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Casinos for the most part have always been one of our favourite places to pull in for an overnight (rarely but if we want a down day maybe 2 nights). It's typically a hassle free pull in although more nowadays than 10+ years ago require you to register/get players card or play a little to get 'x' points. That's OK with us. Sometimes if there's a great sign up promo for the buffet we might indulge but we also enjoy a little flutter. We set a limit and stay within it! It's a bit like WM it's usually one of the most expensive CGs we ever stay at (LOL). They are kind enough to let us stay we drop a few bucks, if they don't allow overnight we just move on down the road without spending anything. Some now also have an RV park attached and for a couple getting cards they give you a night each with Full Hook Up complimentary. During our working years we had a rule of "never gamble in the city in which you live in or that close by". Alas as we've got older and can't do half the entertainment like bowling and other activities we have started going on occasion to our nearby casino. So our first experience of Casinos was Christmas 1996 when we drove in our mini van late Xmas day night from Calgary to The Holiday Inn and Boardwalk (blown up many moons ago) on LV Strip. Hubby would hit the tables with US$20 and come back to the room at 5am with $25 was common. All day/night breakfast was 99cents. We were hooked. As we walked up and down the strip I'd have a couple bucks of quarters in my pocket and stop occasionally and put a quarter or 3 in a machine and if that quarter paid me out a couple bucks or more = move on. We really didn't play slots as you see many hooked on them. Up until 21 years later the most either one of us had ever one on a flutter was C$1567. That one night in Oct I had $20 profit still left and my stake monies had been tucked away - went out to leave and it was OMG so bitter cold I remote started my car to warm up. Kept looking at that $20, went back in and put in my favourite machine (Dancing Drums) at the time. Pressed max bet of $8.88 that I never ever had done in my life - a dribble line pay came about, so I pressed again and got nothing. Thinking oh well that's your $20 gone, but on the third spin got in the games, and during the games the progressive lid closed and I miraculously won the Grand (C$16,640). I wasn't even sure it had happened, someone looked at me as I'd gone rather pale and strange in the face and asked if I was OK. They said "yep you've won the Grand". Called hubby to get out of bed and come and collect cos there was no way I was walking out to my car and driving home with that kind of cash on me. Biggest mistake most folks make (self included) is when you have a win like that you think it can happen time after time and it absolutely doesn't. Now we love to play a game of $20 each and can we double it and walk out. For a very very rare social night at the casino with friends our absolute limit is $200 each and hubby never breaks his second $200 bless him. So yes we love casinos whilst RVing especially visiting different ones around the USA/Canada but we know we have to be ultra careful on depositing in them. Sometimes we just enjoy touring the resort and seeing it's theme and never playing. If only they'd bring back those 99c all day breakfasts eh????

Tend to Boondock/dry camp as don't like to have to get to any reservations - plus like having space around us in the ideal world if staying more than an overnight as would be typical on travel days. If we are say headed to NYC, we have no problem with being packed like a sardine (as long quiet for sleeping!) as we spend zero time at the rig and all our time exploring with so much to see and do. We are like Linda - we have a plan of our trip and stops but we also like to have built in down days to allow for stopping at a whim for something we might have not known about before arriving in an area and learned from a local as a must see/do. For sure if there are paid Cgs available at a very reasonable price (mostly unheard of nowadays!) we have no problem pulling in if earlier in the day and enjoying walking/fishing/kayaking the area found. We are serendipity travellers to a large degree.

