Over the Hump to Pahrump…
Today we started out by picking up Nick and Terry about 12:15pm and heading over to the Blueberry Hill Family Restaurant for a very good brunch. They advertise that everything is made from scratch, including the fresh-squeezed orange juice, and is shows.
Then it was off to Fry’s so Nick could pick up a DVD and Terry could get a new coffee maker, and then next door to the Border’s Book Store.
Then it was “over the hump to Pahrump” as they say here. “The hump” is a long climb up and over a mountain range. And the view on the trip was spectacular.
Pahrump is a town of about 30,000 people located about 50 miles from Las Vegas. Its real claim to fame is that it is home to the closest legal brothels to Las Vegas.
But before we tracked them down, we wanted to check out the Escapees RV Park in Pahrump. And it was nothing to write home about. It had little in the way of shade and was really kind of desolate.
Unlike another RV park right down the road a piece. And it was Terrible. Or, rather it was Terrible’s. Like many casinos, Terrible’s (yes, that’s the name of a chain of casinos) has an RV park attached.
And this one was very nice. A lot of green landscaping, shade trees, and a nice lake.
This is a place we wouldn’t mind staying at.
And then it was off to find the whor…eh, the brothels. And it didn’t take long.
It turns out that they were at the end of the road we were already on.
There are two brothels here in Pahrump, Sheri’s Ranch and The Chicken Ranch. And to make things convenient, they’re right next door to each other.
Based on the signs it’s really kind of hard to tell what kind of place Sheri’s Ranch ( Warning! This link is a little risqué ) is.
But the Chicken Ranch ( Warning! This link is a little risqué, too) is a different story.
They’re pretty up front about it.
Although The Chicken Ranch in Pahrump is named after the famous one in La Grange, TX, as depicted in “The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas”, there is no direct connection.
Our curiosity satisfied, we headed back to Las Vegas. And by the time we got back, we decided it was time for supper. Since we enjoyed Blueberry Hill so much for lunch, we decided to try it for supper. And, once again, really good.
More tomorrow…
