We were very lucky with the beautiful weather at the Grand Canyon, as it turned rainy and cold the morning we left. Very soon we encountered snow.
At Williams, we joined the historic Route 66 for a while.
Plenty of these old cars to be seen.
We had lunch at the traditional Road Runner Dinner at Seligman on Route 66.
This is the graceful curve of the Hoover Dam, named for President Herbert Hooper and commenced in 1931. At 726 feet high, it is one of the tallest in the world. By then we were pretty close to Las Vegas and the weather was much warmer.
The Colorado River behind the dam forms Lake Mead. Sometimes the level is up to the top of the white rock.
The bridge high over the Colorado River.
Looking across the whole dam from the walkway of the bridge.
Lights of the Las Vegas Strip.
The fountain show at the Bellagio Hotel where we stayed last time.
Driving down the strip by day.
The Red Rock Canyon Conservation Area, a bit over half an hour's drive from Las Vegas, was our destination for the day. It was created around 65 million years ago.
At the Calico Hills.
Bill trying out a waterfall coming from the top of the rocks on the Lost Creek Trail.
The trail head leading up to the falls.
Next day it was with trepidation that we headed into Death Valley National Park. The temperature was 106 degrees, not bad considering they have had the highest maximum temperature ever recorded world wide, 134 degrees. This is the Thelma and Louise shot.
Dante's View, the name inspired by Dante's Inferno.
Looking down from Dante's View to the Badwater Basin, 86 metres below sea level. This is the lowest spot in North America.
Zabriskie Point. There was a famous 1970 movie of the same name.
The point is surrounded by multiple layers of wildly eroded sedentary mudstone rocks. Quite weird really.
The Harmony Borax Works mine near Furnace Creek.
Last stop in Death Valley, the sand dunes, 36 square kilometres of them.
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