Las Vegas Baby!
First stop on the trip home is Vegas. We stopped here because it's Vegas and because we all wanted an easy day to start out and it is still very hot so we only rode part of the day. Tomorrow we will get serious about putting in some mileage as we head for the rockies. The trip up here was more desert, and as before more surprises. I know that I have said it before, but the desert always seems to amaze me and today was no different. One minute we were in the low desert with yellow sand as far as you could see and then you climb to 5000 feet and are in the high desert with the craggy rock and scrubby growth. At one point we dropped over 2500 feet in just 6 miles. A real fun trip.

Harley at McDonalds

Inside the Venetian

I had forgotten about Las Vegas. IT IS SO BUSY!!! Interesting though the first place we stopped was at a McDonalds to get our bearings and it had a Harley theme. Pretty cool. I am staying at Caesars Palace (thanks Marty) and it is great. We decided to see a show and the best tickets we could get on short notice was for Legends In Concert at Harrahs. It is almost across the street so I can walk We did a little walking tour earlier and I am reminded that they didn't build all of this opulence on winners so, I won't be spending much time at the tables or slot machines.

Early start tomorrow with hopes of getting near Denver.