TENTS CAMPING

Boulder City has recently hosted the 24 hours of Bootleg Canyon, a mountain bike race, hardcore but you don't have to be crazy to enjoy over hundreds of miles of bike-friendly routes, lanes and footpaths in the area, including the hard but easy to navigate the River mountains Loop Trail. Boulder City is bordered by the picturesque Lake Mead, the largest reservoir in the country and not only is there much to do on the lake itself, but Las Vegas is only about a 40-minute drive away, as is the funky, old-school Rail Pass & Casino Hotel, which holds the gaming license active oldest in Southern Nevada, in nearby Henderson. The view of Lake Mead from River Mountains
Loop Trail. (roadtripster)But why would you spend time inside when there is so much to off le temps belle, hot this time of year, especially when it gets cold somewhere? There was a bit of wind – ok, that is an understatement; We were almost wiped out the trail – a day, but otherwise was quite toasty wearing shorts and t-shirts all the time. Mountain River Trail is not for sissies: earn 1,334 meters above sea level, and is wavy gravy all the way. But it is paved and landscape, particularly going over the Lake and the mountains red and black is pretty spectacular. If you don't want to take the entire circuit, could only take a piece and have it as an out-and-back to BC. We wound up going to Henderson for a break and a late lunch. There is a spur that follows the road.If you have not delivered the bicycles, in the city there are several rental stores. We used All Mountain Cyclery (1404 Nevada Hwy., 453 702 2453), which had a good selection of specialized hardtail bikes for $ 40 for a full day.They tried to talk us into full-suspension bike rental at $ 75 per day, but we weren't going to do anything serious in Bootleg, and so we opted for the hardtail. Don't overdo it on maintaining the hardtails, so be warned; We had some problems with under lubrication chains and gears, as well as heavily patched tubes that blew, and had given us a pump that doesn't work with Pressta valves. Just sayin'.Bike shops are your best stop, though, to pick up trail maps, most of which are free. For $ 5, it's worth taking a laminated copy of that for the Bootleg Canyon. If you're not a biker, there is a beautiful trail hikers only, called mountain river that you will get in this great area; This is a – 1/2 of miler 2, round-trip, round-trip.To refuel, Evans Old Town Grille (1129 Arizona St., 294 702 0100) is destined to became one of our favorite restaurants, so friendly that our first step as you walk our bikes around the city of scout dinner options, a ci server chased along the way to make sure we had a copy of the menu, so we could think of. We were honored that night with huge plates of food, including fall-off-the-bone-tender pork in a spicy-sweet sauce and shrimp excellent fluffy. Choose the Greek Salad on top of the regular, for sure, and if you can at least try to split a dessert (the watermelon sorbet cake is weird but wonderful). In addition, we can vouch for massage therapy, so necessary after all that exercise. There is a glory, and she has amazing hands (if you say that you do you like "deep pressure" she will oblige). An hour (and it's a whole hour, none of that sissy 50 minutes of stuff) costs $ 60, and worth every penny. In addition, there were two of us, and so resulted in Katherine Weir, another local therapist, who is also a serious hiker and understand those needs. Weir was too great and runs Kare by Kathy (702-497-7412). Same pricing.The roadtripster is the handle of a long-standing ammirareun who travels the country with every means possible, sometimes in a campervan, sometimes car camping or in the backcountry, with children and without.

FAMILY TENTS FOR CAMPING