Thanksgiving Roadtrip
A few interns and I decided to go on a roadtrip last Thanksgiving weekend. Our legs were San Jose to Death Valley to Vegas to Grand Canyon, and back the same way. All in 3 days!!! It was awesome. Sure we got on each other's nerves a bit, and we got lost, *cough Vegas cough*. But all in all it was a great trip.
Death Valley was super cool, especially when we saw some dunes right in the middle of the valley. Plus, on the way there we had a couple places with some windy, narrow roads. The first was Sequoia National Park, which has a road going through the southern tip of it, and then the mountains between Panamint Valley and the actual Death Valley. The Death Valley National Park itself contains Panamint.
Vegas was alright, but I mostly slept and ate there. Didn't care to gamble. Saw some things while we were doing some last minute hotel room searching, by foot. Otherwise, I only slept two hours the night before and couldn't stay up. Lama went and won $35 using the double the bet strategy. Fortunately it worked, and he didn't hit the table limit on roulette.
We stopped by Hoover Dam on the way to Grand Canyon. Really it was the only way to Grand Canyon from Vegas. Wow, it was big, vertically. What's equally as impressive, is the bypass high-way (literally HIGH) they're building for all those people who don't want to get stuck at the Dam's traffic. It's ridiculous. You can probably catch a glimpse of it in some of the pictures that Lama has posted.
We took a lot more pictures, and video. Including lots of video with our arms and camcorder outside the car going 90 mph! Ridiculous!
Death Valley was super cool, especially when we saw some dunes right in the middle of the valley. Plus, on the way there we had a couple places with some windy, narrow roads. The first was Sequoia National Park, which has a road going through the southern tip of it, and then the mountains between Panamint Valley and the actual Death Valley. The Death Valley National Park itself contains Panamint.
Vegas was alright, but I mostly slept and ate there. Didn't care to gamble. Saw some things while we were doing some last minute hotel room searching, by foot. Otherwise, I only slept two hours the night before and couldn't stay up. Lama went and won $35 using the double the bet strategy. Fortunately it worked, and he didn't hit the table limit on roulette.
We stopped by Hoover Dam on the way to Grand Canyon. Really it was the only way to Grand Canyon from Vegas. Wow, it was big, vertically. What's equally as impressive, is the bypass high-way (literally HIGH) they're building for all those people who don't want to get stuck at the Dam's traffic. It's ridiculous. You can probably catch a glimpse of it in some of the pictures that Lama has posted.
We took a lot more pictures, and video. Including lots of video with our arms and camcorder outside the car going 90 mph! Ridiculous!
posted by Arun Rao at 9:12 PM
3 Comments:
I'm so envious of your trip. I mean, I was just in Vegas a month ago, but I already want to go back.
looking forward to your trip comic :-)
Death valley in winter is so nice, there's even snow if you drive up the mountains around the valley...
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