Before leaving Vegas, we had to return to Rental Car place to pick up a new car because the first one we received was awful. It would not start up on the first try, so obviously there was no way, we wanted to drive that thing into the desert.
We left Vegas around 10:30 a.m. and headed toward the Hoover Dam. About 4.5 years ago Tim and I visited the Hoover Dam with Heather and Milt. It was my first time then and they had just started construction on a new bridge. Well 4.5 years later the bridge has almost been completed. It was pretty awesome to check out. Here are a few pictures!
After leaving the Hoover Dam we traveled about four and half hours until we reached the South Rim of the Grand Canyon. We decided to check out one of the overlooks before heading to our room. Here is the first picture of the Grand Canyon that I saw. Breath taking is really an understatement.
We decided to go check into our room, which was a one room cabin at the Maswik Lodge. The cabin supplied us with two beds, a tv, a bathroom and a desk. We were happy to find that this place only cost us $90.00 a night plus taxes. We decided to head to Hermits Road for a few hours of sightseeing. We hiked about mile and half before catching the shuttle for the remaining of the stops. Here are a few pictures of us pictures of on Hermits Road.
The second day of our stay at the Grand Canyon we decided to hike down into the Grand Canyon. We hiked about 45 minutes down into the Canyon and it took us about an hour and fifteen minutes to get back. You have to understand I was about 13 weeks pregnant at the time, so I did struggle getting back up. I had to take breaks ever 10 minutes. Along the way we ran into two donkey tours that were heading to the bottom. Check out this picture to see how close we were to the donkey's.
To be continued...
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