The zoo is big and there is a huge array of animals there to see - amazing. We could only spare until about 2:30pm due to the five and a half hour drive to Vegas, so we couldn't see everything. However, we saw all we could have wanted and had an amazing time. I even got a photo of Emily with a bear (as you've seen above). She wasn't keen on the rattle snakes though.
After finishing up at the zoo, we headed for Sin City. Traffic was bad! We ended up arriving later than 9pm despite not sparing the horses when the traffic eased, and using the carpool lanes where available (I stuck to the code - Harry would approve...)
We had taken a 20minute break en route so it's not as bad as it sounds.
Another fill up was necessary before arriving in Las Vegas as you can never really know here how long it will be before the next fill up. We'd averaged 25mpg which is not bad considering driving from LA to San Diego was done in bad traffic. Not great was paying nearly 5 dollars a gallon then seeing the prices in Vegas were about 3 dollars 50 cents per gallon.
I was also lucky enough when we stopped for gas to use one of the world's only waterfall urinals. A truly unique experience...see the photo.
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Our hotel in Vegas is really nice -managed to get a nice four star for one night for 65dollars - booked it last night! The ground floor is a casino and then there are fourteen floors of rooms. Eating dinner here in the casino was also a unique experience!
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Tomorrow we head straight for Zion which is just under three hours away. We pass through there briefly, then head to Bryce Canyon which is another two hours from there. Should be amazing scenery. Then in the late afternoon or evening we will head to our next hotel which is about one hour from Bryce. From there we will get to the Grand Canyon the next day. So, lots of driving tomorrow. God bless cruise control and automatics...although the sport shift mode with tiptronic is good fun when you fancy a manual feel!
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