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17 August 2006
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Las Vegas:
- Wear really good shoes when you
head out in Vegas because you will walk way farther than you expect
- The Aladdin has a really good
buffet that is great for a late lunch (we used it as our main meal of the
day). It is called the Spice Market and has Middle Eastern dishes,
Mexican, very nice seafood, Italian, salads, American (carving stations and
mashed potatoes and asparagus and creamed spinach and on and on) and Asian
foods and I am sure I am missing some.
Lake Powell:
- If you are renting the smallest
boat available (the 19' powerboat) say that you are going to water-ski even
if you aren't because then you get a better boat. We went through two
boats before we finally got a boat that worked properly and that was a boat
rigged for waterskiing.
- Warm Creek Bay is nice and sandy
for camping and if you get a late start, it isn't more than an hour from
Wahweap. If you have more time, at mile marker 24 where there is the
strange cut in the face of the rock, turn right and there is a really nice
sandy cove in there with even more spectacular scenery that we thought would
be a great camping place when we discovered it on out last morning..
- If you rent your boat from Whaweap,
they require the last fill from their pump station, but they are a dollar+
more per gallon, so fill at Antelope Point on your way back and just top off
at Wahweap. . . you will save a bundle.
- Make sure you bring rain gear.
You might not need it, or you might get caught in a really painful
thunderstorm like we did. It didn't last more than 40 minutes, but what
we wouldn't have given for a tarp to protect our wood.
Zion National Park:
- Go!
- Even if you only have half a day,
you will not regret making the trip into the park on your way to wherever you
are passing through to (although if you are in a time crunch, avoid this
highway as it is slow and full of gawking tourists). If you have a
National Park Pass (which I highly recommend because they pay for themselves
so quickly) it won't cost a thing and the place is phenomenal.
- Park at the visitors center and if
you aren't into hiking, take the free shuttle on the 86 minute return trip
scenic route.
- I don't think there could be a bad
time of the year to visit Zion.
- Anyone want to go? We can't
wait to go back.
Yosemite:
- Pretty much everything I said for
Zion except that you really need at the very least a day. Yosemite is
not really on a highway that is on the way somewhere.
Santa Barbara:
- Highly recommend the 4th of July
fireworks display.
- Blue Agave makes a really good lamb
burger
- Joe's makes really good, really
strong drinks.
- Pascuci's is yummy and decently
priced.
- You can go to a farmers market any
day of the week, but Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday are the best and if you
smile and be friendly, the vendors are generous.
- The kayak rental place down on the
wharf is reasonable and will even let you take the kayak away on your own
racks.
- The best diving is north at Rincon
and two palms or out at the Catalina Islands (right off the beach, the vis is
really poor)
We need to add a number of places
still, but this will keep our page from being empty :o )
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