San Juan Skyway Tour 2009

By Jenetta Loggan

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Last updated: October 17, 2011

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June 20

We are leaving Flagstaff and J&H RV park this morning and going to Las Vegas, NV. There was a cute card on our door this morning from the management. It's a picture of a prairie dog waving goodbye with a "thank you for staying with us," and inviting us to come back again. J&H is just a really nice place to stay. After leaving, we saw an old volcano with lots of lava rocks at the side of the road east of Seligman. We got to Hoover Dam and were stopped and inspected by Special Police, then were sent on our way. We got to Sam's RV Park and set up camp, then had supper. We went to Wal-Mart for groceries, then watched airplanes land and take off at the airport. WOW!! At one place, the planes came right over our heads!!!

Bye! Thanks for coming!

The new bridge

Rubbernecking the airplanes

Town Square Shopping Center

Town Square

J and H RV park at Flagstaff

Map to J&H RV park - box number 14

Another tredalope

Can this water get lower?

BIG dustdevil

Start of new bridge at Hoover Dam

Welcome to Vegas

What a pretty place to shop

June 21

It's the first day of summer and the longest day of the year. Dave fed some bread to the pigeons around our camp. Then we went to the office so Deanna could use a computer, then we drove downtown. We visited Bally's, Paris, Caesar's Palace, Mirage, Harrah's, and got tickets for the Secret Garden at the Mirage. We saw white tigers, dolphins diving and playing, lions, and other animals. We had lunch at McDonald's then went to the Bellagio to watch the fountain show. We went to Ellis Island for supper then on to the Rio where Dave, Deanna, and I all caught necklaces thrown to us. It was called Parade in the Sky and had big balloons and a gondola with dancing girls and boys throwing the necklaces. I had to back up to catch mine and the people all cheered when I caught it. I guess they thought this old gal couldn't catch one, but I did it! We drove back out to the airport and watched the planes coming and going again. On the way home, we stopped at a Dairy Queen and had ice cream. Got back to the RV and Dave and Deanna went to the casino, but I stayed in the RV and got ready for bed. I was too tired to do anything else.

Mirage ladies room

Secret Garden

Circular Escalator at the Forum Shops

Bellagio

Circus in the Sky at the RIO

The Forum Shops

Bellagio with City Center in the background

Dee and he mom ignoring the Chippendales

June 22

Happy anniversary, Dave and Deanna. We are going to IHOP for breakfast. Later, we found a fax machine so Deanna could send in some important papers. We stopped at Fry's Electronic Store, then went to MGM Grand, the M and M store, Coke store, then to Paris and rode the elevator to the top of the Eiffel Tower. When we got back down, we shopped in several French stores and Deanna bought a gift for her boss. Then we went to the Rain Forest where we thought we would eat, but we left when we discovered their prices had tripled in a year's time. We drove to an Atomic museum where we found out a lot about how the atomic bomb was invented and how it was used. We bought pins and a patch in the gift shop. We then went back to Sam's and had supper at the Firelight Buffet. Very good food and not bad prices.

Happy anniversary!

The M&M Store

Paris

City Center - will they ever finish it?

From the Eiffel Tower

Vegas is full of artsy things

Are those buildings leaning?

Bellagio from the Eiffel Tower

Now this is a scary piece of history

June 23

We left camp and went downtown again, watched the planes for awhile, then went to the Las Vegas welcome sign and took pictures. Lots of people were there doing the same thing so we had to wait our turn. We then rested for awhile in the RV and went out to see the Rita Rudner show at Harrah's. What a funny gal Rita is! And a clean act! No foul language at all! We had our pictures taken while there and I bought two of them for $10 each. After the show, we went to Fremont Street downtown and saw a movie being filmed on one street. Now I know! When those movies show someone driving around inside a car, it's sometimes sitting on a trailer being pulled by a truck and not driving at all. They even had a computer screen hanging over the top of the windshield rippling lights so it would look like they were driving in the lighted part of the city. What a night!! We walked so much my feet were dragging by the time we got back to the RV.