Day 3 - Part 1 - Up at dawn to view the lovely state of Nevada from the sky.

Beware the upcoming scenery shots.


Tanya and I were up at 4.30am this morning, just when our body clocks were beginning to adjust to the new time zone we go and slap ourselves around a bit more!

Tanya was in a bad way, tired and a bit grouchy, she put on a happy face for the most part though.

We were picked up at 5am, it was a brisk morning, but a clear sky, looked to be a perfect day. Las Vegas is still buzzing at 5am, though not to the extreme it does at 10pm. We were shuttled to the corporate airport, signed our forms, and travelled through to the landing site where our Helicopter was waiting.

We took off and travelled across the city, across the desert, over Hoover Dam, across Lake Meade, through the Canyon which was grand, and landed at a ranch at the top of the Canyon. We were sung to, we were fed a hearty breakfast, we took a horse ride up the trail, we were taught how to rope (I did so very unsuccessfully) and we came home by 11am.

Poor Tanya was not feeling to good when we got to the ranch, she barely ate her breakfast, and was feeling queezey on the journey home. The little trooper made it all the way back to the airport, but the final turn over New York New York did her in. 5 minutes left and you could hear the slight sound of my gorgeous wife hurling into her "Convenience bag" through the headsets... poor thing, I felt so sorry for her, but was so proud she made it through to where she did.

We came back to the hotel and I ran her a bath, she then had a nap.

Part 2 of today to come soon.

Now here come the scenery shots.

A picturesque Morning to go Helicoptering 

The Sunrise over Sin City

Lake Meade

Hoover Dam

Hoover Crap

I took this shot with our new camera from over 800m away! How cool is that?

This is the same photo, no zoom.

The Mighty Colorado

The Mighty Red Chopper

Texas Pete singin "Can't read mah Poker face", song of the Confederate South

Rollin Rollin Rollin

Shadowfax and Matt, Shadowfax did not show me the meaning of haste

Tanya riding on "Ol' three limbs" before the horse was sold to make cat food.

Move Em Out!

Tanya, Zeke and Bigturds

Matt trying to earn his "Man Card"

Matt still trying to make the grade for his "Man Card".

"You almost got that one sissy! Yehup!"

Spirit Mountain

Old Glory, Old Cow Pokes, Old Mountain and Robin from Statten Island.

Sasha the chasin' dawg

This is forced perspective, to get Tanya to look almost the same height as the horses, we stood in Utah.

Tanya models her new Gucci life saver

Playing a game of who hurls first? Tight Lipped Tanya is determined not to win.

These fools were in our Helicopter too, they were annoying and uncouth. 

Trump Tower, made out of solid gold.

This is the turn were Tanya lost her lunch, which was interesting because she didn't even eat her breakfast, and we hadn't had lunch yet.

Back to the grand lobby, poor girl didn't even cheer up to see this...