One of the most awaited things on the journey were the Grand Canyons and they certainly did not let us down. On Tuesday we started early in the morning towards the Canyons since it was still a 3-4 hours drive from Vegas and we wanted to stop at Hoover Dam too on the way. After a cold and rainy Monday, the weather was again perfect! The Hoover Dam was built in 1931-1935 and last year the Memorial Bridge over the Dam was opened to ease the traffic. Both the dam and the bridge were huge and provided a spectacular view as you can see below.
We weren’t quite sure where to go at the Canyons in beforehand. We had looked for a couple of places to choose from. We drove to the West side of the Canyons since it was located most near to Vegas. We made the final choice pretty close to the Canyons as we saw a lot of other tourists (mostly Chinese :)) driving to the Grand Canyon West which is owned by the Hualapai Tribe. The admission fee of $45 was pretty high and it did include only a shuttle bus between the two locations of Eagle Point and Guano Point. But the amazing view made us shortly forgot the fee. The viewpoints were located just on the edge of the canyons without any fences and the 90 degree drop down was right on our footsteps :) At some points it look quite scary and not all visitors dared to walk on the edge.. There was also a so-called ‘skywalk’. It was a glass walkway over the canyon edge but since it did cost an extra $30 we didn’t go there as we could see everything without paying the fee. I think it’s not necessary to write more about the Canyons as the pictures speak for themselves.
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