Tuesday, December 21, 2010

Grand Canyon

On Tuesday, Dec 21, we took a bus tour from Las Vegas to the Grand Canyon. We had to be at Planet Hollywood at 6:15am to check in and get on the bus.

Connor and Ryan were excited that we drove on Route 66 because they remembered this from their favorite movie, "Cars."
When we got to the Grand Canyon, it was rainy/snowy, foggy, windy, and cold. In the below picture, Connor is snuggled up beside me trying to keep cold. Ryan was too cold to join us for the picture.
The fog was so dense that we weren't able to see much of the canyon.
At least we had the scarfs, hats and jackets to keep us a little warmer. The white clouds behind us is suppose to be the Grand Canyon. Use your imagination.
The kids had fun climbing on all the rocks and after they got moving around, they forgot about how cold it was.

The kids had fun exploring. Ryan wanted to put money in the telescope, but we told him that the money wouldn't make the clouds go away to help him see better.

We were at the Grand Canyon for 2 hours. The bus took us to two different lookout spots and we got an hour at each stop.
With the weather as cold and wet as it was, I think everyone was ready to head back when the time was up.
Even with the stormy weather, it was a fun adventure. However, next time we go to the Grand Canyon, we will have to pick a less stormy time of year.
The snow that was falling while we were there mixed with the rain and didn't stick to the ground. But, the kids found some snow by the gift show and had fun stomping on the little patch of snow.
We got back to Las Vegas about 8pm. The bus tour was much better than driving it ourselves because the tour guide told us about the history of the towns we drove through and we were able to watch movies on the bus.

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