A trip to Las Vegas and Hawaii

 In the Summer of 2004 we decided to make a trip over to The U.S.A.

We left London's Gatwick airport and took the 10 hour flight to Las Vegas Mclean airport, as we approached the runway, the Captain of the plane reported low air pressure in one of the tyres. As we landed we were chased down the runway by the fire department with flashing lights.

We hopped into a taxi and headed to our hotel, we were staying at the impressive Luxor hotel.

The following day we went exploring down the famous Strip.

The following day we took a trip up to the Stratosphere Hotel, from the top there are some superb views of the surrounding desert. There were also a number of rides at the top of the Stratosphere and we enjoyed watching the tourists screaming with joy.

We had a couple of drinks in Freemont street as we people watched some of the Characters that inhabit the City.

We then headed over to Cashman Field, home of the local Baseball team, Las Vegas 51's. The one thing we did notice was the amount of food and drink that the crowd consumed.

Grand Canyon.

We made our back to Mclean airport to take a helicopter out to the Grand Canyon. As we flew over the Canyon's edge, the sight took our breath away. There were other helicopter's inside the canyon but they looked like the size of insects to us.

We then soared over "Spirit Mountain" and  landed at a local working ranch for a late breakfast. We met an old Cowboy named "Hoss" who showed us around the ranch, told us about the old days in the West and his life as a gold prospector.

We headed back to Las Vega passing over lake Mead and the Hoover dam. We then flew right over the City's main strip.

Chrysler Sebring convertible.

We Picked up hire car and headed to Red rock canyon, the colours of the rocks and the vastness of the desert were impressive.

We drove over to the Hoover Dam which took about 45 minutes and the temps were over 100 degrees. We took a tour of the generator room and due to a broken lift we had to walk right through the inside of the dam, apparently this had not happened for a number of years.

        We took a trip out to Sagebush range were we saddled up for a sunset ride through the Mojave desert. The Wranglers that guided us were very informative about the desert and its wildlife.

We returned to camp as the twinkling light of Las Vegas shone in the distant, we then enjoyed a bbq around a camp fire.

Memories of Las Vegas