The Great parks

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Finally back in the States the first time was a great experience but this time we came back with my wife and it made me even more happy

Our first stop Las vegas there appeared the plane more sparkling than ever and we wake from sleep that he had struck for nearly 24 hours spent in various airports, but it was time to wake up and get hired to drive the car

few minutes drive and here we are on the strip immersed in the lights of the night most of the crazy world, we give a brief peek to large hotels and decide to marry at the Holiday Inn

The next morning we decide to visit this city of entertainment for adults because my wife is the first visit to Las vegas decide to start the casino more than others that remind us of our Italy (and the venetian bellagio) in both cases the What is most surprising are the salt so faithfully reconstruct the most characteristic of the two cities within the venetian stoti has rebuilt the Piazza San Marco with the adjacent channels where tourists can take a ride on a gondola arrived here directly from Venice and the bellagio is a room where thousands of flower arrangements are the contour reconstruction almost to a mania of the small village of Lake Como.

Las vegas is truly an intriguing and unusual but the reason that brought us here is the proximity to the major parks in the West, then that is where our adventure begins

Our first stop is Brice canyon a magical place with its spire and pinnacles of red sandstone rising from the deep canyon, we arrived at sunset and the spectacle of changing colors from red to yellow is for those to be left breathless

now it is dark when we decide to stop at a motel just outside the park after the weather starts to get cold (we are almost three thousand meters in altitude) and hunger is felt, we decide to enter into a small restaurant where an old-west style atmosphere eat grilled meat

The next morning the cold was really biting, but we do not have time to worry about the cold because the stretch of road that will lead us to Moab is one of the most beautiful scenic roads of the states, behind every curve the landscape changes dramatically and stops to take pictures there are not

we get to Moab in the afternoon and decide to enter nell'Arces national park, here is the most natural concentrtazione strings, we are in the area of red soil in the state of Utah and Moab is always the starting point for boat trips nell'intricato system of CANYONLAND canyon national park, we also find time to visit this small town and the next morning ripoartiamo in a southerly direction towards Mesa verde

the few miles between Moab by mesa verde are not rich in ideas as we come to the park very soon and profits for visiting far and wide. Mesa verde is an archaeological site documenting the ancient civilizations that lived in these places, the visitor center you can book guided tours inside the home and the archaeological sites with a guide that explains the uses and customs of ancient tribes

passed the night in a lodge inside the park the next morning we leave for the next stage: the Grand Canyon

on the way to go in bringing Indian reservations and even if the scenarios are those reserves western films remind us of the folly of men who exterminate millions of Indians and rinchiusero survivors in these arid and inhospitable places

crossing the gate of the grand canyon national park in the early afternoon and the first point of view we stop, this is for me the second time, then so what I encounter but my wife who had seen the canyon only in the photo view of this wonder of nature that is revealed in all its majesty is to be the heartbeat and left without speaking for several minutes

we have a lot of time available so we bring in the area of the airport and a helicopter decide to fly over the canyon and is a thrilling experience to see the grand canyon that we see in all its beauty

Having seen the sunset from a cliff overlooking the canyon we bring to the lodge inside the park and in the morning outside the door of our room we find some deer that quietly graze in the meadow

The day starts well and will bring us back to Las vegas not before a small stop in Lake Powell splendid artificial lake formed by the Colorado River

The last stop on the way to Vegas is the Hoover dam's immense dam that serves to illuminate the city and to quench the huge demand for water that is used daily for the countless golf courses and gardens of Las vegas

spend the last night on the town and is also the time to win a hundred dollars at the casino, the next morning after having delivered the car we take a plane Honolulu destination where we are in for a dear friend with her boyfriend

Hawaii is a dream come true and stay fast passes, we find the time to appreciate the beauty of the beaches and try to do some surfing, the waves are inviting but it is not easy to stand on a table

During our stay we visit a pineapple plantation and beaches of volcanic rock that are characteristic of the island (besides the presence of so many Japanese perhaps too many) but like all good things end too quickly and so we're back at the airport to San Francisco

The city is very rich in ideas and decide to take us with typical cable car in the port where a boat will bring under the Golden Gate and then stop on the famous island prison of Alcatraz

other place not to miss Cinatown one of the largest in America

Unfortunately the time available to us is not a lot and leave San Francisco with the hope to be able to return to this year's journey ends in one of the most beautiful cities in the U.S. and return home is less painful than usual.

Roby & Giuly
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