Sunday, July 12, 2009

Grand Canyon

Here's the helicopter we boarded in Vegas.
Ready to go!!
Lake Mead.
Hoover Dam.
The bypass they are building to get around the 2 hours it can take to get over the dam.
Where the Colorado River meets Lake Mead; the Colorado River is dirty water because it's still removing rock and such and making the Grand Canyon deeper.The Colorado River.
This is an air strip the Navy used to train pilots to take off. We were also told and shown the general direction that Area 51 is. After 100's of photos, I can't remember which one it is.
The Skywalk. You can walk out on a platform that has a clear floor and clear walls and look down about 3500 feet to the floor of the canyon.
Our picnic area.
Enjoying the canyon.
We were in good hands. The pilot has a Transformers key chain in his helicopter.

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