Valley of Fire:
An hour outside Vegas. Star Trek: Generations was filmed in part here, as well as numerous other Westerns and Sci Fi's. We hiked around a bit. It was hot, hot, hot, and dry. The cacti and desert flowers were just starting to bloom. Stunningly beautiful place. Some of my favourite photos from the trip were taken here.
Zion:
Didn't spend enough time here. Passed through on our way to Bryce. The tunnel with no lights was fun, and we stopped after the tunnel to do a hike up to a view point:
Bryce:
Unlike anything I've ever seen before. Spent a cold night camping here, and woke up to see the sunrise on the hoodoos:
Coral Pink Sands:
Totally chill and laid back. Aside from a couple families that turned up to slide down the dunes on cardboard boxes, we were the only people there without ATVs. Next time. But it was a great park, with great facilities, and chill people there for the weekend. Mostly just regular American's, no real tourists, so Pako felt he was getting a taste of 'Merica.
Antelope Canyon:
Spontaneous side trip. That's what road trips are for, right? Woke up in the morning, Pako said he wanted to see it, wasn't that far off the route, so we went! Pretty cool. It's on Navajo land, and you must have a Navajo guide take you to the canyon (our car would never have made it over the sand anyways). We rocked up at the perfect time of the day for seeing all the sunbeams light up the dust in the canyon.
Grand Canyon:
Massive and majestic. Beyond anything Pako had imagined. Only had one day, so didn't make it down all the way to the Colorado river. We hiked instead to Plateau Point, spent an hour for lunch, and hiked out again. I think about 12 km. Or miles. I forget which. Took most of the day. Absolutely awesome view of the river and surrounding canyon. You could spend a lifetime here and not explore it all. Next time we'll do a 4 day hike: one day down, one day up the opposite rim, and then back on different routes.
breath taking
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