My journals from 1984 until now
holiday travels
August 7th 2014 – Day 6, Grand Canyon Desert and Hermit viewpoints Woke up at 6:10 and went for a run, Jeff was fast asleep so I went on my own, here it is. Won’t have time to run tomorrow (unless I go in the evening, mule ride first thing), then we leave the day … Read more
August 6th 2014 – Day 5, Grand Canyon, Helicopter! Woke up at 6, nudged Jeff who said he didn’t want to go for a run, but he got up 10 minutes later and we went for the most scenic run ever. Here’s the run. The first half was very hard, due to altitude, but also, … Read more
August 5th 2014 – Day 4, Grand Canyon Would have been the perfect night’s sleep, except Daniel’s alarm went off at 4:30, this had been set for Vegas and he forgot to turn it off. We left the lodge at 9:30 and got a bus to the Visitor centre, booked helicopter trip for tomorrow. Then … Read more
August 4th 2014 – Day 3, on the road to Grand Canyon Slightly better night’s sleep, but once again wide awake at 3am for an hour, could hear stag party somewhere but not too loud. Our room was actually peaceful, noise wise. Up at 4:30 and then out at 5:10 am, taxi to bus station. … Read more
August 3rd 2014 – Day 2, Las Vegas After terrible night’s sleep, got up at 10:30. Ate at expensive but queue free MGM Buffet. When we left at 11:30 queue was huge. Walked to Luxor in the rain, and looked for elevators to the top. Got to 30th floor but highest floor with view was … Read more