We kick off our 2nd major road trip by flying to Vegas and renting a car that will grace the Grand Canyon, Disneyland, the California & Oregon coasts, the Redwoods, and possibly the Ape caves near Mt. St. Helens. Here’s a map of the trip.

They almost let Aven and Aniya fly the plane:

We arrived late at night and drove through the Strip, which wasn’t nearly lit up as we remembered – the Luxor didn’t have the famous beam, and few of the hotels were lit up much. We think there might have been a power outage and they were running on generators. We’ll have to confirm this when we pass through Vegas after visiting the Grand Canyon.