Oh my, how true. It's been going to the wayside for the past several years on content. Probably for many reasons besides the younger generation tech needs mentioned above using handhelds etc and screen size versions to match. Plus of course the interest with the younger generations of Escapades/working on the road more concentrated forums/FB pages etc. So many folks I used to absolutely value their input just aren't on here any more. Some because they've come off the road totally or aged out and have other priorities in their lives and some because of sadly "derogatory or condescending and yes argumentative" comments posted by others. There went through a phase I recall on here (been reading this forum since the late 90's IIRC), where some innocent person would post something genuine looking for help with and there would be "matriarch" type responses that weren't very complimentary to the poster (happened more than once to myself in earlier years and still does on occasion in other forums). Treating people sometimes like idiots doesn't encourage them to stay or become long time contributors. The other issue in the past longest time, has been the lack of content variety. Not everyone is into the HDT's or Tesla (no disrespect), but oftentimes any few new posts become heavy on one subject matter, and for those that can't relate they just fly by and go to another. I used to also check on RV.net but disabled my account after a long term subscriber was down and out nasty in a response = I know I'm not alone in having done that. That forum also seems to have become less and less active as well. So a few years ago joined IRV2.com because of a particular member's great posts. Alas he's disappeared now, and also sometimes folks that can't help themselves post negatively about or to the person asking a question or putting a thoughtful type post out about considerations or asking others experiences. As with all forums, some folks just can't help themselves from being condescending at times, and others go off on a different argumentative tangent from the OP and then moderators (not always) most often take the sides of the longer term poster irrespective of them maybe needing a slap on the wrist so to speak. I personally miss Stan who left a handful years ago now. BarbaraOK (she helped me so much with tech stuff set ups etc as well as very sage advice at times on most things FT RVing). Kirk I still value his commentary today and how he started a handful of threads of various topics to encourage participation, Chad Heiser for tech help in the past and some others. Escapees "long timers" have been of immense help to me over the years and I thank each and everyone that has helped so many people sharing your knowledge and experience relevant to the subject matter and throwing in some other considerations pertinent at times that hadn't been thought about by the OP. Forums would be so much more active and remain so, if "everyone" (that'll clearly never happen) learned to "be nice" and thoughtful in their responses to encourage new members to hang around a bit. More members would equal more variety of subjects coming back into play and so the story goes. There's still a lot of folks in their late 40's, 50's and onwards that still enjoy forums (we are not all millennials). It's just not very encouraging to join as a member when you read some snarky or sharp responses. Again not just on Escapees but IRV2 and RVnet and I'm sure many others I don't know about. With the right attitude and thoughtful responses, any of these forums could be raised back to some of their former glory. None of us are perfect but maybe a little more forethought before we click send. YMMV, but these are just the rambling thoughts of an ex-high speed typist with too much time on her hands. LOL. Happy and Safe Travels always to everyone of you still hitting the roads and to those that continue to contribute meaningfully to threads THANK YOU

Love it. We've always lived and been reared that "Happiness is a state of mind", Do Unto Others Only that you'd ever want done unto you, and Don't Sweat the Small Stuff - still do so every day as do our adult children. Compliments should always be bestowed and received with a Thank you. Nice write up Derek and so true if we'd just all learn to embrace living in harmony, not sweating the small stuff and that attitude is latitude. 😄 Sure life deals us many lemons along the way but it's how we handle it, and frustrations are power for the course especially in a changing world of today but it's learning to not dwell on the negatives too long.

