Morning guys!
Well today was the Grand Canyon flight! It was an early morning wake up at about 4:30am and a quick breakfast, but we were on the helicopter at 8amish and flying up...
The aircraft can carry 7 passengers. Funnily 2 of the people who were meant to be there locked themselves out their hotel room so it was only 4 of us! That meant a lot of extra room for free. Wehey!
About 25 minutes into the ride, we're above Hoover Dam, and suddenly warning lights come on! UH OH! Indeed it was an uh oh moment. The pilot had to turn the thing around and go straight back!!!! Luckily he said there was another helicopter ready for us when we land and we can go on that one instead. The best bit? The other 2 people in the plane couldn't as they were in a rush. This meant that Dave and I got a VIP Grand Canyon Tour!!!! The pilot who was a fantastic guy, took us to private areas which usually only wedding couples and VIP people are taken to, in the middle of the Canyon, and we shared a full bottle of champagne between us as there was no one else!
The flight and the Canyon itself was incredible. Seeing where the Earth's plates had crashed into each other from a long way up just looked fantastic! The views were just breathtaking and I'm hoping the DVD they're sending me will reflect that!
Afterwards I had a quick nap. Hey, 4:30am is too early for me! We then walked all the way down the strip trying to find a poker game. Went even as far as Mandalay Bay!
Another amazing thing happened today too. Shinedown, one of my favourite rock bands but never released anything in England, or likely to, is being advertised as playing at Mandalay Bay on Sunday night in the smallish venue there!!!!!!!!!!!!! $24 a ticket too!!!!!!!! Unfortunately I have to go alone as Dave doesn't want to, but still, I am incredibly excited to see them live and up close!
Finally we played more poker. Had a down session early on but recovered and played some great poker in the evening. No big hands to report which is the good thing I guess, and ended up $10 in the plus.
After 10 days in Vegas, I'm $10 in the profit! Still not bad compared to most dreamers I guess!
Anyway it's pretty late now. Tomorrow I'm going to downtown to check the place out and some new casinos. Should be good fun. Back in a week now and times going fast!
See ya!
5 comments:
Shinedown... :( :( :( pay for me to fly over NOW!!
good to see your having a great time mate
Sounds like it's all going very well Josh! Shinedown will be awesome :-)
Keep enjoying it all and speak soon
Ye can't wait for Shinedown. Very excited.
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best it stays like this mate, its fantastic to see your enjoying the experience mate, i wish you all the luck in the world on you games too
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