We left the Grand Canyon May 15th. We had a leisurely easy run up to Boulder City, NV. The campground is way over priced (the highest we paid so far). The sites are short and not very level. They called themselves a resort, but there were dozens of old trailers along the perimeter that people lived full time. Oh well.
We had to drop the Jeep anyway, so we drove back to Hoover Dam stopped at the visitors center, and drove over the dam. Wow has it changed since the last time we were here. We almost got ourselves in big trouble because they now have a security check point. We got selected for inspection because we have a Thule case on the roof of the Jeep. Unfortunately, the keys were back at our coach. Oops!! I convinced them we only had fishing gear in it and they let us go.
After we toured around the dam, we drove downtown Las Vegas and cruised Las Vegas Blvd. Again, wow has it changed. I used to live right behind the old MGM Grand (now Balleys) back in the late 70's while I was stationed at Nellis AFB.
I really don't have much need to stay any longer in Vegas.
The New US93 Bridge to bypass the dam road.
May 16th we again had a short and easy day up to Cedar City, UT. We booked at the KOA for two nights so that we could visit Zion and drive some of the scenic roads. Unfortunately, Kolob Canyon was closed so we had to go down to the main entrance. Holy Smokes was it crowed. It took nearly an hour just to get to park entrance once we got in line. Also they have closed the main canyon to only shuttle buses since the last time I was here, so we could not drive that. It was still a beautiful drive through the park and tunnel.
Once we got through Zion, we drove north to UT14 to drive the Dixie National Forest back to Cedar City. That was an awesome drive. We had lunch at the top where the temperatures were in the low 50's. There was still quite a bit of snow around.
Chris and Mallory on Checkerboard mesa
Checkerboard Mesa
Dixie National Forest UT14
Lunch Time View
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