Our last park before we head back into Utah and up north is Preferred RV Park in
Pahrump, Nevada. We spent a week here last November and really liked it. It is in a good location for a split with Ron and Alice--they go on to Idaho and we head to Utah.
We like the location of this park because it is within walking distance of some good places to eat and we can ride our bike to
Walmart for shopping! The staff here are very nice and make us feel like part of the family of people who stay in the park for most of the winter.
Again, we got great sites right next to each other, with a tree between us. We only spent five days here, but had a good time. Terry and I learned a new way to play pinochle when we played in a tournament at the clubhouse, and the meals in the casinos are so inexpensive that we ate out three nights of the five we were here!
Just a few days before we got to the park this cactus had 35 blooms on it! We saw pictures and it was beautiful. The blooms only last one day and then they wilt. We were fortunate to see the one last bloom come out while we were there. This is the latest in the year that we have stayed in the desert and we have been able to see several of the cactus and trees bloom that we had never seen before. We were hoping to see a saguaro bloom (that is Arizona's state flower), but we never did.
When there were 35 of these huge flowers on this cactus, you could barely see any of the cactus plant itself. I am glad we got to see at least one of them bloom.
I have always thought that this cactus was one of the
ugliest in the desert, but I guess I will have to change my mind, at least while they are blooming! This is the first time we have ever seen it bloom.
Also a first--this cactus has beautiful yellow flowers! Who would have thought!
And coral-colored flowers on this one! All of these cacti are in a garden in the park. Can you imagine a whole desert filled with these amazing colors!
The cactus garden has a little stream with large goldfish in it. Alice put her quarter in the machine and got feed for them so we could get a picture of them all gathered together.
This pretty little garden also has benches and a little paddle wheel house. I am sure we will be back to this park again. It is only about 60 miles from
Las Vegas where we have a Thousand Trails park, but this is a very nice alternative to being in that busy place.
We like the location of this park because it is within walking distance of some good places to eat and we can ride our bike to Walmart for shopping! The staff here are very nice and make us feel like part of the family of people who stay in the park for most of the winter.
Again, we got great sites right next to each other, with a tree between us. We only spent five days here, but had a good time. Terry and I learned a new way to play pinochle when we played in a tournament at the clubhouse, and the meals in the casinos are so inexpensive that we ate out three nights of the five we were here!
When there were 35 of these huge flowers on this cactus, you could barely see any of the cactus plant itself. I am glad we got to see at least one of them bloom.
I have always thought that this cactus was one of the ugliest in the desert, but I guess I will have to change my mind, at least while they are blooming! This is the first time we have ever seen it bloom.
Also a first--this cactus has beautiful yellow flowers! Who would have thought!
And coral-colored flowers on this one! All of these cacti are in a garden in the park. Can you imagine a whole desert filled with these amazing colors!
The cactus garden has a little stream with large goldfish in it. Alice put her quarter in the machine and got feed for them so we could get a picture of them all gathered together.
This pretty little garden also has benches and a little paddle wheel house. I am sure we will be back to this park again. It is only about 60 miles from Las Vegas where we have a Thousand Trails park, but this is a very nice alternative to being in that busy place.
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