Part One of our Summer Vacation Itinerary! Summer Vacation Series!
Hey Guys! I hope everyone is doing good, and having a great summer! Today, I'll be sharing more about our trip a couple weeks ago. So a lot of my friends have been asking me what it's like and what my itinerary was like. Full Disclosure; most of the planning was done by my family, honestly I just experienced the entire thing and took it all in. So anyways, our trip was five days long, so this week I'll give you guys the first two days, and then in one of our upcoming blog posts, I'll share the rest of our itinerary!
Day 1:
We spent the entire morning, finishing up on some last minute packing. Then we had an early lunch, and took an Uber to our local airport. After that we went through security, and then boarded our flight, which was straight to Las Vegas. After retrieving our rental car, we arrived at our hotel, which was one of the Hilton resorts and the hotel room was huge! There were six of us and the room had a kitchen, an eating area, a sofa, and televisions in every room. The resort had one of its own pools and restaurants, which was super cool! So we cooled off there and we ordered takeout from a nearby restaurant. Our hotel was close to the Las Vegas strip, so we got a pretty good food variety selection. After dinner, we drove into the Las Vegas Strip and we saw the light attractions from the car. We could see the Statue of Liberty, the Eiffel Tower, the Bellagio, and many more hotels.
Day 2:
That day, we woke up around ten in the morning, to prepare for our road trip. We decided to drive down to Arizona and check out the Grand Canyon. On our way to the Grand Canyon, we got to check out the Hoover Dam where we took some amazing pictures! The rest of the ride was very scenic and we saw a couple of deer on our way to Arizona. We arrived at the visitor's center at around three, after many stops for lunch, refilling gas, and bathroom breaks. I would assume, if one drove nonstop to Arizona they'd make it in around three to four hours. So when we arrived at the visitor's center, we watched an IMAX movie about the Grand Canyon. The movie was more of a documentary and it had one of those screens, that go over your head, so it almost feels like you're truly there. The documentary focused on John Powell, other American settlers, and the Native Americans that lived there. It was really informative and definitely something I would suggest doing, before you explore the grand canyon. After we watched the documentary, we drove up to Mather's Point. The view was beautiful and we saw a California Condor perched upon one of the canyon's tips. We also saw some ravens walk the path with us to see the viewing points of the Grand Canyon. We drove farther into Grand Canyon Village, and we ended up inside the second visitor's center, which was inside the park. There we took some more amazing pictures, and then we stopped for dinner at a Pizza and Pasta place inside the village.
Vacation Plans Aside; Next Week; We'll be welcoming our first interviewee to Faces of Silicon Valley's Community Stories Page!
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