day twenty four | grand canyon and hoover dam

We got up nice and early on day twenty four - I honestly have lost track of actual weekdays - to catch a tour bus out to the Grand Canyon with stops at the Hoover Dam and the Welcome to Las Vegas sign (I posted a pic of that in my last post).

The tour was small.  A family from Sweden, a Taiwanese girl who had just spent 6 months in the US learning English and was on her way back home and us.

Our first stop was the Welcome to Las Vegas sign.  The tour guide showed us a live camera that points at the sign.  He told us that a lot of people who come to Vegas to get married often come to the sign for photos so that people who couldn't make it to the wedding can see them. 

Next stop was the Hoover Dam.  I'm sure he told us a lot of interesting facts but you'll probably need to ask Glen about all of that because I've forgotten already.  Its pretty amazing even for someone like me who isn't into Dams as much as some other people I know!

Then we headed to the Grand Canyon National Park.  As soon as we got there it started raining so we got back into the Van and he took us to another area where he hoped he had missed the rain.  Nup!  In fact it stormed with some pretty impressive thunder and lightning, the whole time we were there.  I don't think it took away from the Canyon really and just gave us another perspective. Its hard to explain how awesome it is and the photos really don't capture it either but we tried.

We didn't get home till about 8.30 that night so it was a long day, but well worth the trip.

Mechelle