Viva Las Vegas

We're making our way down from the Willamette Valley of Oregon home to Prescott. Traveling with a 16 month old means a Stop N Stretch every two hours so we decided to spend the night in Vegas, then today it'll be a much shorter drive home. I'd hoped this hotel aways off the strip might live up to its high family friendly rating but it's yucky casino style. Huge good room  it not a keeper. Going through Goldfield, Beatty, Mina, etc Claire says every time. -- "Boy, nothing happening here!  This is so depressing". When we get into Vegas it's like...at last!  Lights!   I have to laugh!  I'll take that full desert moon that followed us any day!  Now THIS is depressing. I just don't get gambling.  Poor people that don't seem to have any lives. But don't mind staying here. Good StopOver Place between Oregon and Arizona...if we found another place to stay.