About two weeks ago my husband (Jason) and I sat down. I had all the office supplies one would need to start planning a vacation. I had a trusty pen, pencil, highlighter, scrap paper, a very large desktop calender, laptop, and phone, plus a couple of refreshments for good measure. We were in for the long haul. Ok, maybe not the LONG haul, since I had to leave in a manner of hours to join a friend at the casino, but there were many hours in which we could do nothing but plan away. I hate to say it, but we even gave the dog a rawhide so he would fully occupied and not bother us. Sorry Jackson.
First things first, we needed a hotel in Vegas for night number one. I'm still not sure why I didn't think a flight in to the city that never sleeps would be the most important thing to reserve, but that was just the way the thought process came out of my head. As Jay and I looked through dozens of hotel listings we couldn't believe our eyes. There we sat in amazement, staring at the laptop screen at the prices for a night in a hotel on the strip. Sure you may think you are smart and be thinking they were OUTRAGEOUS!!!! Well I can tell you, you would be wrong. It only cost us, get this, $27. If this was the way the prices were going to go on this trip we were in luck. It's just too bad that not the way they went.
I always thought that Las Vegas would be expensive. Maybe its because I always think of the electric bills with all that neon. But the flight one-way down to Vegas was really reasonable as well (~$243 per seat). It then took us about 6 hours to find and book 6 nights of campgrounds from Vegas to the north rim on the Canyon and up to the four corners. (averaging ~ $18 a night for a tent site with no hookups) We decided we would have more of an adventure if we ruffed it! We were almost halfway done with our reservations, but sadly I had no more time left. We still needed to book the other half of our trip, rent a car, and book a flight from Rapid City, SD back to Boston. There was much more to do, but we were having as much fun planning the trip as we thought we'd have on it!
Next Step......Maps!
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