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| Driving to Pahrump, Nevada, from Las Vegas |
Week of March 27, 2017
One of the joys of travelling is visiting friends in the area. After our visit in Las Vegas, we visited a friend in Pahrump, located about seventy miles from Las Vegas.
We reserved a rental car at the Las Vegas International Airport for this visit. Aware that in some American cities, public transportation might not be too convenient, we were delighted to learn that we could take the Las Vegas city bus #108, just across the road from the Stratoshpere Hotel where we stayed.
It only cost $ 2.00 for each person and the #108 bus took us all the way to the McCarran International Airport and dropped us right at the door.
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| It was a delightful drive! |
From there we boarded the airport shuttle bus to the Car Rental Centre. However, since our rental company was not one of the big international ones, we needed to take a second shuttle bus which took us to the car rental office located off the airport site to pick up our rental vehicle.
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| The area is surrounded by mountain range |
It was a gorgeous sunny day with a temperature of around 60 degree F.
The drive was beautiful as we were surrounded by mountain ranges all the way.
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| Some mountains were covered by snow |
We were surprised to see that there were snow on some mountains.
It took a little over an hour but it did not seem long at all as I was busy enjoying the mountain scenery.
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| A cute little cabin in Pahrump, Nevada |
We haven't done a long distance driving trip for over two years. It felt good to be on the road again with my husband at the steering wheel.
We reached Pahrump at around 6p.m.
Though a small town with around 38,000 inhabitants, Pahrump has a few casinos.
We went into one of the local casinos to grab a bite to eat. It was a place decorated with a western theme.
My husband ordered a salad and I ordered a slice of pizza. The portion was big and the pizza was very good indeed.
We drove around a bit and visited a couple of stores.
The huge cactus in the area reminded me of our trip to Arizona three years ago.
We got to Pastor S's house at 8pm. But the street was very dark without any street lights at all.
We could not get hold of her by phone; neither could we see the house number clearly from our car.
In the U.S. we are mindful not to approach any houses uninvited, especially not in the dark. It has proven to be fatal for some unlucky strangers who were shot at by the property owners.
We waited in our vehicle with the inside lights on hoping that our friend would see us eventually while we were trying to reach her by phone.
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| We ate at one of casinos in Pahrump, Nevada, USA |
Finally, we saw two people emerged from a house close by and I ran up to ask if they knew our friend.
It was so dark in the area that we could hardly see the person's face in front of us. I was actually speaking to our friend without knowing!
Finally we found each other. We spent some time catching up, talking and discussing some questions we had about the bible. It was well past midnight before we went to sleep.
R.T.
Pahrump, Nevada
USA
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