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January 28, 2005
Las Vegas Day Five
Bright and early we got up this morning and headed out to take our helicopter ride to the Grand Canyon. We got really lucky because it was nice and sunny in the morning and almost as soon as we got back it got really cloudy. Right now it's raining pretty hard here. But the Grand Canyon trip was amazing and it's definitely the highlight of the trip so far.
Not only did we get to see the Grand Canyon but we also got to see Lake Mead and the Hoover Dam from up above as well. So that made for some really cool photos. It was a bit tricky taking photos from a moving helicopter though! I'd see something and by the time I got focused we were by it. There was also the glare on the glass to contend with. But some of the shots came out neat.
We got to land inside the Grand Canyon on land that belongs to an Indian Reservation, which virtually all it's income comes from these landings. After we landed we got out and walked around for about a half hour. It was just incredible to see the massive walls of the canyon up close. Just seeing a small taste of the Grand Canyon makes me want to go back and explore much more of it.
Everywhere we looked out the helicopter there were some amazing sights of the Grand Canyon, the mountains, the desert, Lake Mead and Las Vegas. I will definitely remember this for a very long time! When I get back I'll have to post some more photos because there were so many awesome sights.
The only unfortunate thing is that we had to miss the tour of Orleans Racing and Las Vegas Motorspeedway that the group went on this morning. It was unavoidable because this was the only time we could take the helicopter ride since it was rescheduled from Wednesday. Even though the group got to very briefly see Brendan Gaughan at Orleans Racing, I think the helicopter ride ended up being something even more memorable than the tour of Orleans Racing would have been.
Then this afternoon we went outlet shopping and then out to eat at the sushi place that we like at the Aladdin.
Posted by silverdsl at January 28, 2005 11:45 PM