Las Vegas, Software University Day 1 Today started very early for me – up at 6:30am, then at 7:30am walk across the road to the MGM Grand and through to the MGM Grand Garden Arena (a 15 minute walk from our room at the New York New York Hotel) to collect my ticket for the … [Read More »]
Archives for 2005
US Day 11: Las Vegas
Las Vegas Woke up this morning, went and found some food for breakfast (Starbucks *sigh*), packed up our gear, checked out of the hotel, loaded the car, and then headed out to find a laundromat so we could do some washing. Spent the rest of the morning sitting around waiting for the washing / drying … [Read More »]
US Day 10: Grand Canyon to Las Vegas
Grand Canyon to Las Vegas Well, it didn’t let up – was still snowing when I got up at 6:30am, so I went back to bed for a couple of hours. We eventually got up, had some breakfast, got packed, spent 20 minutes clearing ice and snow off the car so we could get into … [Read More »]
US Day 9: Grand Canyon
Grand Canyon Today was supposed to be our big day for exploring the Grand Canyon. Things started well, we put on extra layers of clothes since we knew it would be cold, and we headed out to the canyon rim to see the sights – and what sights they were. Very spectacular, and with snow … [Read More »]
US Day 8: Phoenix to Grand Canyon
Phoenix to Grand Canyon Started off a little later this morning – we were exhausted after yesterday’s ordeal, so didn’t rush. I think we were on the road by 10:30am, heading north from Phoenix up the I-17 interstate. It wasn’t long before we started climbing up into the hills quite quickly, and some of the … [Read More »]