The banner is an iPhone pano. You can just about see Colin lying on the edge with his camera. iPhones for Seniors, Victoria:-)
Here he is, with the camera mounted on the Gorillapod. An ordinary tripod won’t let us see all the water, so had to use that. Continue reading
We had three days at the Grand Canyon, and every one had different weather. There are no snow pics because, after getting up at 4.30am to photograph the sunrise, I managed to slip on the ice and hurt my wrist. No big deal I know, but I also passed out about 4 times. After walking half an hour back to the village, and unable to find anyone to help, finally managed to raise someone who called an ambulance. Very exciting, never been in an ambulance before! The paramedic had just got back from a month in New Zealand, so she told us all about that. She said most of their call outs are for people who passed out due to low oxygen at the high altitude (over 7000 ft / 2000m) so that must have been the reason. Anyway, I am OK, and I’ve evened up with Colin, who’s been limping since he twisted his ankle in Las Vegas. What a pair of old crocks!
Las Vegas – Crikey! It’s much bigger and more crowded than it was 20 years ago, and just like then, one day was quite sufficient. We went inside one casino, just to look – the Luxor, the one like a big glass Egyptian pyramid, which had just been started when we were there last. It’s always night in the casinos, for some reason – why? The casinos are much busier, apart from the gambling, every one a full entertainment complex. From where we set off to the end of the strip is 6.7 miles (10.75Km) in a straight line and we walked the whole way, with lots of wandering around as well – there was hardly anything we recognised – to the Stratosphere, where we went up to the observation deck. Then we got the bus back! People stood up to let us sit down, which made us feel really old!