Helicopter flight to the Grand Canyon - 26th June'12

We book a trip to the Grand Canyon by helicopter which included a champagne lunch on the Canyon; it was amazing and very beautiful to see. The helicopter flight was an experience, never been in one before they fly by fast but when actually in one they only hoover and it feels slow!!

Sun rise from our hotel room

Hoover Dam

Hoover Dam

Lake Mead

Lake Mead

Colorado River joining Lake Mead

25th June'12 - Evening

It was so hot even at night it was still in it 90's, we had dinner at the Outback then took a stoll to the Bellagio to see the fountain show and try our luck on the fruit machines!!

Our Anniversary - 25th June'12

Can't believe how quick that first year went!! Well after opening our cards and eating the strawberry's from the hotel we spent the day along the strip. Thank you to everyone who sent us a anniversary card :)

Las Vegas 24th - 28th June'12

Lee having secured a job we decided to go to Las Vegas for four nights for our anniversary and to experience crossing the US board!!  We still had to complete/update our ESTA online as we are still British Citizen's that reside in Canada. The big difference between our two countries with entering the USA was we completed our emigration checks in Calgary, therefore once we arrived in Vegas we just collected our luggage, gave over our customs form and that was it which was really good, within half an hour we had arrived and was checked into our hotel. We had a touch with the Aria hotel as they upgraded us to the Sky Suites as it was our anniversary, we were on the 51st floor the view and room was beautiful.

June'12 - What will it bring!!

Hope everyone is well and are enjoying the pictures! The last three weeks have been a mixture of emotions with ups and downs, but on a positive note Lee has been offered a permanent job which he starts next month! I am pleased for him as I know he was getting frustrated with the slow response. Well it's my turn I have applied for a variety of jobs with banks and accounts position for hotels, just waiting to see if anyone reply's back as we now know they are not the quickest of people to reply.

We bought a couple of bikes so we can hit the trails, as it isn't the same walking around the community without our Midnight lol

We meet up with Eamonn and Janet for lunch the other day, which was really nice as we hadn't seen them for a while!! Well when I say lunch, it started at lunch time so busy chatting we didn't realise what the time was and then we got the hint the restaurant was closing as we were the only ones in there. Massive Garden Center - http://www.saskatoonfarm.com/ all food is homemade and is excellent, can see us visiting this place again, especially when we have some visitors.

With Lee having a month off until he starts work we can still check out some of the attractions that Calgary have to offer and even a trip across the US border!!