Mesquite, NV

Alabama Hill was swell, but I wasn't going to camp there; it's just too hot. It felt balmy with wind blowing in the evening, but inside the car was still warm all night long and I had to get the AC going most of the night. With temperature approaching 100F and no tree to hide under, it would've been brutal during the day.

So I scooted over to an air conditioned room at Virgin River Casino in Mesquite, NV. It is the same joint that we stayed for 4 days and rested at when coming back from NYC in 2017. It's cheap, it's clean and it has a pool. What more can you ask? Well, I could ask for the same price as in 2017. It's now $32, not $24 we paid back then. It also no longer supplies shampoo and the rooms feel dated now. But I won't complain; hotel prices are now through the roof they say. 

I'll stay here for 2 nights, get the  photos edited, blogs written and the plans for the next a few days nailed down. I might stay one more night. It's pain to move the stuff up and down the room just for 2 nights and I could use one more day of rest before charging up Angel's Landing.