Leaving Las Vegas

We spent three nights in Vegas and recklessly gambled away six dollars.  Mandalay Bay was as nice as I remembered, but we were impressed by some of the new hotels including Aria (we explored most of the hotels on the strip yesterday).  Cirque du Soleil's "O" at Bellagio was pretty spectacular, but next time we'll have to go in a different direction and catch Penn & Teller.

As a last hurrah we checked out Fremont street.  We didn't take many, but here are a few photos.  On to the Grand Canyon!

Darth Vader and a show girl waiting to cross the street

Zion Photo Dump

It's a few days late, but here is a post from Zion National Park. We were having too much fun in Vegas to post this sooner! Zion was amazing, and as you can see we had trouble narrowing down which photos to share. Enjoy!

Six people have died hiking Angel's Landing!

Scenery on the way up to Angel's landing.

There were a couple miles of switchbacks going straight up the side of the canyon for about 1400 feet.

View down into the canyon.

To get to the landing you have to hike the narrow ridge in the background.

Chilling at the top!

Still waiting on those angels...

360 degree views from the top of the ridge.

Living on the edge!

The highest point on top of Angels Landing.

Water falling into the lower Emerald Pools.

Angel's Landing is an exhausting hike!

Day two hike into Hidden Canyon.

Part of the trail is unmaintained and involves climbing over rocks.

Spotted a garter snake looking for food.

The three patriarchs: Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.