Day Five - Valley of Fire to Mesquite

On day five we didn't connect with the the RV park that we had intended. It wasn't really our fault. When we called the woman at the park she said she couldn't give us GPS coordinates because we'd end up in the wrong place. Well, the verbal directions she gave us sent us off in the wrong direction which, ultimately, caused us to stumble over the RV parking lot for a local casino called the Casa Blanca. Since I was in no mood to try and sort out this puzzle, we just went ahead and registered at the Casa Blanca, which turned out to be affordable. Only thing was, the RV parking area had no WiFi. They invited us to come hang out in the Casino lounge and use the free WiFi there, but we declined. We found out later that the original RV park was really nice, and much more upscale than where we ended up, and probably would have had WiFi in every palm tree. But sometimes it's just a whole lot easier to not try and swim upstream when the Fates are insistent on having their way.

So, it turned out that the lack of WiFi didn't matter much anyway because our friends, Frank and Patti Adams, who live in Mesquite, volunteered to take us to lunch at a local golf course as well as treat us to a backyard barbecue dinner at their place (this is the view from their patio). I was able to upload the previous two days events while at their house, but didn't end up with sufficient time to actually write anything about the day's events since our party lasted into the late evening.

Before arriving at Mesquite Concetta and I did take time to visit the Lost City Museum in Overton, Nevada, and spent a wonderful couple of hours visiting with the ghosts of ancient Puebloan Indians. We saw some really fantastic basketry, pottery, and other related everyday items from local tribes.

The photo at left is the Lost City Museum near Overton. I had never visited the museum before, but the last time Concetta was there, which was about 40 years ago or more, it was a tiny, two room affair. Now, they have a new building of about 2000 square feet and some expertly done displays of native American basketry, weaving, and other antiquities. I was very impressed with their efforts and recommend a visit when next you're in the area.