Viva Las Vegas!

The next stage of our adventure was Las Vegas! In itself, Las Vegas probably wouldn't be top of our list of places to go but Candi had agreed to meet us there so we were very excited! Candi lost her baby daughter, Avery, 3 days after we lost Theo and she's written about it on her blog. (Please pray for her right now as she's going through a really hard time.) She brought along her good friend Katie. Here they both are outside the New York, New York casino.


Candi took us to the Cheesecake factory in Caesar's Palace. This is an amazing place because not only are the main courses gorgeous but they have about 50 different types of cheesecakes to choose from! Coming to a decision is not easy!

We took it in turns to relate our stories to each other and it was comforting to talk it through with someone who could really understand where we were coming from.

After the meal, we went for a walk along the strip, taking in the sights, sounds and most of all the heat! Even though it was night time, the temperature was still about 100 degrees. We stopped to take in several of the fountain shows outside the Bellagio. They play every 15 minutes and are set to music. The grace and movement of each water jet is incredibly spell-binding...Highly recommended.


The next day, we met up with Katie and Candi again for lunch at the hard-rock cafe. This was a definite favourite of mine because of all the rock memorabilia lining the walls.


One whole day of our Las Vegas leg was spent on a Grand Canyon tour. This was easily the most breath-taking sights in all of our trip. We flew 45 minutes in a 10 seater aeroplane from Las Vegas to a landing strip on the West Rim of the Canyon. This is one of the fantastic views from the air.

From there, we took a 5 minute coach journey to Eagle point and then to Guano point. The scale of the Canyon is beyond belief and in many places there are no safety rails so we felt like quite the adventurers!

On the way back we flew over the Hoover Dam. The trip included a sizable buffet lunch, making it a great day out. If any one is thinking of visiting the Grand Canyon from Las Vegas, we would definitely recommend the tour operator.

More of our Las Vegas pictures can be found here.

All too soon, it was time to move on again. But there were still two more cities to take in before heading back back home. Next stop: L.A.