Thursday to L.V.

Another sparkling day!  By the time got down to D.V. it would be 90; mid 80's later in L.V. Our day started with a great breakfast at this little diner in Beatty called "Mel's". Highly recommended, along with the el Portal motel.

Our first stop in the park was the gift shop at Furnace Creek. While in that complex we noticed workers demolishing the old cabins where had stayed in a previous visit.

Next stop was a quick walk at Zabriskie Point, one of the most beautiful places on the planet! From there, we drove around the Artists Palette loop then on to Badwater. We headed south out of the park, mile after mile of bleak but beautiful landscape finally arriving in Pahrump. This city has gotten quite large - lots of snowbirds winter here.

As we headed to Las Vegas, we took the loop around the spectacular Red Rock Canyon. We arrived at our LV hotel (Downtown Grand) by 6:00. (Traffic here is bad, too!)

We walked around the wild and crazy Freemont Street Experience. The ceiling show was awesome (and very loud!) Nice dinner at the Magnolia in the Four Queens.

Tomorrow we'll take a shuttle bus and/or Uber to the Mandalay Bay for the car auction!