Our farewell breakfast
Breakfast done, farewells said and it was only 11.00. Our next stop was a mere 20 miles away into Vegas and we could not book in till around 2pm. In the car park of the casino they were advertising $29 helicopter flights and as Rose had never been in a chopper before we decided to make some further enquiries. Ten minutes later we were heading up to the landing pad. It was only a short flight but is designed to allow people to tick the experience off their bucket list. Rose was so nervous and as luck would have it there was only two of us for the flight so she sat in co pilot's seat. I have never heard Rose so animated as she was when we landed - it made me laugh - she talked about it for hours!
From RV Co pilot to helicopter Co pilot
Our truck and trailer from the air
Flight done we headed into Vegas to the Sam's Town Casino RV park. Sam's Town is not far from the strip and offers a free shuttle bus to various locations on the strip on a regular basis.
We were allocated a site right near the entrance of the park which gave us the opportunity to watch the daily RV parade as people arrived and left. We have been here five months now and I am still amazed at the Motorhomes and fifth wheelers we see. Of course the other advantage of being at the entrance was that everyone who came in the park knew we were Aussies due to our flag flying from our annex.
No one was going to miss us right at the entrance!
Motorhome towing a truck loaded US style
One of the great things about RVing is the people you meet. On our last trip to the US we hired a 24 foot motorhome and whilst at the North Rim of the Grand Canyon we met a lovely couple Betsy and Keith from Las Vegas. We have kept in contact with them since then so of course arranged to catch up this time around. We went to their place for a BBQ on the Saturday and out shooting to their regular shooting spot about 15 miles out of town on Sunday.
Betsy has some nice "pink" guns and Rose managed to coordinate her outfit with them!
A pink packing Rose
Now that' s a shotgun
Shooting done we headed back to Keith and Betsy's place. Keith is an avid car enthusiast and he owns what we in Australia would call a "drag" racing car. This car does the quarter mile in nine seconds, is registered and he can drive it on the road! So we jumped into this amazing drag car and went for a drive around the burbs with the police just watching us drive by - what an experience!
We have been travelling for over 5 months without meeting any fellow Aussies - we sort of figured that Vegas may change that. We were sitting inside the 5th wheeler having a lazier than normal day when we heard a knock on our front door - opened it to an Aussie voice asking "where are you from?" Introductions done - Bill and Sue are also from Brisbane doing a similar thing to us - just not for a full year. Needless to say we had lots of things to talk about and travel tips to share. Two days later there was another voice at the door "Aussie Aussie Aussie oi oi oi" a couple from Melbourne again doing a similar journey to us. We swapped stories with both couples and believe that depending on who you get at immigration when you enter the USA depends on the length of stay that you are granted. We arrived in the USA with all the documentary evidence proving that we could support ourselves for the 12 months etc but the officer we encountered was not interested in any of it - 6 months was all we were getting! it seems to be a lottery and no consistency. Other people we have spoken to have been given extended entry. Cant figure it!
Our week in Vegas slipped by quickly - so quickly in fact that we didn't even venture into the strip. We will no doubt rectify that when we return in 3 - 4 weeks time.
- Posted by RnR on their IPad
Location:Las Vegas
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