Utah and Idaho

April 28 - May 7  We've spent the last 10 days getting everything ready, visiting some old friends, making new friends, eating, and gambling. We got the tow package installed and had to buy a lot of other necessities to get the RV ready. We shared some meals with Winki & Leslie. We finally got to see their house and all their dogs. They know all the good places to eat in Vegas. Greg, aka Pepe, drove over from Laughlin a couple of times. He even transported our new bed for us and got rid of our old one. Thanks, Pepe! Our neighbors from Kaamooloa Road, Scott & Donna, who now lives in Vegas, visited with us a few times. So nice to see old friends. We also made new friends. Dean & Vivian who are living in Vegas now, are friends of Winki & Leslie. Wendell Nunes, originally from Kauai, has traveled in his RV all over the US. Lloyd & Lorraine Uto are also RVers from Hawaii. They parked next to us at Mainstreet RV park. They drove to Alaska last summer so they gave us a lot of tips. They're on their way to Branson, MO.

Lloyd & Lorraine

On my last night in Vegas I was playing 3 card poker and got a straight flush. That's a first...my $20 bet turned into about $480! That was the most I made, the other days was only small stuff.

Leaving Las Vegas

May 8  Las Vegas to Cabela's in Lehi, Utah.   397 miles   8 1/2 hrs
We don't normally travel that much in one day but decided to just go for it. I ordered hiking boots for us and had it delivered to Cabela's in Lehi. We also took advantage of camping for free in their parking lot. Joe started the generator so he could run the TV to watch basketball but it irritated our neighbors so we had to move across the parking lot, that pissed him off. But it was very scenic with snow capped mountains all around us.


 May 9   Lehi, Utah to Lava Hot Springs, Idaho.   176 miles   3 hrs

Joe hooking everything up

We're staying at this RV park called Mary's Place. It's run by Bannack County Deputy Sheriff's Association. We just lucked out by picking this place.We met some of the officers that were doing some work on the campground and when they found out Joe was retired HPD they gave us a discount. Still kind of expensive...$40. Lava Hot Springs is a really small town but they have some water attractions.They have tubing down the Portneuf river in the summer, the Olympic Swimming Complex, which has indoor and outdoor pools, big slides, a rock climbing wall and other fun stuff  will open later this month. But the reason we're here is for the hot springs.

The natural hot springs is absolutely amazing. There's 5 different pools and the temperature ranges from 100 - 112 degrees.We went for a dip after lunch today and had such a nice time, we went back after dinner. Was kind of chilly this evening, about 50 degrees. The water was wonderful. I already told Joe we need to come back.