My daughter and I drove out to CA many years back.
We were going to stay in Vegas but the hotel accommodations were such a ****show that we canceled them and drove on to Barstow.
While driving that highway just about sunset, the traffic coming in the other direction, TO Vegas was like a two lane parking lot for two hours worth of driving.
We could not believe it. Could not fathom that that many people in the middle of nowhere were going there and where they were all going to fit.
I was thoroughly traumatized on Jan 2nd, 1983. I still remember the date. The worst possible day, I could have ever picked, to return from Berchtesgaden, Germany, to Wiesbaden. A normal 4 hour trip, took 16 hours. Never again, did I ever drive my car down to the ski ⛷ slopes. It was miserable. 👎