Pittsburgh to Vegas and back, two weeks.

The Pikes Peak Railway sounds fun! But I would have to drive up if it were me... Check this video out! :D

Craig, that video is crazy. They talked about the people that raced up the hill and some of the speeds they do it at on our train ride, amazing stuff.

We left Fruita at 10:00, got back on 70 and drove to Arches National Park in Utah. It is about half an hour south of 70. We got there around noon and drove all over the park. It was 102 today. We walked around some trails and took a lot of pictures. The park is a must see if you are ever out this way. It is amazing the way the wind cuts through the rocks to make the arches. We left the park at 4:00 and got back on 70. The drive on 70 over the mountains in Utah is another beautiful drive. Just make sure you have enough gas and read the signs because there is one section where there are no service stations for 110 miles. They have signs warning you so make sure you read them. We drove 70 to 15 and got a hotel in Mesquite Nevada. It took us six hours to get to Mesquite from Arches. The speed limits have been 75 in most of the places since we got to Nebraska. Todays gas prices were $3.37 and $3.23.

I am loving this site, I feel as if I'm on vacation with you. Great pics, I did get all of them, keep them coming. Best of luck to you in vegas and your journey home. Buy me a Vegas tie-dye shirt and I will pay ya when I see ya. My other one is kind of old. Thanks


Char

Char, we will get it for you.

Not much time to write now, (we are in Vegas, what did you expect). After we left Mesquite we drove a little over two hours to Rachael Nevada. It is close to Area 51. We had lunch there and talked to some locals. They had some good stories to tell. We stayed a couple hours then drove to Vegas. It took about 2 1/2 hours to get there. We are staying at Harrahs this trip. Nice place but the room is a little small. Last night about 3:00am the guys across the hall had about five security guards outside their door and they kicked two people out. They stayed there while they packed their bags and left. It was pretty funny. We are going to be hanging out at the World Series of Poker tomorrow most of the day trying to meet some more pros. They are always nice about taking pictures with them. That is about all for now, we are at the Excalibur Casino using the Krispy Kreme free Internet. We didn't want to pay at our hotel. We won't be back on here until Friday evening.

Shirt? Who said something about a shirt???

We are in Tucson tonight. It took seven hours to get here from Vegas. We had a great time in Vegas and didn't want to leave but we have some more sights to see. I can't tell you everything we did in Vegas (you know the saying, What Happens in Vegas....) but we were busy. We went swimming and gambled a little. We left some money here but will pick it up when we come back out for New Years. We went to the Rio Casino to see the World Series of Poker and spent all day Thursday there. We got to meet a few pros and got our pictures taken with them. There was a big celebrity poker tournament going on called Ante Up For Africa. We hung out there and got to see a lot of big stars and poker pros. You can see a picture on our Google Map. They tied a record high temp of 116 yesterday. You have to drink a lot of water because you don't sweat. By the time you are thirsty, it is tooooo late. It was a very nice drive to Tucson today. We got to see our first big catus and a lot of joshua trees. So far we went a little over 3000 miles, used 153 gallons of gas and spent $486 on that gas. We are getting about 20 miles a gallon. The wind is very strong out here and we are fighting it a lot. The truck has been running great but it is time for a oil change already. Another busy day is planned for tomorrow.

Loving the updates! Keep them coming. Where is the next stop?

We left the hotel in Tuscon and drove to Saguaro National Park. There is a six mile loop around the park that you drive on. You get to see all different kind of cactus. Our favorite were the big ones that look like people. We left there and drove to Tombstone. This is the town where the Gunfight at O.K. Corral took place. There are some streets that they have blocked off and they have it looking just like it used to be in the old days. The people here are all dressed up in the old outfits. They put on a good show about the gunfight itself. We left there and stopped at Boot Hill Graveyard. There are more than 250 graves here from 1878. They give you a paper when you go in and tells you how most of the people here died. We left here and started driving toward San Antonio. We drove through a huge dust storm in New Mexico. You could see it for miles before we got to it. The wind was blowing very hard and it was hard to see. There were signs on the road warning about possible dust storms ahead and they weren't kidding. After a nine hour drive we stopped at a small town in Texas called Fort Stockton. We were both very tired. We got up this morning at 7:30am and stopped at the hotel at 11:45pm. We also lost two hours on the way here so it was actually 1:45 when we finally checked in to the hotel. We went straight to bed.

We only had a 4 1/2 hour drive to San Antonio today so after yesterday that was a easy drive. We went to the Alamo in downtown and walked around. There is a lot of history here. You can't take pictures inside it though. Then we walked to the Riverwalk. It is a area that is all below street level. The river runs through downtown and there is a walkway on both sides of it. It is very clean and there are shops and restaurants on both sides. We took a boat ride all around it and the guide talked about everything there was to see. The ride around the whole Riverwalk took almost 45 minutes. Once a year they close the flood gates and drain the water and find all kind of things in it. The number one thing they find is silverware from the restaurants. The Alamo is number one and the Riverwalk is number two of the most visited places to see in Texas. We spent the afternoon downtown then got a room about five minutes from downtown. Tomorrow we drive to New Orleans. We might not be back on here for a day or so.

I am finding the reports very interesting, keep it up!