I mean, on one hand, it's sort of dumb to complain about a campsite. Why should they have to give you more than a place to put your tent? But we are all used to modern conveniences, which were invented for a reason. No one actually likes pooping in the woods, right? We all agree that sanitation is the way to go, I assume. I guess it's all part of the experience, but we were camping for two reasons; 1. To be closer to the parks we wanted to see and 2. Because it's cheap and we are not made of dollars.
Anyway, we were all pretty happy to get out of there pretty early in the morning because we had the promise of a hotel and showers in our near future. We left early and got breakfast at this killer cafe in Lee Vining, CA called Nicely's. There were a lot of pictures and stuff there about this cool ghost town nearby called Bodie, but we had a long drive through Death Valley and decided we didn't really have time.
Death Valley, by the way, is a pretty awesome place. We drove through at the heat of the day, partly without air conditioning because Justin wanted us to get the full experience of being stupid pioneers trying to get to Californ-y through a 'short cut' (We learned all kinds of things about the first people in Death Valley in the info book we got at the entrance). Did you know that every 1000 feet you go down, the temperature increases 5.5%? We're not sure if that applies everywhere, but it certainly does in Death Valley. At least we weren't driving through in July or August.
From there we started our journey to Las Vegas. The road we were on was a decent looking highway, but it was completely empty. We started to notice once we got into Nevada that there were a lot of strange holes in the signs on the side of the road. It took us a while to figure it out, but then we realized that they were bullet holes. It was pretty bizarre to have just come from a place like San Francisco where they are recycling bins on the street to western Nevada, where people apparently go out driving to shoot holes in road signs. We are certainly a
diverse country.
Vegas was a bit of culture shock after the rest of the trip. We've been to all these cities and sites that, at least originally, drew people to them because of their natural surroundings. Usually, a city forms around water. But Las Vegas's draw now is, regardless of what it was originally, completely based in civilization. There is nothing natural about it. The only water around is a pretty sweet fountain show in front of the Bellagio.
We had a fun time in Vegas, but it was a lot seedier and dingier than we thought it would be. Also, you cannot do anything if you are under 21. We had passes, courtesy of the Sahara where we stayed, for a $6.99 buffet, but only for those over 21. Lame. Because we are only 50% 21, we went instead to a crazy place called the Peppermill that had fake plants and more neon that I have ever needed to see in my life. Best. meal. ever.
We have a interview in the morning, so it'll be an early night in the city that never sleeps. Ciao!
-bekerz
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