Purely ambling thoughts and observations - last time we were here was 5 years ago and things have certainly changed big time. I think this will be our last visit down to Viva Las Vegas! We used to come every year in the late 90's and early 2000's for 10 day road warrior trips back and forth with the kids during vacations but this time I think 12 days is going to be waaaay too long albeit we hoped to relax more and go a lot slower as our bodies now dictate. Well, we left Alberta on 5th May, and ambled our way down to Las Vegas stopping a lot enroute to do things, like the Russell Museum in Helena, Prison in Deerlodge (looked in night before and decided not to bother in the end) and Idaho Falls and Fort Hall overnight and eventually to a couple nights rest in Mesquite before hitting LV RV Resort near Sams Town. We don't normally stay in CG's except in very built up or wanting to feel safe areas = guards 24 hrs at LVRV Unfortunately when we got to LVRV booked in for 4 nights, they neglected when booked on phone to tell us the swimming pool had been out of operation for over 7 months and the wifi was more or less non-existent (OK, I know everyone says for past 15 years CG wifi etc .... but in this day and age!!!). So we were quite disappointed. Walking around that area we didn't feel very comfortable at all, and teens etc as well others following, screaming loud when we passed and so on. Caught a bus to the strip along Flamingo = first one great, coming back, waited over 2 hours and poor girl would spend 4 mins at each stop Had a rest day and then tried again, this time going up flamingo to the strip (20 mins ride roughly), took us forever, as a mouthy lady with medium size dog in pushchair wouldn't pay saying she'd paid last bus and of course you get no tickets, and then she got loud and mouthy (not too too bad but ....) and so the driver told her to get off the bus which she wouldn't. Driver refused to move the bus and called for a team member to come and resolve. We all sat there for over half hour with other buses passing and not stopping and finally we all got off and waved another bus (that was crammed to the rafters with folks) down and he let us jump on. OK, enough of buses uber here we come. Moved over to the Oasis LV Resort on Windmill = Oh my there's been a lot of road changes around there with widening and the price is roughly $100/night now but two lovely swimming pools and again non-existent wifi, which was better years ago here we recall. Very frustrating when you can spit and hit the Silverton from here but there's no way to safely walk to it so Uber around the houses we did. Up on the strip we visited many of the casinos to look at their "themes" really, but we did do a bit of gambling in Bellagio. After 2.5 hours plus sitting at one machine desperate for a drink, pressed service and eventually someone came up switched it off and said not for drinks only machine issues. Finally gave up and went to reserve the buffet for our upcoming 40th Ruby anniversary tomorrow = sorry it's closed today and tomorrow, call following day, asked for number and when I called it was for lost and found who put us on hold immediately then phone cut off after a long wait, called back asked to hold and said NO, we are after reserving buffet, so got transferred to front desk. Girl at desk wasn't very sure where to put us through to and when she eventually did put us through "somewhere", rang forever and cut off again. Lots of places we've gone to this time we've found that service has totally gone to "hell in a hand basket" as my older relatives would say. Is it just us baby boomers that still look for good service and the newer millennials and generation X'ers etc that accept zero to no service as the norm nowadays? Sigh ....... Like I said just my ramblings sitting here contemplating going out the RV to do battle again, and would be interested to hear what changes those of you that still travel after several years are finding today. Stay safe, happy travels.

Oh wow, this thread is gaining some momentum Awesome to see. For those that might be curious/interested .......... Being Canadian our health care system is so very different to yours in the USA so that isn't my concern for the future as we have our plans sorted for that should the need arise. Pensions and income wise, we get CPP (based on how much you contributed during your working years. We get OAS when we hit 65 (based on a % of 40 years you have been in Canada) and "if" low income we also can get GIS. That's as far as government pensions support or in our case again if low income you can get a province small payment seniors benefit plus glasses, dental, mobility support etc. In addition being of UK descent prior to emigrating 30 years ago, we also get a portion of UK pension based on number of years we contributed. Hubby is now in receipt after they increased the age to start at 66 for him. I am younger and won't get mine until I am 67 as the UK increased the ages based on DOB a few years ago, and likely will again in the not too distant future based on life expectancy. Canada has been and still is aged 60 for CPP or higher if you delay to 65 but OAS begins at 65 or higher if you delay until 70. Due to our family history both of us have made the decision to take early OAS at a lower rate. GIS is only payable if you are in receipt of OAS and in the government's eyes classified as low income = a lot of folks do qualify for this, and I've calculated out that with no other income a couple could end up around close to C$4000/mth +/- on pensions and benefits in 2023. Very few folks receive full CPP, but if they did and were eligible for full OAS they would't qualify for GIS. Likewise if as is our case you earned income from other sources such as investments/working/ side hustles you'd likely not qualify for it also. So we know hypothetically once we are both aged 65+ we would based on todays rates get government payouts around C$4000+/- per month approximately between the two of us. In addition our TFSA (Tax Free Savings Accounts) grow and we can withdraw funds from without it affecting our pensions/benefits whatsoever as and when we deem we need a top up. Any other monies in RRSPs or investment funds that we have to or do draw down from would affect GIS and if our income exceeds $86,900 pa in 2023 each then they would clawback on our OAS. With our personally saved up portfolio assuming it gains interest at above 5% p.a. we won't qualify for GIS either one or us and will have a partial clawback on our OAS. but we want to be able to spend a little more than C4,000 per month especially when headed as winter snowbirds south to explore and experience whilst we are still able enough to. There's no simple formula, you need a maths degree to work out your entitlements and how to avoid losing them or paying the tax man = I'm sure you feel the same in the USA!

