Last weekend was the Labour Day weekend in the States, so we made a trip to Las Vegas.

The car we rented.



Our hotel.






The weather was really bad there. Too hot for my liking.

On the first day there, we had a road trip to Grand Canyon. Before that, I was deliberating if I wanted to go for, (1) We had to drive 5 hours there and 5 hours back, and I seriously didn't know if my butt could take it and (2) CY had been there for two times already. This would be the third time he went if we should go.

After seeking the advice of CT and PQ (both answered with a resounding "Of cos!", I decided that I should brave the dreadful ride and go for it. It's a 难得的机会, isn't it?

On the way to wilderness.






After an hour of drive, we reached Hoover Dam. Before these three months, I had no inking what Hoover Dam is all about. Then before we came, Channel 5 showed "Transformers". And we watched it another two times here (the US channels keep looping the movies. Sidetrack a bit, CY watched Kill Bill at least 4 times as I kept interrupting him by making him change channel at the gory parts. Until finally he told me to stay away from the living room the last time.) So I knew Hoover Dam was the place where they kept the Autobots.

To Lake Mead first.

















At Hoover Dam. No, we didn't manage to find any Autobots.











On the way to more wilderness. Four more hours of it, in fact.





After four hours of drive, I was extremely happy to see the town, Williams. Actually, I was happy because of the McDonald in the town. My bladder was almost bursting.





Finally reached after another hour. See his grin :D





So this is the legendary Grand Canyon.



That is the view I see everywhere.







At another viewpoint.









And another viewpoint. The best one.



















The glaring hot sun. We had to drink a lot of water to hydrate ourselves.



Went pass the Flinestones campground on the way back, but too hot and tired to get down the car, so just took these from the car.







On the way back, grateful that the sun was about to set.









And that concludes our road trip to Grand Canyon. Shall blog about the Vegas strip another time. It's taking a long, long time to upload all these photos.