Part four

We woke up early at the motel to fog and mountains. We packed up our bags and began our drive to Nevada. Having an extra day on the trip was more than I could ask for. We drove passed mountains that looked painted onto the sky. Nothing on this trip looked real. 

We stopped at the Hoover dam. It was packed with tourist and I began to lose my adventure drive. The place was beautiful, but there's something about with exploring new places almost alone. It was very noisy and lots of lines and overpriced food. We didn’t stay for too long because we still had to find a place to stay for the night before going into Vegas. 

We stopped at a little tourist shop only to discover that the lake mead campground was just behind it. When we got into the campground I was excited to see palm trees for the first time. We found a magical spot that was near the lake. We were surrounded by mountains and palm trees. A part of me didn’t want to leave the campground. The exhaustion from the trip was setting in and just spending an evening around the campfire would be enough.

But we came to Nevada for Vegas so we marked our spot and left. The sun began to set and I was beginning to feel excited to see Vegas. Once we got into the city it felt very strange. We had spent the entire week exploring national parks. My boots were nearly worn down to nothing, my jeans were dirty and my hair was messy from letting it air dry. 

Once we parked the car and started to explore the main strip it became very apparent that this was not my thing. I did enjoy it, but I felt very out of place. We wondered into Caesars palace and spent most of the time exploring expensive shops. Without any money to spend it was very easy to lose interest in all of it. After a few hours we decided to get some in and out burger before heading back to camp.

When we pulled into the campground we were surprised at how quit it was and how there were no fires. We kept as quiet as possible as we built are fire ans set up some chairs. It felt like summer and soon we were listening to packs of coyotes near by. I felt very content on ending the trip this way. We talked about all of the amazing things we had done and how nice it will be when we got home. Camping in the car that night was like sleeping outside in the summer.