This was our first trip to the Grand Canyon.  We arrived in Vegas about 9:30 their time, got into a rental car and headed to the South Rim (Grand Canyon, AZ).  The drive was just under 4 hours and included a jaunt over the Hoover Dam (first time seeing that).  It was pretty cool, but the traffic was icky!  The remainder of the drive was uneventful, but I was wide awake as I had never been in that part of AZ before.  I love to see new places.  Much to my surprise we got into Grand Canyon AZ fairly early and had plenty of time to head up to the Canyon and spend a few hours AND see the sunset!!  Woo Hoo.  I was all kinds of excited by that and the guys were more than happy to accomodate me.  I was truly amazed at the site of the canyon as we walked up to one of the railings.  I was not prepared for its massiveness.  I should have been, but I was not.  I dont think I could do it any kind of justice to describe it.  I highly recommend everyone go see it at least once.

As sunset was a few hours away, we walked along the rim, taking pics.  We even went back to the car and headed to a nother parking lot to see a different part of the canyon.  It was this second location that we found the perfect spot to watch the sunset.  So for an hour we sat, chatted, and took more pictures.  As the time got closer there were more and more people finding a spot on “our” ledge (which was pretty big).  Just being there was breathtaking.  I could have sat in silence just gazing over the edge for hours.  Sunset was beautiful and relaxing.    I hope to have some pics up soon for you to see.

From the sunset we headed back to town to grab some dinner.  We went into the Canyon Star Restaurant and I could see that Andy and Dan were in their own personal hell.  There was live entertainment - a gentleman sitting on a stage with a Banjo, he played pretty much non stop the entire time we were there.  Andy and Dan are not much for the bluegrass/country/folksy type music.  hehe  But dinner was good and I did not think it was too bad.  We were all pretty tired so we hit the hay pretty early and planned to get up early the next morning to spend a few more hours at the canyon before heading back to Vegas.

The next morning we had breakfast in the hotel and then headed up to the canyon.  We had decided to do a fossil walk,  Andy was bored out of his mind but Dan and I were interested.  So we heard about fossils and then went on a hunt to find some.  Took some pics and then convinced Andy that we should walk along one of the trails that leads to the bottom of the canyon.  I was way excited!!!  We had only been walking for about 10 minutes when Andy decided he had gone far enough.  Keep in mind that there are no railings on this trail (its about 5 feet, maybe 6 feet wide tops).  So Andy stayed put and Dan and I walked a little farther down and around a corner.  We got to see a Big Horn Sheep and his family (two babies and two momma’s best I could tell).  Took some more awesome pics and headed back up to Andy.   From there we got back into the car and headed east towards whats called the Watchtower.  That was pretty cool.  Then we had lunch (nothing spectacular) and headed out of town back to Vegas.

I will save our antics in Vegas for another post…so check back soon..

So we will be leaving in less than 48 hours for our trip.  Yes I have been to Vegas before, twice as a matter of fact, but this time is slightly different.  We are actually going to drive to the Grand Canyon, stay overnight there (actually just outside of the National Park) and then spend half a day sightseeing and whatnot.  I am excited!  I have never been to the Canyon before and to be able to say I seen the sunset there and the sunrise (my fingers are crossed) is way too cool.  I have flown over it but I can not imagine the feeling of being there, close to the edge of this majestic creation.  One day I hope we can go back and actually go to the bottom and maybe even float in the Colorado river.   I think that would be so AWESOME.  I hope we take lots of cool pics.

On this trip we are also going to celebrate our 2 year anniversay.  It seems likes its been longer!  We will have a few people out there with us so that will be fun.   We are going to make an evening of it, go to irish pub and then to a piano bar.  Lucky for us both places are in the hotel we are staying in and if need be we can crawl to the hotel room.  I don’t really see us crawling, but one never knows.  I am sure its going to be fun.  Also on this trip we are going to see a  Cirque show, which I have been wanting to do for a while now.  So this trip is full of firsts even though I have been to vegas more than once already!  The weather is supposed to be sunny and 80’s in Vegas, a little cooler at the canyon, but im thinking oh so perfect!

Well I will write more when we get back and post a few pics.  Maybe there will be a funny story or two!  hehe

The weather this week is WONDERFUL!!!  We could not be asking for much better given the beerbash/bonfire coming up this weekend.  The nights are just cool enough that sitting around the bonfire will not be too hot.  We are going to a new location this year, so that in and of itself should prove interesting.  The road to get there is not quite so windy and dark, but will still have the illusion of being in the middle of no where.  Although it occurs to me that BET is right there and they do have a race that night, hope that is not too loud.  I also think that the hayride will not happen this year.  That is a bummer cuz I was looking forward to the hay fight!!  Nothing better than a bunch of grown up people throwing hay at each other!

I am getting excited for it all.  Hurry up Saturday and get here already!!!