Update on Journey Oct. 4-10

We visited in Salt Lake over the weekend and stayed in the condo that Bill and Elke have downtown, across from the condo, is the Gateway, a large open air mall, which is very nice. We walked through in the rain, but enjoyed it very much. We left SLC on Sunday morning and went over to Wendover, NV and stayed a night at the Peppermill Casino and played the slots and rode up the street to the Rainbow Casino in a shuttle. It was a different town to be in, but nice. We left on Monday morning, when we left Wendover, we went down the back roads, staying off the freeways, looked at the scenery and ended up in Mesquite NV for the night. The next day. which was Tuesday, we headed on down to Las Vegas and checked in at Harrah's for three nights. We roamed the streets the first day and rode the shuttle across town to the Rio, and then came back and walked a little more. On Thursday, we got in our car and rode around town and out of town and looked around. We always enjoy looking around in Las Vegas to see how it has grown and is still growing, but according to the news report, may quit growing due to the economy. Gasoline was $2.99 in some places in Las Vegas when we left town on Friday morning. Before leaving town on Friday, we went to the Stratosphere Casino and went up in the tower and looked at the town from high up. It is always interesting to go up in the tower. After leaving town, we went out to Hoover Dam and looked at it along with the other hundreds of people who were out there for the same reason as us, to see the sights. We were surprised to see all the people this time of the year. It is Friday night and we are now in Laughlin, NV for a couple of nights. It is always nice to stay in Laughlin on the Colorado River. When we leave Laughlin, we will be heading for Phoenix for a night and then from there who knows, but will probably be home by Wednesday.