Bless you Randy thanks for sharing. Your thoughts echo mine so much, I'm very much a "what if" person myself, and I've become more and more risk adverse the older I've become. It's just learning to strike that balance between fear and living. Like you say, it's hard to start spending down when you've been in that save mode for almost all your adult life!!! I've always been a no debt other than mortgages either on our own homes or revenues or new builds that we paid off many years ago. We are a banks worst nightmare I think, as our credit cards have been paid off every month for decades now. We were taught from children to switch off lights when not in rooms, keep heating set lower and put on another sweater, don't waste food and and and...... My grandmother's words still echo in my head today "never a lender or borrower be". It's hard to break such careful spending type habits and learn as we are now older to reap the benefits of prior years. I enjoyed reading Kirks thread about splurging a bit more nowadays and finding it hard to start on that journey Albeit we have always splurged a little to create tremendous memories with our children at times, recognising time is so precious, so we can honestly say we've had a fabulous life thus far on so many fronts. We are anticipating that our spending for the first few years will be higher and taper off as we become less and less mobile over time (Already had the C' word and other mobility issues raise their heads), so are allowing for that, but equally there's that lovely 'I' word = Inflation, that will likely ensure it doesn't taper as much as we might think so ...... Anyway's thanks again for your sharing. Wishing your wife respite with her health issues soon, and happiness with your new build.

Well, based on Vegas Teacher's recent thread about activity/responses, I'm hedging my chances that maybe if I "resurrect" this post I started a while ago which only RV and Kirk very kindly shared some input, others might be willing to consider doing the same? As like someone else said when you get little to no feedback/replies, you do start to think why bother contributing yourself any more, and therein lies the demise as others continue the downward trend sadly. I'm sure there's more than me that planned on Freedom 55, and then for whatever reason had to revise it to Freedom 85 (not there yet for a couple decades plus if I'm spared, but you get the idea) LOL. It's also on a different subject than most of the longest time, repetitive mechanically/health/tesla etc etc more based ones so a different interest category for many maybe??? Just a thought, and I truly do enjoy reading your experiences since retiring. Here's hoping 🤞

OP what you say is oh so true. I've been coming here and reading since the very early 2000's (maybe even the late 90's) and there was much more interaction and various subjects to read, follow and ask questions on. Sadly social media has taken over everything with the younger generations with ease on internet watches, iPhones, androids etc etc. Sadly my old arthritic thumbs and eyesight nowadays don't lend themselves to my typing on a screen. Being a speed typist background for more decades than I care to remember, I much prefer keyboards and searching from a laptop/computer. Also I've seen an awful lot of the old names disappear that used to actively participate here = aged out, sadly passed away or just left after many years of providing such valuable input. Folks like BarbOK, Stanley and many others you never see much or at all anymore. It's a sign of the times that's for sure and a new era taken over mainly by those remotely working on line a lot now and into different venues of their interests. Kudos to those of you that still contribute when we pose Q's or rambling thoughts whether from your RVs as you travel or from your armchairs 👍.

