OK, so we did manage to stop at Grand Canyon again in the morning before heading out to Vegas. Nice morning light, thought we’d head out to Yaki Point, which is one of the more popular spots. Funny thing, though, you can only get there by shuttle bus. So rather than be pinned down by a shuttle bus we figured hey, let’s just park at the entrance and walk in, I mean how far could it be?
So approximately 1.5 miles later we were there. Did I mention it gets real hot in the morning? Did I mention we didn’t bother to bring water? Fun, not hallucinating fun but getting there ;). Anyhow well worth it, great view from up there:
Decided to check out a couple of the other popular points on the way out as well:
But eventually we did head to Vegas. Not a bad drive, considering. Other than some crazy traffic at the Hoover Dam, including a Police/Homeland Security checkpoint. I kid you not – they let us through though, must’ve been the Mini – I mean what kind of terrorist would drive a Mini anyway?
Oh, it was hot, as said Mini will attest:
Hoover Dam was interesting, other than the traffic:
Huge, and interesting to see:
But eventually we had to get to where we were going, which of course was Vegas. We were set up to stay at the MGM Grand, in a basic but nice room. Huge hotel/casino – it took about 5 minutes to walk from the elevator to our room. Had a relatively quiet night, basically stayed in the MGM and tried not to lose too much money. The real sightseeing is tomorrow.
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