Lake Mead is a beautiful oasis in a very dry area of the southwest corner of Nevada, but the drought of the last 13 years has dropped the water levels significantly. One study suggests that Las Vegas which takes it's water from the lake will drop below the intakes by the year 2015. Our first night was in one of the many campgrounds along the western shore and the last two nights we spent in Government Wash, a free spot along the same shore but with no facilities. With full tanks this is not a problem for us. The campgrounds are nicely set up but the facilities are minimum with no electric at the sites but, hell, what do you want for $10! The lake is stocked with bass including Strippers that will take food from you at the marina docks and the locals tell us there are several other species of fish making the lake a great place to catch a meal if you had a license which we do not, so we settled for a nice kayak around the docks and out into the lake.
After talking with another camper we learned that the Railroad Pass Casino has a wonderful buffet on Monday nights for just $6 per person. When we went for lunch the hostess asked if we were over 55 and gave us a discount 2 for 1. With the food we ate, I can't imagine how we could make that much ourselves for so little. And it was very good! Our route took us through the nice small town of Boulder City so all-in-all we had a very enjoyable day and I didn't need to cook, OK by me.
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