Thanks as always Kirk for your thoughtful reply. Bless you. I'm pretty confident we'll be fine but we want to be a little less frugal than we have been the past multi decades, and not hold back on experiencing some things we might not have the opportunity to again, hence the question. Generally we are not flippant with our spending always questioning is it a Need or a Want. In the highlight of our twilight we know there'll be a lot more wants than needs though LOL. For sure we'd like to leave some form of a legacy behind but definitely not at the expense of our not being able to enjoy the golden years as they call them. I'm looking forward to hearing what others think about the 3 bucket approach. We like the idea by having buckets one (cash) and two (laddered maturities), so that if the market does hit a downside as well it does from time to time, we just don't know when that might be after a 1 or 10 year bull run???, we won't be forced to sell out of bucket three the S&P500 index funds on a low until it recovers. We're also conscious that being all in cash which emotionally more comfortable, generally iinflation could erode that exponentially. It's all a doozie and as my wise ancestors would say "you pay your money you make your choices". Thanks again for sharing everyone what you can on your personal experience after being a few years in retirement already 👍

Well we are in the process now of getting our last final ducks in a row. Naturally as is the case with the highest percentile of folks, we worry about running out of money before air. Albeit could easily be the other way around. We think we are strong in our portfolio but was wondering how many of you that have been retired 5 years, 10 years, 15 years, 20+ years etc might be willing to comment on the following. Just trying to reassure each other here that we will be good at 93% Firecalc success for next 35 years based on our planned withdrawals topping up our pensions etc. Appreciate that history isn't necessarily indicative of future performance but what else can we use as a measurement? Over time of your having been retired assuming you have withdrawn from your retirement portfolio have you found that you have seen the initial value go down or increase? If so roughly how much percentage wise over what periods of time? What type of ETFs, Indexes or otherwise are you invested in? S&P500 Index/ETF? Dividend Aristocrats? Dogs of the Dow? Others and if so what percentage of your total portfolio in each medium if you'd be kind enough to share? We are planning on the 3 buckets approach and after years of self directed hands on trading want to simplify to hopefully set it and forget it other than a quick scan once every quarter. We absolutely don't feel comfortable with Financial advisors after a bad experience in the 80's and early 90's! Our first 2 year bucket in HISA Cash transferring into our chequing account monthly/quarterly as we see fit. Second 5 year Bucket in GICs as a ladder and as required transferring into the first bucket in due course on our annual checks/tweaks. Third Bucket we are thinking of the Vanguard S&P500 index fund (low MERs), to hopefully give us some of the historical average growth (remember well the 1987 crash, 90's tech bubble, 2008 crash and others). We just don't want to get caught in a multi year downdraft, being older, but understand there will be a handful of years here and there that might crash, like just recently post COVID. Anyway's looking forward to your comments and sharing your experience hands on over the past several years with your portfolios percentage wise of course. Cheers, FTW.

Hey Jules, Congratulations on the soon to be FTing. The cost of CG's has become a law unto it's own in the past 3 years. Prices in some places have tripled or worse and availability is all over the place from having to book a year almost in advance to comments lately that some places are showing open spaces more so than last year. Again as mentioned the facilities, location you pick ie; LA versus No name town, and much more will come into play. There used to be advantage to using Passport America for a reduced often 50% off rate, but with high demand we've found that the choices of CG options on it now have made it of no interest to us any more. You might want to plan out with Google maps or RVParky or some other preferred mapping software a route, and approximate places you want to stop at and check out CG's along that route to get a good idea on actual today's rates. Remember they won't be the same a year or two from now so allow a moving budget. One thing I have found, whatever your budget is within reason, you can make it work by compromising on some boon docking/dry camping or a lower priced area CG. We boondocks almost extensively, but we've also in many years gone by paid triple digits per night to stay at Newport Dunes in CA. You can balance it out for sure with tweaking, changing, compromising and when necessary sitting still/cutting back. Flexibility will be key to keeping you rolling with everything when you are out there. FWIW: Budgets we've read of many FT'rs are all over the place from under $2,000/month (lots of boon docking little eating out if ever) to well in excess of $6,000 a month (CGs, Resorts most time and more eating out often, alcohol etc) = depends how you spend and how much you move. Plan some routes with overnights and check out prices of CG's you'd be happy with and that should give you a ball park to work with. Almost everything else (except gas if you travel or sit long periods) should be same as you spend now habitually. Enjoy. PS: Typically your first year will be a lot more moving and in "vacation mode", than following years as it's all new to you.

