Las Vegas to The OC

With two cars filled with lots of personal "stuff", we decided to stay off the strip and headed for the Marriott Springhill Suites North Las Vegas, $109 a night including breakfast and free parking.   Comfy and quiet room.

After we relaxed a bit, it was off to dinner and a movie.  Our gourmet tour of chain restaurants continued at nearby Outback. 

And then a movie.

Before heading back for a good night's rest.  In the morning, yet another "gourmet" Marriott breakfast in the lobby.  

While Mrs. SFO777 got ready to leave, I decided to get our cars washed, which from a timing standpoint was probably not the best idea.

As a result, we left an hour later than we should have.  It was after all Memorial Day and I'd forgotten that we wouldn't be the only cars of the road from Las Vegas to LA. 

Must be an awful lot of injuries in this town...

About 10 minutes outside of town, it started.   Bumper to bumper traffic to the California border with one woman deciding that it might be faster just to walk home.

Nearly 90 minutes to go 30 miles.  OK, this is not going to be pleasant.  

Another 90 minutes later, we exited for lunch and a pit stop in Baker.  

The only problem was that thousands of others had the same idea.  Traffic was so bad that we had to park across the street from the gas station/food court.

Lines, lines everywhere.

But the longest line was for the women's restroom.   There were at least 100 women in a line which snaked the entire width of the food court and then some.  I told Mrs. SFO that she should use the men's room and using the new transgender excuse.   She declined and said that she could hold it.  LOL. 

Traffic in "town" was so bad that it took another 30 minutes just to leave town.  

Where the temps were already over 100F.

Back on I-15 as the interesting billboards continued.

We finally found comfort a few exits down the road, with one guy deciding not to wait in the restroom line.

Now 102F, which was hot but not nearly as bad as a few days later when temps hit 116F.

Getting closer... and more slow crawling traffic.

And finally, 8 hours later... an Orange County toll road where traffic rolls at 75MPH.

Except for this last leg, a fun and interesting three day road trip from Denver.