Hey all - below is my itinerary for vegas and just wondered what you all thought.........bear in mind that I love driving and could quite happily drive all day :)
Wed - arrive mid afternoon, drive to South Point. We will be SO jetlagged so maybe a walk around my fave part of strip - south.
Thur - Hoover Damn and Grand Canyon. We will no doubt be awake as usual by 5.........hope to be at Hoover Damn by 6%26#39;ish. We will probably be really tired by end of day and not go out this night.
Fri - Zion National Park and on route Valley of Fire and Nascar circuit. Another long day so stay around SP when we get back.
Sat - 5am, Drive to Santa Monica, walk on beach..........possibly see Venice again (loved it last time)............then drive to Malibu and finally north to hook up on 101. Take 101/110 to see the Colliseum and then north on Figuero to Staples Center for 7.30 pm Clippers Game. Finally maybe a bar or few around Hollywood after I check into hotel.
Sunday - Spend the morning looking around Hollywood, last time I drove through it so I will walk and look at all the sights. 12.30 Lakers game. 3.45 - sneaky me will leave game with few minutes to go and drive back to Las Vegas. 10pm - Mandalay Bay/House of Blues for Prince Tribute Band. Also sunday - my wife/bud have movied to the Luxor.
Mon - Shooting range in morning and then back to strip. Rest of day strip based.
Tue - Horseback riding in Red Rock Canyon early and then rest of day on strip.
Wed - Completely clear.........go on...........beat the record of 80 degrees for this day, pleeeease make it a pool day :)
Thur - Clear until 1pm%26#39;ish when we leave for airport.
So - we have used South Point as a base for travelling and then once we get to Luxor we will stay more local and be back each day by lunch - most of 3 days (mon-wed) will be on strip and also part of thursday, we are not gamblers so I think this will be enough, what do you think?!
Itinerary..................what do you think Jan 24'th
Nick -are you having us on? Thought I was organised, but this, its way out of my league. I love driving also but not like this, its madness. I have questions, (maybe I%26#39;m just nosey) :-
Mandalay etc - is it classed as north or south strip.
Zion park - near to G.C.?
what is valley of fire.
How long will it take you to drive from GC to Santa Monica.
SM thru malibu to colliseum - how long a drive.
3.45 to 10pm hollywood to vegas - is this possible.
Red rock canyon ??
sorry to be so nosey, but you%26#39;ve really impressed me and the missus.
Itinerary..................what do you think Jan 24'th
Now you asked what do we think, so here goes and if you get defensive then you didn%26#39;t really want to know what we think. So here are my thoughts.......
Nick, it is Hoover Dam...not damn. If you are able to pull all that off and say you%26#39;ve had a good time, then kudos to you. I like to see at least one off strip sight during my Vegas vacation and have fun. IYour itinerary sounds like more of a job than having fun to me, getting to all those places in such little time. Would I want to be in a whirlwind all the time? No, but it is not me.......I am so glad I am not traveling with you. Good luck.
sounds good any more info on the shoting range part
do a background check on the horseback riding, most people have encountered a disaster. read some reports.
Vegasdan - great reply, insightful as usual.
Teach - sorry, my bad, lol. Dam :)
Floridas,
Mandalay - south
Zion - nope, its north on i15
GC to Santa Monica........not driving to Santa Monica from there, driving from Vegas..............I hope to do it in 4 1/2 hours.
mtroh - i found the company off someone on here who recommended them - cowboytrailrides.com.
FYI..Make sure you take the time to hike at Zion. It has been many years since I was there but it is really a place where you get out of the car and spend a few hours hiking around.
What? No stop at the Western or Gold Spike? What%26#39;s the matter, not current on your tetanus? No desire to be the corpse on the next episode of CSI? I think I know which TA poster you%26#39;ll be thinking of at the shooting range. Cheers!
Nick, I have to agree with Sue on it being a lot to do in a short time.
One thing to point out is the drive to and from the Grand Canyon. I%26#39;ve done it several times and between the stop at the Dam and then the round trip drive, it won%26#39;t allow you much time for the Canyon itself.
Otherwise it sounds fun.
I%26#39;ll suggest you go Downtown to Fremont one night just to do it.
Doc
Dr Vegas,
We will be goin to Freemont for sure - I forgot to put in itinerary a couple of things I am lookin forward to in the evenings, one being Freemont and the other the Piano Bar at NYNY.
Strip,
LOL :) Cheers buddy, cannot wait to get there man! Only been once before and it was part of a bigger vacation (NY/Hawaii) so time was limited to 3 days........will be nice to have longer in the city and see alot more!
Boston,
We will at least get outta car to have a look around and will hike depending on time, thanks.
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