Las Vegas: The Grand Canyon

Major highlight of our Vegas trip was the helicopter ride to the Grand Canyon.  I was definitely scared to take a ride over the Grand Canyon, but I put my big girl panties on and went with it.  If you've even ridden in a helicopter and are a bit sensitive to motion, you can understand my pain.  However, despite the intense heat and nausea, it was worth it.

The trip to the Canyon was about 45 minutes {about 4 hours via car}.  The views were incredible!

That's the cameraman aka my BF, he took some great video!

After the 45 minute trip, the helicopter landed at the bottom of the Canyon at the foot of the Colorado River.  Which as you can see, is quite muddy.  Don't really want to swim in that, despite the sweltering heat.

The helicopter company provided us with a light lunch and champagne. I skipped out on the lunch but definitely chugged some champagne to ease the nerves.

On the way back we had an exquisite view of the Hoover Dam and Lake Meade.

Before closing this post, I must share what happened to me as I was disembarking from the helicopter.  First, let me remind you that it was about 110 degrees, and that I'm claustrophobic, and that there were 6 people in the helicopter.  Are you visualizing it? Oh and wait, one of the passengers threw up in a bag on the way back and the stench took over the helicopter.  OK, so as soon as we landed you can imagine my desperation to get out of the chopper. The pilot came around to open the door, I stepped out but missed the rail, stepped through it and fell back, off the helicopter about 3 feet.  As you can suspect, it was very painful and I scored a huge bruise on the back of my thigh.  Not too mention, as the days of the trip went on, more bruises came to life and pain in places I rather not even discuss with you.  Go ahead, laugh it up. God know the BF and I did.

It was a bitter sweet trip to the Canyon but we loved every minute!