Or Does Every Meal Cost $30?
We landed in LAX and it only took 2 hours to get our luggage. Yes, they managed to not only misplace one of our two bags but to lose an entire cart of luggage. 15 people lined up in front of United is not a pretty sight. We were happy about our lay-over.
Arriving in the Las Vegas Airport after a 6 hour lay-over in Los Angeles was a little different. We thought that we had landed in an oven! No Sh-t! It was so hot and dry that we couldn't breath. Thank God the truck had air conditioning. I seriously thought that my eyes were sucked dry of all their fluids. It was so bad that I had to introduce a foreign fluid to my system, yes, water was drank in large quantities.
Helen and Einor put us up and took us to Wal-Mart for just a few things. Did I forget to tell you about the Mexican food? The Serrano beans were to die for and I had several conversations with my waiter entirely in Spanish. I did beg for the recipe for the beans but he gave me some crap about a secret family recipe and having to kill me if he told me. Sorry, Jim, no new recipe for the Cayuco Club.
Heading for the Grand Canyon....
The car is packed and we are on the road. Suffering from the altitude, the heat and the incredible dryness we are ready for our drugs and water to kick in. Finally we start to feel normal and the cameras are around our necks and we have had our first $30 lunch soon to be followed by the $80 dinner, the $30 breakfast and back to the $30 lunch. This will be a continuing cycle of meals.
There are not enough words to describe the Grand Canyon. The pictures do NOT do it justice, but we will try. There are some great shots of rain coming down the canyon. The lightening was awesome and a little frightening. For a brief minute we thought we were back in Guatemala.
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