Sleeping in the Grand Canyon was a little scary. Even though I was at a campsite I heard growls and howls in the distance. With only a thin piece of fabric between me and the wilderness I got a little uneasy. When I woke up in the morning the French dude was packing up and the Italian girls were getting out of their tent. I noticed that they were older, atleast late 30s so I didn't feel as bad missing out the night before. It didn't take long to pack up. I've become a pro at it now. Everything was muddy though from setting up in the rain. I didn't care anymore. It was my last day with a full care so I stuffed everything in there and took off. By now my car was a mess but I was just ready to unload it.
On the way out of the canyon I stopped at all the posted lookout points. By the third one, I realized I was just looking at the same view and decided to make a straight shot out of there. I did however see a hiking trail at the last stop I was at. It's called the Grandview Trail. It is a 6 mile hike down the the Horseshoe Mesa campsite. You stay there overnight then either head back up or continue to the base to take another trail out to another campsite. It is now one of my goals in life to do an overnight hiking trip to the bottom of the Grand Canyon. Who's with me?
The ride out of the GC to Las Vegas blew monkey balls. I've been saying I've been driving through the desert, but I did'nt know what desert was until I got to the AZ/NV border. What a terrible drive. Hot and boring. No posted signs to occupy myself. Hardly any other vehicles on the road. Atleast the ride was only 4.5 hours. Although, I did drive over the Hoover Dam, which cool. I've been there before, but driving over it was different for some odd reason. Apparently there's supposed to be bad traffic crossing the Dam from all the construction. It wasn't that bad coming in from the AZ side. From the NV side, though, there was traffic backed up for 3 miles! So for all you future road trippers, If you're coming from AZ to Vegas, don't take 93, go up 95. It's a less direct route but you have zero chance of getting stuck in horrendous traffic. I guess I got lucky. Must've been the lucky penny I picked up in the GC.
I finally arrived at my dad's house in Vegas and could unpack my car and relax. And that's what I did. Relaxed for the rest of the day and night. Wasted my day watching nothing on TV then watched Harold and Kumar 2 with my dad. Tomorrow I need to get an oil change and brave the hot, humid Vegas desert weather. Wish me luck.
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