23 November 2011 A huge drive today from Grand Junction Colorado to Las Vegas. 515 miles (828 kms). Great roads - beautiful cool sunny day - no dramas. We travelled through Utah which has phenomenal scenery - for those of us who were brought up on John Wayne and cowboy movies this is where it's at. We also drove through the top of Arizona which means we have visited 48 of the 48 mainland states. Yay!!! We will revisit Arizona when we go to the Grand Canyon. We also gained an hour as we moved finally back into Pacific Time
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| Utah |
As we approached Las Vegas it was just a haze. I don't know if it was smoke, mist, fog. cloud or pollution but there were just tall building in the desert shrouded in this haze. It was not a pretty sight as we entered the outskirts and we looked around for cheap hotel and decided that the areas we were looking at were way to shady to feel comfortable in. We decided to check out the strip and it is amazing. We made one turn and we were in the most incredible fairy tale area with all the Casinos we've all seen on TV and in the movies. We went to Caesar's Palace and got a room for $90 per night so we were sold!! The hotel is amazing - so big and busy - and yes I'm being very careful with purse and papers :) We were pretty tired by the time we got settled so haven't yet been out exploring. I won some $$$$'s on the pokies and then lost it and won it again and lost it again lol. It's now Thursday morning - Thanksgiving Day - and we are watching the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade sitting up in bed waiting for our room service breakfast to arrive. Ah! Well. You have to spoil yourself sometime.
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| From our window at Caesar's Palace |
The commitment has now been made - we are being picked up at noon tomorrow to go skydiving. I have nothing to say...yet. I have managed to put it in some little secret part of my mind and I refuse to think about it...yet!
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