Today was an epic day for us. I mentioned previously that we decided not to attempt the Canyon…well, moving our sky diving and extending our car rental actually made this possible, so after a 9am start off we went!
It should be mentioned that I’ve gotten sick sick sick, which defined today somewhat. I could have stayed in bed all day, but instead – four and half hour drive into Arizona it was!! I was meant to share this drive with Andy but ended up sleeping for most of it, oops. I did drive for 40 minutes at one point though, my first time driving on the wrong side of the road!
The trip there was long and relatively uneventful – some pretty landscapes, Hoover Dam and a brunch stop at In N Out. At around 2pm we arrived at the Canyon, parked and headed in to watch a rather long but rather welcome park history video. After that, out to the view points. Ok, so the Grand Canyon is indeed very grand and impressive – I am so very glad we came to see it instead of moping in the hotel room. We stayed at the first look out point for about 10 minutes (did I mention there was a SQUIRREL?) before driving along Desert View road for some more pretty views and photo ops.
And then….back we drove! So much driving today! On our way the sun set and when we finally arrived all the twinkling Vegas lights were out. So what else should we do but drive down the strip with the top of our convertible down and music blaring? That was something special.
We parked in the Paris hotel, with the intention of heading to the Bellagio… the Paris Casino was unexpectedly fantastic. It is decorated like real Parisian streets, completed with street lamps, Parisian restaurants.. it was very neat. This place is like Disneyland – so many hidden treasures that need exploring!
Across the road we went, under the Eiffel Tower and on to the Bellagio. It was very pretty in here, so many beautiful flowers in the lobby! Andy had decided to make one big bet on Roulette (our one token gambling effort here) – luckily the ball landed on black and he won $100. Off to celebrate with some Bellagio cocktails!
We headed back to our car via the Bellagio fountain show, which happened to be to the soundtrack of One from A Chorus Line (insert excited giggle). This was very impressive, particularly from the ‘Oceans 11’ spot!
Then back to the hotel. Tomorrow we leave Vegas – I really have loved it here and would happily come back – I feel like we have only scratched the surface. Also, due to our very busy days and illnesses we have been completely wrecked at night – we have committed the cardinal sin of not getting drunk in Vegas once. Definitely a reason to come back, don’t you think?
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