This morning Rolo and I were woken up at 4am (early wakeups are normal on this trip I guess..) to coyotes howling. Not exactly what I want to be waking up to, and Rolo agreed since he moved from sleeping at my feet to being my little spoon. Our plan was to get up early and shower, but we opted to wait a bit just to be on the safe side of things.
After we got the site clean, car packed, and dog walked, we headed over to the site next to ours so I could take the quickest shower of my life.
We went back up the canyon, watching the sun rise over the rim, and headed for New Mexico, only 3.5 hours from where we were.
An uneventful car ride later, we ended up at the KOA…I opted for a place with WiFi so I could work on some grad school homework. Our spot was set back from the other (empty) tent sites and completely shaded by trees, much to our delight.
We set-up tent and headed into the town of Las Vegas. Despite all of the signs and billboards telling us how historical it was, it was pretty underwhelming. Instead, we drove down the road a bit and found ourselves at the state parl
Kelsey & Rolo's Big Adventure 