During my second week on the road, I stopped in Las Vegas to take care of some administrative fun, including registering my motorcycle and picking up my veteran license plates for the Winnebago. When I was in Las Vegas a few weeks prior, I discovered a great location to park an RV right on the strip, so I stayed there again. It’s a great feeling to go out in Vegas and have the cab bring me “home” at night.

After a friendly Apple employee heard about my trip, he hooked me up with a spare battery for my MacBook Pro. I left the Apple Store in Caesars Palace with money in my pocket, so I decided to sit down at the roulette table and proceeded to win $800 – a sure sign that it was time to leave Las Vegas!

I picked up the next morning and headed for Arizona. Las Vegas was…well…Las Vegas, so I was ready for some relaxation. I heard about a desolate place outside of Wickenburg, Arizona from a truck driver while I was getting gas and set off to explore. It had just rained in the desert, so the area was unusually green. Sid, my Jack Russell Terrier, loved the area – aside from the cactus spines – which he never seemed to be able to avoid. We stayed parked in the middle of nowhere for a few days and hiked out in a different direction every morning. I promised myself that I wouldn’t leave until I climbed Vulture Peak, which we finally got to on the 4th day.

One aspect about having an RV that I really like is that I can stock up on supplies and head into the wilderness for days or weeks at a time.

Here are a few shots of the area around Wickenburg, Arizona where I stayed for a few days – you can see the Winnebago in the background of both images with Sid in them and in the other image, the dirt road that I came in on. (click to expand images)