Once we arrived to the Hoover Dam we first drove over the Dam then parked and walked over the Dam and visited the Hoover Dam gift shop and the visitor center. Also while at the Hoover Dam we crossed our first time zone!! The girls were not the most excited about visiting the Hoover Dam but then once they seen fish in Lake Mead they were all about it!
FUN FACT:While visiting we learned that the Hoover Dam helps supply electricity to most of the West Coast!
After about an hour at the Dam we went back to the car and headed for our next destination The Grand Canyon National Park. The drive to the Grand Canyon was long and miles upon miles of open fields, canyons and mountains. Once we arrived to the Grand Canyon we got our Annual Military National Park Pass and entered the park. We parked and walked to the Mather Point Overlook. All I can say is that pictures DO NOT do the Grand Canyon justice. The girls loved climbing on the rocks and steps of the ampitheater and walking along the trails. After about an hour or so we headed back to the car to head to our hotel for the night.
Our hotel.. omg where to begin. We didn't want to stay near the Grand Canyon because we cannot justify paying over $130 a night for a few hours of sleep so we went to the town of Williams and stayed at the Grand Canyon Inn. Let me just say you get what you pay for. We have stayed in bad hotels before but this one was by far the worst. All 4 walls were brick and there were no windows except a little one in the bathroom and there was only 1 bed we thought was a king size but nope once we got in the room it was a full size.. We would have asked for another room but they were all booked a lot of other people had the same idea as we did I mean 20 miles away and only $50 we thought it was a good deal but it ended up being a night of no sleep for me, a little sleep for Max and a good night of sleep for the girls.
Over all our first day was good about 11-12 hours of driving and knocked 2 things off our bucket list!!
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