Thanks again! Am I correct that towing typically will increase the gas consumed by 1/2 mile per gallon?

Will be looking at the Jeep Trailhawk and reviews = thank you. Absolutely we would buy gently used not new. Our 13 year old current vehicle was bought 6 months old with teeny mileage and sadly not towable. Also we are quite handy and willing to learn just nervous with doing something different, will next be looking for YouTube on installs LOL. Thanks again.

Darryl, Rich and Linda, Thank you for your perspectives. Just spoken with a local hitch shop, and quoted around C$5000+/- $500 to get baseplate, tow bars, brake assist etc (they use Blue Ox, but can get Roadmaster Nighthawk for extra $400ish). Week or so lead time to install if vehicle under 6 or 7 years old for older vehicles might take up to 8 weeks lead-time. All's good in that dept and for sure would opt for non-binding and brake away plus two hitch locks and a cover as extra. Ironically they said it's been mainly on the Cherokee or Grand Cherokee for the death wobble not the wranglers so much, albeit the youtube I watched was a 2022 wrangler wobble and unresolved after several trips back into the shop. Thanks Rich for your insight on the probability being real low to get a vehicle with that. The Wrangler does appeal to us for many reasons, albeit whilst I like comfort drive in general I can tolerate short distances a little rough being farming gal. LOL. Thanks again to you all

Thanks Kirk appreciate that. Yep our 2010 Escape owners manual said it was flat towable, but many many folks had issues I recall flat towing them with transmissions and then Ford said they weren't, so naturally looking at what those gone ahead of us towing have or not had issues with. I've heard of some folks towing the newer escapes lately but ???? We also have read of some folks having to jump through so many hoops for hooking up to avoid damage, and being that we don't spend a long length of time (that of course may change) in one location we want as easy a hook up and go option as possible. The other thing is concerns over the death wobble issues = we don't want a vehicle that's going to spend more time trying to get sorted than used or worse still if out of warranty costs added to boot. Of the Roadmaster and Blue Ox, what are the pros and cons of each? Is one better than the other or either or doesn't matter? Decisions, decisions, decisions eh?

It seems the more I read the more confused I get = ain't that the truth with sometimes information overload! The time has come where we have to seriously consider adding a toad to our arsenal and we still haven't a clue what our best option would be. So if this were you what would you opt for make, model, any specific years and why? Have a 2003 Fleetwood Southwind 37ft long Workhorse Chassis W22? Checked our weights and are under when fully loaded with tanks etc and have tow hitch under 5000lbs. Have read it is advisable to be under 80% of the rated tow capacity so that leaves us with around 4,000lbs or less. Whichever vehicle we end up towing our main priority is we don't want to have to be jumping through multiple check hoops (fear missing something and damaging toad exponentially) as it appears some go through to avoid major damage to their toads. So we want something light, ultra error free to hook up often (we are travellers not sitters), capable to transport our Kayaks and fishing rods. Comfortable as our daily driver albeit wouldn't be over very very long distances so easily under 100 miles. Which is the better tow set up system and what "must have" accessories and why would we also need added for safety/protection. We have been drawn to the Jeep for a very long time as a toad, but with so many reports even in 2022 models of the death wobble and their so called recall fixes not working often it is concerning us somewhat. Really would value your input as to what you would choose bearing in mind weight and needs with your experiences being long time RVers towing yourselves. We have a ford escape for past 13 years that's perfect but even though brochure said flat towable we know it's not from others having transmission problems. Thanks ya'll for sharing your thoughts and reasonings. STBFT

