For my birthday, I talked Braden into actually doing a hike (no climbing) down to the bottom of the Grand Canyon. After waiting for three hours to obtain a permit, we were foiled by those with forethought and were not able to camp at the bottom. After hiking the rim trail and doing a bit of trundling, we were ready for showers, a bed, and some shiny lights. We got an awesome deal for a room at the Stratosphere in Las Vegas. There, we got suckered into doing some fancy time-share talk in order to get free dinner and tickets to a show. We saw the Russian show “Ice” – it is amazing what those guys can do on skates. What a fantastic 29th birthday!
Mandated by the unwritten rule, no photos were taken in Vegas, but check out the new bridge over the Colorado River at the Hoover Dam. It is a project out of the Phoenix office of AMEC (Braden’s former office).
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