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| - Shuttle from hotel on the strip to the helicopters. 45 min, not bad, they showed 50 first dates to humor us. The fun part was getting on the helicopter and flying to the grand canyon. There's Hoover Dam, no transformers there, there's lake mead, its man made, there's a town that doesn't allow gambling. here's the grand canyon. now you go on a short boat ride. Mind you we're in the dessert and the porta pottys haven't been cleaned in ages! eek!
Back onto the chopper, fly somewhere else. Not sure where, but another tour guide drove us to the skywalk where we walked on the bridge made of glass and you can stare straight down. not for those who have a fear of heights, you get a free picture at eagle's point. they totally jack you at the skywalk. u can't bring in anything, no cameras, no cell phones, nothing, and yes you walk through a metal detector.
the skywalk was near a native american reservation of sorts, they were performing in their traditional garb, then another bus took us to another reservation where we ate lunch and took more pictures of the grand canyon. then back onto the bus to the helicopter and back across the grand canyon and back to the landing pad.
Mind you we opted for the express tour, and people can literally spend hours upon hours at the grand canyon.
Our pilot was friendly and upbeat. Even though we lost 2 German ladies from our group. The views were amazing. The express tour is better, you're being flown to and from and that takes about half an hour, and you get to take a ton of pictures in the meantime.
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