It was my second visit to the Grand canyon because my hubby had not been there before. I was surprised how much quieter it was there compared to my last visit & some of the visitor features looked a bit battered.
It made me wonder if the place was still suffering the impact of the pandemic & the fact that the visitor numbers would have dropped significantly.
Grand Canyon Take 2
It’s still an awesome feature of nature & I managed to take some photos before we traveled onwards to Hoover Dam. I had previously flown over it but this was a chance to see it close up.
The dam although man made is still quite an impressive structure & feat of civil engineering. Arriving a bit late in the day we only just scraped in a visit to the centre so were able to understand some of the history.
Holding Back?
I collect pin badges & had to scrape the barrel to find enough change as the internet had gone down & they were cashing up but I did get my badge.
From the dam it was back up the road to Las Vegas & the familiar KOA where we were going to spend a few hours sorting out the van. Getting it ready to return & taking in a last glimpse of the strip before heading for the airport.
Use the link below to discover more about Hoover Dam
https://www.usbr.gov/lc/hooverdam/
In the Mood for a Musical
Wandering around & wondering what to do we happened on the posters for the Meatloaf Musical. Both had enjoyed the music from many years ago.
I think I still have the on music vinyl somewhere so this seemed like too good an opportunity to miss. Inside they upgraded us so close we could almost look up the lead singers nostrils but it was a good show.
I had to stuff my hand in my mouth to stop me from singing along out loud though as I might have been thrown out my singing is so awful.
All too soon we had to clean the van & give it back. It was an interesting to travel from virtually one side of the USA to the other.
The short video is the fountains outside of the Ballagio Fountain outside the Ballagio Resort Building. This has over 1000 jets that spurt water intake to music.
Its completely free to watch & runs in the afternoon every day.The show lasts the length of one song & there are a number of shows each day.
I removed the music for copyright reasons but the video was filmed while Billie Jean by Micheal Jackson was playing. The evening shows are even more spectacular as coloured lights change along with the water jets.
I have had some fun & many adventures over the last few years.
Sadly though for the time being I won’t be venturing back to the USA as I currently do not like the way things are going.
On my previous trips I had always felt reasonably safe traveling around however this is now not the case. I am a bit behind on my blogs so the next trip will record the adventure to Canada.