Tend to agree, albeit my grandmother never took a driving test and drove legally for decades in the UK! Oh the good ole days eh? It's not just vehicles but many many areas in life that there's total inconsistency. Hubby, Daughter and I operated our Seadoo's and pleasure boats for many years so had "experience", then they mandated several years back to continue using them we needed to pass our pleasure craft licenses (not a walk in the park at the time either!) which we did so. Yet ........ someone who hardly ever if ever has driven one on the water can rent same, do a tick questionnaire that's a joke and there and then jump on like a lunatic causing havoc before even out of the "no wake" zone. The general problem on many counts is not following the same rule mandates consistently in all walks of life. Instead it always feels as if it's "one rule for one and another rule for someone else", and we wonder why we deal with the issues we do in today's society?

Bill and Carol, You might want to post more info on what part of Mexico to get a better response. Baja? Mainland? Etc? . Also your interests in making this crossing that might appeal to others. A week isn't very long at all, although you did say Beach area so assuming somewhere like Puerto Penasco within hour half of USA border purely just for the beach??? Like Bob I'd be a minimum of a month potentially 3 for the Baja, and probably much longer if doing mainland areas to get a good feel of the areas. I guess it's what you are trying to experience/achieve. Alas my hubby is very very nervous about travelling down there whereas I would be comfortable in a reasonable size caravan group where everyone is flexible with timeframes at various locations to accommodate each others interests.

We've stayed for many years in the early 2000's and odd years when family joined us at the Oasis Las Vegas. Easy and good price to catch an uber to the strip (shuttle used to be free now charge daily rate for it and it's limited service schedule). There is an adult pool and a family pool = perfect for all folks. There's also a mini golf around the perimeter we enjoy doing. It's got quite expensive in recent years (used to have passport america for mid week = last time used it was May/June 2018) so we have occasionally gone to Las Vegas RV Resort off Nellis Boulevard and used the Sam's Town Shuttle from there = those are a lot tighter sites it feels but worked well when it was US$29/N. As a heads up we've also stayed O/N at the back of Paris/Ballys on the strip and in the Truckers parking at South Pointe Casino (south of the strip from Oasis). Circus Circus is right on the strip and a bit of a pain with a large vehicle as well as really noisy and just feeling like a parking lot for a high price. DT near Freemont there's some RV Parks but we felt a little too sketchy for our liking. Hope some of that helps but for what you are looking for and it's a couple of nights we'd recommend like Chad H' Oasis and ask for non-perimeter (noisy highways) and be in the middle or nearer the club house for more peaceful nights sleep.

Spokane Washington area I believe???

Awesome to get your update Linda and hear under the circumstances that you and Earl are almost home. Strong wishes and thoughts that Earl goes from strength to strength moving forwards. As they say and especially when we are out of sorts "There's no place like home". Family/Friends and familiarity to access services etc all play an important role to many folks when in need.

Awesome to hear Earl is on track for good recovery Linda. As you guys are used to dry camping it would likely be wonderful if you can locate in that car park the nurse referenced to save on commuting etc maybe???? I've heard a lot of RVers do that at hospitals for convenience to visit with loved ones undergoing procedures etc, and at least if dark you won't have to drive at any juncture. Anyway, keep your strength up, eat properly. Positive thoughts coming your way for you both. Helen.

Glad to hear you re being helped Linda. Wishing nothing but the best for a speedy recovery for Earl. Do update us when you are more settled. Best wishes

Hi Linda, Because this forum isn't so active as used to be I've cut and pasted your message into the IRV2 Forum also in case anyone can help and call you. If we were close by we'd be there but we are in Alberta so sorry. Do let us know how hubby is doing. Helen.