As cross-border visitors stay away from Las Vegas amid political tension with Washington, the impact is being felt from the Strip to an unlikely ranch in the desert
The wind was blowing hard enough to lift the desert sand into the air.
At a sprawling ranch near Mesquite, Nevada, gusts rattled the palm trees and coated a row of empty garden chairs with dust. Beyond them, a group of camels, tall, curious and surprisingly gentle, ambled across the property.
Usually, the ranch hosts a steady trickle of tourists from nearby Las Vegas, many of them curious to see camels roaming the edge of the Mojave Desert.
