November 22 – December 4: Things fell into place once we got to Las Vegas. Lou 2 generously let us use his condo in Green Valley, we luckily found Best Time RV and service manager Martin, who took the van into his competent care and promised to take care all of our (admittedly minor) warranty issues plus the more serious recall issues. Since it would probably take a few weeks to get the parts from Roadtrek, he offered to keep it on his lot until we got back in January.
We rented a car and spent a couple of days exploring the area. Highlights included:
- successfully navigating the Las Vegas bus system, we made it to the “strip” on Tuesday and saw all the glitz and glamour of endless casinos – without the neon.
- a trip to Red Rocks, a national park just outside the city. On the way back we ate lunch at Americana (a lovely lakeside restaurant in the Desert Shores neighborhood) owned a operated by Steve Blandino, a Staten Island native and CIA graduate who relocated to work the strip almost 20 years ago and opened this venue in 2016.
- antiquing in Antiques Alley, a cluster of shops at the north end of Las Vegas Boulevard, including one featured on national television.
- another memorable dinner at Three Georges, located in the historic Fremont District
- birding in the water reclamation area, a miles long strip of green bordering the Las Vegas Wash.
Boarded the Super Shuttle van as planned at around 5:00 am Tuesday 12/4 and caught United flight 548 for an uneventful trip home.
The Ultimate Road Trip 
Next time you’re in the Vegas area, there’s a birding hot spot called Corn Creek just north of Red Rocks on that same road. It’s about an hour north of Red Rocks. It’s an oasis in the desert that is unbelievable. It has a historic house and farm.
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