Day 11

It felt good to sleep in nice beds. The hotel also had free hot breakfast. Because of this combo we didn't get into the park till like 10:30. Unfortunately this meant that there was a 90 minute line to get on the shuttle up Zion. That put a big wrench in our plans and sadly meant we chose not to go down the main part of Zion. We all agreed we will have to come back to check that out.

 walking away from South entrance of Zion. :(

Driving around to the north side

Fortunately David had a great idea to explore the north entrance of Kolob canyon which was about 30 minutes driving away. It was basically empty compared to Zion south which was literally like the line for a star wars premier or a theme park ride. If you are reading National Park Service - fix this :).  Anyways the alternative we chose was great as you can see below.

You can see the Grand canyon  north rim in the distance of this and the next pic

We had to say goodbye to Dwight after Kolob Canyon. It's bittersweet but definitely awesome he got to hang out with us a second time. What a legend that man is.

Now we are headed to Vegas where we will put a capstone on our trip and then head home tomorrow. Brad is flying in to join us which is I guess a good trade for Dwight. 

118 in Vegas...ew

Walking through the Venetian

Brad Arrives!

Won some money in poker.  Brad and I were also playing craps.  Wasted a bit of money on some slots too.  We were just wandering various casinos and checking out the scenery and playing tables with very low limits.  At some point it was like 2am and we had still wanted to check out the old strip.

We went to the old strip.  It was nice but it was like 3ish when we got there and we were a bit tired and looking for more crowds but it was also a Wednesday night so not sure what we expected.  At this point and Brad and I had learned a thing or two about how to play Craps while losing a bit of money.

Eventually it was time to eat and we did that before getting back to our airbnb.  The sun was rising as we closed our eyes and we drove back 4 hour later