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<\/a> took a drive down the strip this afternoon after checking out the local In-N-Out for lunch.\u00a0\u00a0 Had to pick up a Tee Shirt at the corporate store.\u00a0\u00a0 I had never seen one one of their stores before.\u00a0 I didn’t realize In-N-Out sold so much swag.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ![\"\"](\"http:\/\/cowlesmountain.com\/Travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/LostWages2019-002.jpg\")
<\/a><\/p>\nOn the way back to the strip, we found a large sculpture made up of only boats.\u00a0 Most looked like canoes, but there were a lot of them all wired together.<\/p>\n
As we drove down the strip, I was amazed just how much more crowded it is. It’s like they just never stopped building in the 15+ years since I was last there.\u00a0 It’s a zoo now.\u00a0 But it’s all mainly down at the south end of the strip right around Cesar’s Palace.\u00a0\u00a0 Get much further north and it peters out till you get down to Fremont Street downtown.<\/p>\n
On our way toward downtown, we passed the Pawn Stars shop and the little chapel a friend of ours got married in back in the early ’90s.\u00a0 I sure missed that velvet Elvis above the alter.<\/p>\n
We drove on down to Fremont Street so Kathy could get a gander at the spectacle that is “Las Vegas.”\u00a0\u00a0 It didn’t disappoint, even the rather plump almost naked gals posing for pictures wanted to pet our Dusty.\u00a0 Unfortunatly I missed that picture..<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n A new to me thing on Fremont Street are the 4\u00a0 ziplines overhead.\u00a0\u00a0 They travel the whole way under the FSE overhead structure.\u00a0\u00a0 Our hour parking space was just about up, so we headed back to the car and off to find a fill-up station for the car, Nevada gas is quite a bit less than home.\u00a0\u00a0 I filled the RV with 130 gallons at $3.15, probably 75 cents less a gallon than anywhere in California right now.\u00a0\u00a0 And the car gas was more at $3.34, still about 50 cents cheaper than the gas in CA.<\/p>\n Oh,\u00a0 you San Diego folks will get a kick from this.\u00a0 Last night I was able to stop at a local Roberto’s Taco Shop.\u00a0\u00a0 I never thought there were any outside of San Diego, but this one used the same TM Logo.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 If you get here and need a fix, it’s at the corner of Pecos and Las Vegas Blvd N.<\/p>\n And yes while we were here I was able to fix the camera and GPS feeds.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" We were happy to leave the incredibly windy Barstow area and make the short trek to Lost Wages.\u00a0\u00a0 We dropped by the local Elks Club and they had open sites, so we are camping there for the next couple of nights.\u00a0\u00a0 We thought we would see a show while here,\u00a0 Kathy’s choice was Celion Dion … <\/p>\n<\/a> <\/a> <\/a> <\/a><\/p>\n