After the Hoover Dam it was off to the the Premium Outlets for some shopping! After hours of shopping we came home with a boot full of shopping bags - was a successful trip for everyone! Dinner was at Planet Hollywood tonight and then after wandering through the casinos we watched the Bellagio fountain show outside (done to "One" from Chorus Line).
On the next day (just in case we hadn't bought enough) we went shopping again! This time we headed up to Fashion Show Mall and then down to Town Square. Dinner was just down in one of the restaurants in the Miracle Mile shops under the hotel and then we took a drive up the strip and to Freemont St to see everything lit up at night.
Next day we were up bright and early to pick up our second hire car (bigger this time) and it was off to the Grand Canyon. We left the hotel just before 8am and didn't get back until just after 7.30pm so it was a long day of driving, but well worth it. There was plenty of snow building up on the side of the road on the way out and by the time we got to the Grand Canyon it was everywhere! It was pretty amazing to see, especially with all the snow around - but of course was pretty cold up there. Of course the drive back seemed much longer than the drive there and by the time we got back we were starving! Our plan was to go back to the Bellagio Buffet for dinner but when we got there the line was huge to go in (probably would have taken more than an hour to get a table) so we headed next door to Caesar's and ate at their buffet. It definitely didn't match the one at the Bellagio, but we did have some awesome desserts.
Next day, after some strategic packing of the car, we were off on our way to San Diego. We arrived here about 4.30pm and checked into our hotel - which is just out of town but still quite a nice hotel. We headed across to the local supermarket to pick up some bargains (it is crazy how cheap the alcohol was)!After a long day of driving dinner consisted of pizza delivered to the room and the drinks we had purchased earlier!
Today we took a drive through downtown San Diego and across to Coronado. San Diego is a really nice city - very quiet in comparison to some of the others we have been. After our drive we headed south to the last exit before crossing into Mexico to another Outlet Shopping Centre - to do - you guessed it - even more shopping! We came home with a boot full of more shopping bags again and an extra suitcase (really not sure how that is fitting in the car for the rest of the trip!).
Thanks to our driver - Wade for all the miles of driving you have done so far - you have only gone onto the wrong side of the road once and through a stop sign once (both today and within seconds of each other - lucky there was no one else around at the time)!!
Here are some photos from this part of the trip:
Bellagio Fountain
Our Initial Hire Car
Hoover Dam
Bel's Shopping Efforts
Our Second Hire Car
Grand Canyon Day
Our Packed Car on the way to San Diego
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