Sunday, March 29, 2015

Grand Canyon Adventure Part 2


This is the second part of my Grand Canyon Adventure.  Sorry it is so late in coming.  Just mainly pictures this time around.



Yavapai Point






The Grand Canyon stamps one can get for their Pass Ports






Kolb Station






The next stop, Meteor Crater and the Petrified Forest.  Then I went to Carlsbad Cavern.  Will be later!

Friday, March 20, 2015

Grand Canyon Adventure


So, I am in Mather Campground inside the Grand Canyon National Park.  It is Thursday when I am writing this, so forgive me but I am not sure when this will go up.  Wow, I have done a lot in the two days since I started this trip.  Went to Vegas and went to Bachi Burger.  It was an interesting place.  It was a little heavy on the asian flavors, but all in all the place will get my thumbs up.  Stayed at the Hilton on the Strip and boy was it nice.  I would have liked to stay much longer for they gave me a suite.  Good gods, it was wonderful.


On the 18th I went to the Skywalk at the Grand Canyon West.  I was expecting to pay something, but it was $75!  I paid for it anyway and got my first good look at the Canyon.  Breathtaking.  The Skywalk is owned and run by Hualapai natives.  Now I didn’t take pictures on the Skywalk.  You werent allowed to take any cameras due to some problems.  That kinda sucked.  But I walked the inside of the ring (gripping the handrail), walked the outside ring (again gripping the rail) and tried to walk down the middle of the glass.  Got a third of the way before I went to the inside.  I could feel it sway.  It was worse than the Skytree or Tokyo Tower, because it was open to the outside.





Skywalk is in the upper left corner.


I got to Grand Canyon East later that evening.  Tusayan is a nice little town, except for the internet is totally unreliable.  It says I have four bars and full connection but I didn’t.  I stayed the night in the hotel (too expensive) because it was too late.  I asked the front desk person where to get something to eat and she suggested a steakhouse or mexican.  I chose the steakhouse.  I have been seriously steak deprived for seven months.  I hope she gets a kickback or something because I wont be eating there again.  I had the combo steak and ribs.  I don’t think they put salt on the steak, the ribs were too dry and the baked beans were watery tasting from a can.  Sad, sad steak experience.

The next day was today, Thursday.  I got into the campground and got it for two days.  Today I went to east exit of the park and I stopped at nearly all the overlooks.  Today was better for the sun was out and shining.  Yesterday as I left the Skywalk it rained… hard.  Today it was nice and bright and you can see all of the pictures I have taken on the east side of the camp to the Desert View about 25 miles away.














Today, the 20th of March, I am going to go to the west side of the camp.  I would like to come back here and hike the over 200 miles of trails.  So I am going to put this up right now, and to the rest of today, tomorrow.




Tuesday, March 17, 2015

I am off!


Today, Tuesday, March 17 is when I begin my road trip.  I have left a little after 8:00am from Pismo Beach and here I am, almost noon at the Toyota dealership here is Claremont, getting a final look at my car.  It was quite a fast trip from Pismo, only a little over three hours.  Get that done a quick trip to AAA and I am truly off. 

Now I will have to book a room in Vegas... 

Monday, March 2, 2015

So What Now?


So I am sitting up here in the Coffee Bean in Pismo Beach.  It is not that I want to, but my doctor's appointment isnt until the 16th, barring any cancellations, which I am calling in every morning to find out if the office has any.  Well, what am I going to do now that my expeditions to Japan and Taiwan are over?

Roadtrip!

Expedition America!

Yes, I am going on a roadtrip to visit all my +Rynyn, family and friends that live across this great nation.  From my grandfather in Pennsylvania to my friends who live in Waco, Texas; in Canada and in Chicago, just to name a few.  I am going to leave as soon as my doctor's appointment is done and my prescriptions are refilled.

I am first going to Phoenix via the Grand Canyon.  I am going to visit Rynyn.  Then Texas, Kansas, Chicago, Pennsylvania Canada, Maine, Virginia, then cut across to Colorado and back down to do Gamex in Los Angeles and up north to San Francisco for my niece's graduation.  Whew!

Hey, if I know you you may get ahold of me and let me know.  If I can squeeze you in, I will.