May 6, 2012

We travelled today about 290 sunny miles today. We left Tusayan, the town just outside the southern park entrance, and travelled through high plateau country with no trees, then we entered a national forest with pine trees. Arizona is not just a desert state!

We left the interstate for a short distance and visited the town of Seligman on the famous Route 66! "66" was the first completely paved national highway in the country between Chicago and L.A.


At the Nevada border we saw the famous Hoover Dam and we crossed over the newly completed O'Callaghan/Tillman Memorial Bridge.


About 3 pm we reached Las Vegas. What a place! Of course, we had to walk the "Strip". The sidewalks were packed with tourists. We could hardly move. The extravagance was overwhelming! I was very content to return to our quiet motel away from the noise and glitz.


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Location:From the Grand Canyon to Las Vegas