Diamond Resorts International Members Annual Meeting

We are back in Las Vegas for a short stay to attend the Diamond Resorts International Members Annual Meeting.  Staying at the Cancun Resort which was recently acquired by Diamond making the total US resorts owned by Diamond at 31.  Diamond is really growing very rapidly.

Cancun Resort is a beautiful place to relax.  It has
two pools, 4 Jacuzzis (one of them for adults only), two restaurants with reasonable prices, and many other enjoyable features.  And they have 32 penthouse rooms, each with two bedrooms and lots of space.  We were fortunate to get one of them. The Cancun is located at the south end of the Strip near the South Outlet Mall with lots of good shopping.  A very relaxing place.

A Great Trip & Home At Last

Our 2013 Trip Route

Here it is Wednesday, September 11,2013 and we are home at last.  The trip home from Preferred RV was 290 miles with one stop for gas at Smiths in west Las Vegas. It started to rain east of Kingman and rained harder and harder to Ashfork then a steady drizzle into Chino Valley.  Highlights of the trip included 5 great days at the FMCA Regional in Albany, OR, where we met and attended seminars by the Geeks On Tour, an amazing couple who are experts on Picasa 9, smart phones, building and publishing your own Blog, and many other items associated with PCs and software.  

 And then we met the folks at the Monaco Service center in Coburg, Oregon.  The service writer, Matt, was a jewel.  We had a failure in our 120 volt Power System.  They found a loose connection so they replaced the complete unit including the breaker box, a set of connectors, and the converter.  And two weeks later when we had the slide problem they worked us into their very heavy schedule and replaced all the drive hardware with heavy duty equipment.  

Buck's Glass Bowl - Great Fun

In Lincoln City, OR, we discovered Glass Art where glass experts coach you through making your own glass item.  Since Buck had spent a high school summer molding glass lenses and prisms for the US Navy, he was very interested in this opportunity.  Buck handled the molten glass (above 2000 degrees F) under close supervision for much of the procedure until his coach took over for the tricky fluting and finish work.   Result: a beautiful glass bowl on our bar at home.  

Ghost Mountain - The Early Town

Our plans to visit Lynn’s step daughter had to be canceled when she called to tell us that Bandon had a very heavy mosquito infestation so we decided to head south on our way home.  We stopped at the newly acquired CRA RV Park called Ghost Mountain in Pollock Pines, CA and we had such a great time there we stayed for two weeks.  This park is situated in very heavy pines and is quite hilly.  It's the location where much of the Virginian was filmed.  After a three day visit with Lynn’s longtime friend in South Lake Tahoe, we headed south and ended up at Preferred RV Resort in Pahrump, NV.

On To Pahrump

We left South Lake Tahoe on Thursday, September 5th and headed south on US 95 for a quick overnight stop at Tonopah, Nevada.  Unfortunately there was no parking space available at the Tonopah Casino and there were no acceptable RV Parks anywhere in the area.  As we headed south Lynn searched for other RV parks where we might stay.  Much to our surprise we discovered that Pahrump was something like 100 miles closer than Las Vegas.  In looking for coast to coast Parks Lynn found the Preferred RV Park in Pahrump.  After 11.5 hours driving we arrived at Preferred RV at 9:15 pm.

Preferred RV Resort

Preferred RV Resort is a member owned and managed park and has 272 spaces.  The restrooms, showers and 3 laundrys are the best we have found.  The park has a large, well equipped club house, good Wi-Fi throughout, a wood working shop, a stained glass shop, a heated pool which is covered in the winter, an indoor Jacuzzi, and much more.