Made a later start today (we're knackered!) and drove over the Hoover Dam into Arizona and then to Grand Canyon West. Maybe its because we only spent $20 for a 7 day pass in Yosemite, but $30 each to stand on the Skywalk seemed too "steep", especially as you can't take a camera to photograph the view! So we skipped the Skywalk (it still costs $43 to get in to GC West!) and took some photos at Eagle Point and Guano Point. Apparently in the '50s & '60s they used to haul bat guano up from the valley floor and use it for nitrate fertilizer, explosives and women's makeup! Big queues for the helicopter trips and time was getting on so we headed back
The "highlight" of the trip was a 14 mile drive on the Diamond Bar unpaved road. It's the only access road to the GC West so everyone has to use it. It's just like a wide forestry road and quite bumpy. Nice to subject our Sebring to some bumps instead of the other way around!
Back to Hoover Dam quite late, took some photos, but we didn't feel like taking the tour (another $30 each). Do we sound like a miserable pair of bu**ers?
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