Grand Tourists
Today was a big day for us as we decided to splash out and go for a flight tour of the Grand Canyon. Much like a Vegas casino, the tour is HUGE and well worth seeing. First up was a 45 minute flight in a two prop plane which was pretty cool. The views from a smaller plane are amazing since you fly at a much lower altitude however the trade off is that if a large size bird farts somewhere in front of the airplane then you are going to feel a jolt of turbulence. Maybe not quite so bad, but you get that picture. Speaking of which, here’s a couple from the flight.
Preflight check
nice and cosy, no free booze though
Me and Princess Leia
We flew over Hoover damn on the way there and got a few in flight pics.
Inflight pic of Hoover dam
After we touched down in Arizona, we boarded a bus and were driven to the Skywalk lookout at Eagle point. Unfortunately we weren’t allowed to take cameras on the Skywalk which sucked since it has the potential for some really great photos. Instead you have to pay $30 for them to take photos for you doing stupid poses, naturally we didn’t bother. Stepping out on the Skywalk felt really unnatural, not that I’m afraid of heights but walking over 1 inch thick plate glass didn’t feel all that safe to me.
The eagle watching over the canyon
After the Skywalk we waited for the bus to take us to the next stop, ‘Guano Point’. As we were waiting we overheard a tourguide mention that the Teepee we were waiting next to was a traditionally made Teepee. I figured as much after seeing that it was stacked full of traditional propane tanks and traditional slabs of bottled water.
Fortunately for us, Guano Point was alot more open for photos and exploring. In fact, they didn’t even bother with guard rails and we were only warned by the bus driver to stay a body length away from the edge. However I got the feeling it was only a recommendation. We got some great shots here, the view was awesome. The Grand Canyon is definitely a must-see in America, a big hole in the ground might sound boring but it is actually very spectacular, beautiful and mesmerizing. Words cannot describe it – and photos don’t really do it justice either. But here are some anyway:
Grand Tourists
After that we took the bus back to the terminal and the plane back to Vegas and stopped by the casino next door for some $1 pints of microbrew for dinner and a final hit of the pokies.
This day really wraps up our Vegas trip nicely, looking forward to seeing Uncle Bob tomorrow and San Antonio / Kerrville. Can’t wait to see what Texas has instore for us.
looks pretty slick. A guy who spent some time in Denver is here at the moment and told me about the skywalk. He said when he went there that there were no sealed roads leading to it. Is that still the case? I dont think I could handle the height.
Did you see Megatron anywhere near the dam?
there were plenty of sealed roads when we were there. buses arrive at each of the main places every 5 minutes to ferry people back and forth. i think the skywalk is pretty new so maybe there were still building the roads at that time.
megatron??? no … maybe rob will be able to shed some light on that one 🙂