After a quick brekkie had a wander through nearby casinos Tropicana and MGM - Rainforest cafe was amazing! Managed to catch some of the Sharks v Raiders game -shame about the result! Then back to Excalibur for our 1015 pick up by Papillon for our Grand Canyon adventure! Drove about half an hour through Vegas and Henderson to Boulder City and the Heliport. After check in and safety instruction we met our pilot John and four other passengers and boarded our HELICOP...

Early start this morning - left Stovepipe Wells about 830 but temperature already around 95 degrees! Only couple of miles on to a series of sand dunes called Mesquite Flat Dunes - 150 ft of them surrounded by the Cottonwood Mountains! Amazing! Then after a salt creek area is the remains of the Harmony Borax Works dating back 120 years, and the "town" of Furnace Creek" with particularly impressive ranch style accommodation. The lookout at Zabriskie Point was an a...