Las Vegas – Day 6 – Red Rock Canyon
Another great day in Las Vegas, except it was slightly windy. After a breakfast of toasted English muffins, fried eggs and bacon (cooked by Dereck and assisted by Douglas) we headed off to a few shops. One was the Outlet Centre and then the Guitar Centre. Then we headed off to the Mandalay Bay so that Doug and Sue could see the “House of Blues”. We had a drink there and a few purchases were made in the shop. Then we headed off to the Hard Rock Hotel – Doug and of course Dereck again, were suitably impressed with all the music paraphernalia adorning the walls. Then we headed off to the Hard Rock Café where we had lunch. It was Sue’s birthday last week, so this was her birthday celebration. We left there at about 3:30pm and headed back to the hotel to get cameras and pack our cooler box for our trip to Red Rock Canyon.
It took us about 20 minutes to get there and boy what a sight!! You just cannot believe these wonderful rocks and their colours jutting out of the earth towards the sky. They do have a red colour to them, hence their name. There is a 13 mile (about 19km) scenic route with stop offs where you can view the sights. We took plenty of pictures, but you have to see it to really see how huge they are!
We were there until sunset which is about 7pm here and then headed off to Freemont Street to see the light show on the roof. We wondered around there and watched the show which came on at 8pm and then headed off home, but made a stop at the South Point Casino (which is right next door to our hotel) to buy something for supper. We ended up buying a piece of chocolate cake and a piece of Strawberry shortbread cake as well as ice-cream for all of us. Well, after eating our ice-cream, we only had room for a slice of the strawberry cake. These Americans certainly know how to dish us servings. The piece of cake was sufficient for all 4 of us. Shelley, you know how Janet makes “Pigs Ears”, well, here they have them, but guess what ….. they are “Elephants Ears” and yes, 4 times the size!!!!! The size of one muffin here, would feed 4 of us back in SA. We were then suitably full and tired and probably got to bed at about 10:00pm.
Another great day in Las Vegas, except it was slightly windy. After a breakfast of toasted English muffins, fried eggs and bacon (cooked by Dereck and assisted by Douglas) we headed off to a few shops. One was the Outlet Centre and then the Guitar Centre. Then we headed off to the Mandalay Bay so that Doug and Sue could see the “House of Blues”. We had a drink there and a few purchases were made in the shop. Then we headed off to the Hard Rock Hotel – Doug and of course Dereck again, were suitably impressed with all the music paraphernalia adorning the walls. Then we headed off to the Hard Rock Café where we had lunch. It was Sue’s birthday last week, so this was her birthday celebration. We left there at about 3:30pm and headed back to the hotel to get cameras and pack our cooler box for our trip to Red Rock Canyon.
It took us about 20 minutes to get there and boy what a sight!! You just cannot believe these wonderful rocks and their colours jutting out of the earth towards the sky. They do have a red colour to them, hence their name. There is a 13 mile (about 19km) scenic route with stop offs where you can view the sights. We took plenty of pictures, but you have to see it to really see how huge they are!
We were there until sunset which is about 7pm here and then headed off to Freemont Street to see the light show on the roof. We wondered around there and watched the show which came on at 8pm and then headed off home, but made a stop at the South Point Casino (which is right next door to our hotel) to buy something for supper. We ended up buying a piece of chocolate cake and a piece of Strawberry shortbread cake as well as ice-cream for all of us. Well, after eating our ice-cream, we only had room for a slice of the strawberry cake. These Americans certainly know how to dish us servings. The piece of cake was sufficient for all 4 of us. Shelley, you know how Janet makes “Pigs Ears”, well, here they have them, but guess what ….. they are “Elephants Ears” and yes, 4 times the size!!!!! The size of one muffin here, would feed 4 of us back in SA. We were then suitably full and tired and probably got to bed at about 10:00pm.
Red rockers signing off ….
1 comment:
Oh wow, Red Rock is absolutely stunning ... I probably would have had a ball here taking zillions of rock pics. Hugs from Desire
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