Days 8, 9 & 10
Arrived Las Vegas mid afternoon and booked into hotel. Spent the afternoon checking out the surrounding hotels and everyone was in awe of their size and decor etc. Made it down to the Gold & Silver Pawn Shop to have a look (Pawn Stars Reality TV Show) it was really basic and of course none of the TV personalities were there. Spent the early hours of the
night walking the strip to look at the hotels at night. Ended up
stopping at the Paris Hotel which is just amazing when you go inside as
they have the roof painted as a sky and you would think it actually was
daylight and it is set up as if you were actually walking in a small
street in Paris. Had a meal in a really nice French Restaurant. Didn't
stay out too late as we were being picked up at 6am for the tour to the
Grand Canyon.
this tour was fantastic and money well spent. We
arrived at the West Rim of the canyon at 10:30am to get straight into a
helicopter for a ride down to the bottom of the canyon and the Colorado
River. We then did an hour pontoon boat cruise up the river and back to
be picked up again by helicopter to be taken back to the top. The
temperature at the bottom of the canyon was 41c in the shade.
Kevin & I then did the Skywalk where you walk out over the canyon on a glass floor. The canyon floor is a mile below.
The day finished with a look at the Hoover Dam and we got home at 7:30pm. A big day.
It
was then off to have a look at Fremont St (The old part of Las Vegas)
and some tea. The Band the Presidents of America was playing in Fremont
St so there was a huge crowd. We had some tea and arrived back at the
hotel at 1am.
Today we have flown from Las Vegas to Milwaukee
where we are visiting the Harley Museum tomorrow and catching up on the
laundry. Have taken delivery of a Jeep SUV for the drive from here to
New York.
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Looking at Bellagio Fountain from our Room |
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Fremont Street Roof Light Show |
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Kevin and Me on the Skywalk |
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Flying into Grand Canyon |
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Hoover Dam |
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Skywalk Birds Eye view |
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Gold & Silver Pawn Shop |
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