Our next park after Death Valley NP, will be Grand Canyon NP. We drove through Nevada to get to Arizona.
Along the way we stopped at Area 51 for a meal with aliens.
Stopped at Seven Magic Mountains, an art sculpture located about 30 minutes outside of Las Vegas. We got to get an up close and personal view of this art exhibit because Google Maps took us through a back way that didn’t even lead to the parking lot. I think we got a prime spot for pictures.
Both of us had been to Las Vegas before but neither of us had taken pictures in front of the infamous sign. Since we were nearby, we stopped by the Welcome to Las Vegas Sign. When we got closer to the strip, the amount of traffic started to buildup. A sign that we were in a major city again. When we got to the sign there was a line of people waiting to take a picture in front of the sign. We didn’t want to wait so here’s the result:
I have never been to the Hoover Dam, so our last stop in Nevada was there, as it leads into Arizona.
After the Hoover Dam, we stayed at Kingman Wash in Lake Mead National Recreation Area. We did a bit of cleaning and chilled out for a couple of days. I learned how to make Crunchwrap Supremes during this time.
Feeling refreshed, we headed towards Grand Canyon NP.
We stopped by the West Side of the Park first as we both wanted to walk across the Skywalk. We should’ve done our research beforehand. When we got there, we found out there’s a fee to go on the Skywalk. The only way to pay the fee was to get a package that cost $91 per person. We did not budget this into our trip so we had to pass.
We went to the South Rim to do our hike as the North Rim is closed from December to March. We both had been to the Grand Canyon before but I had never hiked down into it so we decided to do the South Kaibab Trail to Skeleton Point. It was cold and there was still some snow on the ground. I wasn’t feeling it but tried to do the hike anyway. We started our descent down and my body was already rejecting the whole experience. We made it to the Ooh Aah Point and Cedar Ridge. We ate our lunch and continued down to Skeleton Point. There were a few mule tours headed back up to the top and I wished I was a part of those groups. We got close to Skeleton Point when I couldn’t take it anymore. I had to go back up, the hike was too intense and my body was basically saying NO. When we got back to the top, I reaffirmed my initial statement regarding the park from when I first visited. “Same big hole, different angle/elevation.” Others may disagree, this is just my opinion. đź¤
We left Grand Canyon NP and started towards Petrified Forest NP.
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