Road Trip | Los Angeles to Las Vegas

Road trip video covering the journey from Los Angeles to Las Vegas, with a slight detour to cover some of Route 66 a.k.a. "The Mother Road". This video concludes our 4 nights in Los Angeles and the next chapter of our adventure in Las Vegas

Total journey distance was 372 miles based on our trip starting in Glendale, Los Angeles. The route involved I-210, I-15 and of course a short leg on Route 66. Our destination was the "Rio All-Suites Hotel & Casino", which is located just off the Las Vegas Strip. We paid a little extra to get a strip view. The hotel was very nice and despite not being a 'strip hotel' proved to be quite close with a free shuttle bus service. As the hotel was not on the strip the cost per night was alot less than the strip based hotels. Another advantage was the plentiful and free parking on-site. We stayed in Las Vegas for 4 nights, so more videos on Las Vegas and nearby attractions to follow shortly!

Highlights of trip include:

Elmer's Bottle Tree Ranch (Oro Grande, CA)
Barstow (Harvey House & North American Railroad Museum)

***Barstow is also home to the Route 66 museum however at the time of our arrival it was closed for the day.

We also passed by the Calico Ghost town, however it wasn't really worth spending any time there as it was a tourist trap and did not have an authentic ghost town feel (Good for families, not for urban explorers). At a later date, I'll be releasing a video of a real ghost town that we visited that was in the middle of nowhere!

Our road trip through California and Nevada was with a 2017 Ford Explorer XLT an SUV that we hired on previous trips to the US - proved to be a very comfortable vehicle and fuel economy was reasonable too given the size of vehicle (Averaging 23 MPG).

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