15 States and (4 Provinces x 2) in two months - Part 1

We started our full time RV journey right in the middle of Winter 2015/2016, when we moved into our (new to us) Majestic Ford E450 motorhome. It was February 1st  of 2016. Lisa's stepfather was very kind to let us park the RV in his driveway, while we lived in it, until our departure to Edmonton in the first week of March. Finding a spot in a campground at that time of the year would be a very hard task. That was a very interesting test of our ability to adapt to a very small space in a very short time, and to the harsh winter conditions that we were having in Ontario.
Since we were already off season, we were going to spend the month of March in Edmonton and then in April drive south to Nevada for a couple of months to get a taste of what snowbirding will be in the next season, which starts in October.
Turns out that there was a huge snow storm coming from the Michigan area and we decided to leave 5 days earlier, at the end of February. The drive through Ontario was very pleasant and although it was winter, the scenery was very beautiful.

The storm finally caught on to us in Saskatchewan with a dump of snow, needless to say that we had to wait out the storm and continued our journey into Alberta the next day when the roads were getting better.

In Edmonton, my son Paulo and his in-laws were exceptional in the way they received us and we accepted their offer to spend one month in their driveway. This gave us an opportunity to interact with our grandchildren and spend a marvellous time with them. When April came, it was time to leave and start our southwestern adventure.

Beautiful Spring weather made for a very relaxed and wonderful drive through Montana, Idaho and Utah and when we arrived to Nevada it was nice and hot. Throughout the trip we did not stay at any campground. There were several boondocking locations, truck stops, gas stations and even Walmarts, in most cities and towns in every one of those states. To make sure we did not run into any trouble, we asked the managers if we could stay the night. Unlike our drive though Canada, where we were told in a few locations that we could not stay the night, no one ever said no in the USA. Shout out only to the Wawa motel in Ontario for letting us stay in their parking lot and, although we offered to pay, they did not charge us anything.

Anyway, we arrived in Las Vegas and went to check out the campground at the Circus Circus Hotel. If you want the ultimate in urban camping, this is it. You are right on the Strip, the facilities are excellent and the price is very reasonable. We ended up spending six days there and we found out that it is a KOA campground, so we got our 10% discount.
A couple of other RV'ers had mentioned in their vlogs that the town of Laughlin is a great place to camp in Nevada, so we wanted to go and check it out. The town is very small, with a population of less than 8 thousand, but very nice and it is nestled down in a wonderful valley with the Colorado river separating it from Bullhead City, Arizona.

We stayed at the Riverside Casino Campground and spent one week there. Laughlin, although very small, it is home to 10 casinos and tons of entertainment, we had a lot of fun there but it was starting to get really hot and we decided to head back to Las Vegas where we spent two more weeks, staying at two different campgrounds, the first was Road Runner and the second was King's Row, both at Bolder Highway. These two campgrounds are very affordable and are in our list for future long term stays when we are in Las Vegas.

When May arrived, we decided we would get back to Canada and to Ontario to finish downsizing our possessions we had left at Lisa's parents. Since we had about one month to make it back, and we had promised my family in Florida, we figured that we would miss out if we did not do the drive to Orlando, Florida. So, we left Las Vegas on our way to the next state to the east, Arizona...
Stay tuned for part 2 of our journey through the south of the United States coming up soon!