VEGAS BABY !

After our relaxing weekend at the beach, we headed off to Wilmington to pick up the two containers. Since we had just had the experience of loading and chaining containers, we made good time and had them chained and strapped down in about an hour. Making our way through the maze of containers out of the freight yard was another matter. But with flagging down an employee and getting a general idea where to go we made it out and on our way to Vegas.
 
With a stop in Barstow for a fuel stop and a shower we felt renewed and refreshed which made the last 130 miles into Nevada a breeze. We decided to stay at a Casino/Resort we had spotted on our last trip through this area, since we did not want to venture anywhere near the Las Vegas strip. We stayed at the Primm Valley Casino Resort which is actually 3 different casinos connected by a monorail system.
  
The casino we parked at was called Buffalo Bills. It had quite the amusement park atmosphere with a large roller coaster and a log ride. Across the way was another casino with a very large high end mall with all the designers you can think of and then some. Both my friends, Cori and Denise, could spend a day or two enjoying themselves there, with my company and check book of course! The monorail takes you over the freeway to the third casino, Whiskey Petes. All in all, if you don't like the crowds, this would be a great spot to spend some time. Sadly, we weren't as lucky here and ended up losing what we had won in Reno a couple of weeks ago.
 
Up early Tuesday morning we decided to take a walk to the Starbucks we had seen at the Cheveron station. Alas, much to my disappointment it was not open yet, how unamerican! It was after 6am after all. With a heavy heart we walked back to the truck and headed into Vegas to drop off the containers. We had been to this particular place before. It is on the grounds of the Vegas Motor Speedway, a facility that is quite huge. After making a few laps around, although not on the race track, we located the auction yard. We had been here before picking up a water truck after one of their auctions and had taken it to Texas.
  

Much quicker than it took for us to unchain and unstrap the containers, they had them off loaded and we went to work putting the trailer back in order. While we worked we could hear someone putting the racetrack to good use and with a very powerful engine too!

We headed to a Petro truck stop about a half mile away from the racetrack. As of 3pm we are still waiting to hear where we might be headed for Thanksgiving. We are hoping someplace a little cooler than the southwest!