After exploring Kingman, which has historic ties with Route66, we set off for Chloride, a genuine living ghost town that had in its heyday a population of 2500 complete with a Bank, Billiard Hall, Saloon Bar, Whore House and Train Station. Since then people have abandoned their homes and went looking for work elsewhere. The more that left the greater the decline until only about 250 people still live there as well as the occasional dog or two. It was on the Main Street that we joined several townsfolk at their local bar on the boardwalk outside. We then wandered over to the main square where several original buildings from the late 1800s still stand. It was here that we were entertained to a genuine wild west shootout! The acting was pretty awful but the guns were real and didn’t they make a noise. I was roped into their performance to add some gravitas and played the role superbly!! After photos were taken and we had our first Steak and eggs of the trip in the local saloon we headed off to Last Vegas with just a little detour to the Hoover Dam. An impressive civil engineering project that harnesses the power of the mighty Colorado River although the water level was 50% lower the last time I visited in 2014. Finally we were on our way to Last Vegas, the city that never sleeps!! As true as it’s reputation we went for a walk downtown at half past one in the morning after mixed success in the casino and there were three rock bands, one of which was called Spandex. You can imagine what they were like. There were also adhoc percussionists drumming on anything that made a noise, a guitarist, zip wire nutters and the all-pervading aroma of weed!! And I forgot to mention it’s their Labour Day weekend which means bikers, petrolheads and custom car nutters are all roaring around the main drag bouncing the suspension and blaring out hip-hop or drum and bass for all to hear. I forgot to mention the street trader who sells ‘Kick me in the Balls’ opportunities!! You pay him $5 and he stands there, legs apart, and you kick him in the groin. I watched as some punters were taking run ups and kicking him in the nuts so hard he actually lifted into the air!! I couldn’t watch for too long but you’ve got to admire the blokes balls, that’s if he has any 😮😮😮