Today has been a day of extremes to say the least. From leaving the Venetian Casino to where I guess they have 1000 plus rooms easily and I would imagine never get booked out, with split level rooms, bathrooms with shower, separate toilet, bath and make up table/ stool, floors all in marble and with pool views and then to the GreyHills Inn in Tuba. Greeted by a pack of wild dogs, \ up what seemed a desserted road for a simple double bed room, tv, heater and table, with shared shower/toilets down the hall.
The day began leaving the Vegas strip and ending up here in a town just out from the Grand Canyon and into Indian reservations. From the bling to the down to earth – dessert earth. From endless accommodation options to struggling to find a bed for hundreds of miles.
We started by crossing what seemed like desserts over the Art Deco Hoover Dam, through more desserts, Route 66 and finally found ourselves on sunset on the edge of the Grand Canyon.
Truly amazing! Such a beautiful, deadly, stunning, peaceful place. A fantastic time to see this wonder of the world.
We went from breakfast at the Venetian Canals, man made, ceilings that looked like blue skies with clouds floating (24 hours!) and stunning to dinner in the dessert with genuine Indian headpieces on the wall. From heat to nearly 100 degrees to temps dropping on sunset requiring to pull out the jackets for the first time this trip – were wondering if we were going to need them. We saw road signs of all sorts, warnings about deer, elk, cows, mountain cats, falling rocks and Indian road stalls. Nevada to Arizona.
A day of extremes! PS have still yet to find a damn CD shop, the gas stations only have country music here!
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