Oasis in the desert
An Oasis in the desert.
While travelling to get out of the storm on the west coast, R.P. had called the Oasis RV resort in Las Vegas to make reservations. She had been looking at the website for this place and we were curious about how it would be. We wound up booking 4 nights. We couldn’t get in the night we arrived in Vegas so we spent the night at the Silverton. No problems parking Piper there, as they have large vehicle parking as well as the entire Bass Pro Shops parking area. When we got up the next morning I checked the map for Oasis and found that it is literally right across Interstate 15 from the Silverton on Blue Diamond Road.
The Blue Diamond exit is an easy one and is the same both north and south bound on 15. You want to be in the right lane as you go east on Blue Diamond. You’ll see the entrance on your right. The lane is wide enough to pull the biggest R.V. into the driveway. If you do wind up coming in from the east there are no worries as they have a dedicated left turn lane that is again wide enough and long enough for the largest rigs. This place is well thought out. You come to an arched entrance and pull through to the security booth. The guard there takes your name and license plate information and directs you to the large pull through registration parking area. You take the form provided by security up to the building and give it to the registration folks at the desk on the left.
This park is a 700 space resort with great amenities. They restrict the age of RV’s to no more than 10 years old unless you have approval from the staff. No old junkers anywhere in the park and we did see some very well maintained older units there.
They are very busy here and definitely recommend reservations. We were able to stay in one site for 3 days but then had to move to a second spot as the one we were in had been reserved months ago as part of a caravan club outing.
Upon registration you get a pass for the window of your RV and tow or dinghy vehicle. These passes are checked at the gate and there is 24/7 security throughout the park.
All this information is on their website so I won’t belabor them. Some things that aren’t in their information though:
The Vegas water is hard as a rock. Soap barely lathers in a shower and doesn’t really dissolve in a washing machine. We saw a number of long term folks with water softeners on their water lines.
Some of the sites are against the concrete fence along the west side of the park where there are some pretty obnoxious electronic billboards that flash colors all night so I would ask for a spot away from there.
You are only a few minutes south of the welcome to Las Vegas sign on the boulevard. There are a number of stores for all your needs from socks to liquor within a few minutes drive. Camping World is south on the boulevard a few miles but is easy to get to. If you want your RV or vehicle washed, there are vendors who will take care of it at reasonable prices within the resort.
Remember that there is a lot more to the area than just the gambling. Get out and see the area. Go to the Techatticup mine and say hi to Tony. Hit the old saloon in Goodsprings and have a beverage on the 150 year old plus bar and have Tom tell you some history about the area. Head down to Laughlin and enjoy the river. Head out to the Springs Preserve for the non-gambling history of Vegas. Maybe take a drive out the extraterrestrial highway and have lunch in Rachel. Spend the day exploring the Red Rock NCA with @mojavemax.
No matter what your choice of entertainment or diversion in this mecca of lights, debauchery and true western history, the Oasis RV resort is a good home base for the RVer to use.
See you out there.
BFD
