Saturday 21 July 2012

Day 6 (Grand Canyon to Vegas)

We ended up stopping at a truck stop to take a nap for 10 minutes in the grass. It was about 1:15 at that point. Well at 6:30 when we woke up it was light out so we got gas. During our fill up we had a local tell us a bunch of crap like "Vegas is a shithole, go see laughlin instead" and "just skip the Hoover dam and drive over the mountains cause you can't see it anyways"
We also had some jerk come bother us at the station for cash. Gtfo of here dude!
We made it to the Hoover dam fairly quickly which was nice because even tho it was only like 8am it was stupid hot. And because we got there before the parking guy was there we didn't have to pay for parking. The dam was impressive and so was the bridge over the river.
After that we headed to Vegas. We stayed in a hotel a bit off the strip but it was pretty nice and it was across the street from the hard rock. It was so hot out during the day even after we took a dip in the pool then a nap it was still crazy hot. We still walked up the strip anyways. Interesting place. Street performers, restaurants and casinos all down the street but also about 1000 people handing out flyers and cards for hookers.
We walked around for a bit. We found a decent priced meal at the outback steak house.
We went out after that to the hard rock and paradise club.