Lake Mead RV Village, total mileage 85 today. This RV park is awesome.  It's located on the west side of Lake Mead about 5 miles from Hoover Dam.  We opted for a lakeside space that has a great view of the lake.

as well as a fire pit, a table, and full hookups.

There is a row of mobile homes in the next row back from the lake, most of which are unoccupied. We took a walk through the area and saw this beautiful cactus in front of one of the homes.

It was such a nice afternoon that we sat outside and watched the rays of the sun slowly disappear from the surface of the lake.

We made one error, however, and left the screen door open.  This little guy greeted us when we went inside:

We gathered him up in a soft sweater and shook him out outside.  I know that hummingbirds fly fast, but this guy took off like a shot!

We sat outside around the fire for a few hours this evening, and counted the planes coming into Las Vegas.  There was never less than 1 in the air and several times there were 5 or 6 in the air at the same time.  This was just from the East.  If the traffic was the same from the other directions, then there is a huge number of people coming into Vegas every day!

As usual, I'm fascinated by sunsets: