Grand Canyon Tour – Vegas 2009

2 Grand Canyon Tour   Vegas 2009Grand Canyon Air and Floor Landing Tour from Las Vegas McCarran Airport to the Grand Canyon. In the video, you will see us flying over and through the grand canyon, Las Vegas Valley, Hoover Dam, Lake Mead, and the Vegas Strip.

The helicopter is an EC-130 Eurocopter jet helicopter and seated six of us plus the pilot. The rest of our crew flew in a separate helicopter.

The song is “No Cars Go” by Montreal band Arcade Fire. The song is from their Neon Bible album. The orignal song is over 5 minutes long, but I extended it by repeating a section of the song to fit over seven minutes of video.

We booked the tour through grand canyon tour Company and the tour is operated by Sundance Helicopter Tours.

For info on the tour go to:
http://www.grandcanyontourcompany.com/heloairgd.htm

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Creative Exposure Destination Photography Grand Canyon.mov

2 Creative Exposure Destination Photography Grand Canyon.movariddle69http://gdata.youtube.com/feeds/api/users/ariddle69TravelDestination grand canyon, ArizonaCreative Exposure Destination Photography Grand Canyon.mov

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Exclusive: APS Solar Tour – Flagstaff & Grand Canyon

2 Exclusive: APS Solar Tour   Flagstaff & Grand CanyonShowcasing the prospect of a clean energy future, APS just concluded the first-ever solar tour of Arizona, bringing the message of solar energy to enthusiastic audiences. This video highlights the two stops of the APS Solar Tour – Spring 2009 in Flagstaff and the grand canyon.

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What Is Your PLAN B? Can You Beat The RECESSION?

2 What Is Your PLAN B? Can You Beat The RECESSION?http://www.OnlineGuru.ws

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Grand Canyon Skywalk

2 Grand Canyon SkywalkThe Skywalk, a horseshoe-shaped glass bridge sticking out 4,000 feet above the bottom of the grand canyon, opened to the press and special guests on March 20, 2007. We managed to get out there for the event, armed with a video camera to capture the moment when Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin took the “First Walk” on the specially engineered glass surface and met the Hualapai tribe that owns it.

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I Need Help Planning My Cross-Country Trip?

Hey there. I am currently planning a Cross-Country trip with my loving family. The people who will be attending this trip are myself, my wife, and my three kids. We will depart from our house in Bay Shore, Long Island, NY. And we will arrive at our destination, the grand canyon, Arizona.

We are a pretty decent family. We enjoy discovering and exploring. We also enjoy observing nature.

Here are where my problems lie:
1. I am having trouble thinking of a route. I really don’t know which sites to see, places to visit, and other things to experience. I have thought a route which includes me to pass through : Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Kentucky, Missouri, Kansas, Colorado, and end at Arizona. What would you perfer?

2. I need a form of transportation. Here is what I am confused on. Should I rent an RV or a minivan? I learned that RVs are expensive to rent yet have lots of room. On the other hand, minivans have less room but cost less to rent. What would you perfer?

3. We will often need a place to stay such as a hotel. If we rent an RV, we will not need a hotel to stay in. This will save us may be $1000. If we choose a minivan, than we need a hotel oftenly. This will cause us to spend loads of money.

I really need help. We are planning to go on this trip on June 20, 2009 and returning back on July 11, 2009 (approx. three weeks). To my opinion, if we take the RV, it will come out to an approx. $6,750 cost overall. If we take the minivan, it comes out to approx. $7,200.

I am in a mind-boggling situation and I have to get the RV/Minivan reeserved before it is not available or it will ruin my schedule.

Please help me.

I would go with the RV because no hotel and you can cook your own food in the RV and save money.You can park in any Wal Mart parking lot and shop at there super stores for food.Pennsylvania,West Virgina,Virgina,Tenn,Tx,Nm,AZ. Or Tx,Colo,NV,AZ. You could check out Cruise America RV.If you do a mini van go to priceline and bid you own price.I rented a mini van for 2 weeks at $35 a day unlimited miles and put 3000 miles on it from Ct to Cape Breton,NS and back.Which ever you decide enjoy your trip.

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228 people have registered for a sightseeing tour of the Grand Canyon . If a tour director can take 35 people?

228 people have registered for a sightseeing tour of the grand canyon . If a tour director can take 35 people on each tour, how many tour directors will be needed to accomodate everyone?

228/35 = 6.51 tours

Of course, you can’t take half a tour, so we will need to round up to 7 tour groups so no one is left out.

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Your opinion is wanted, to home school or not to home school, THAT is the question.?

I am sure everyone has really strong beliefs in one way or another on this subject but please continue reading before making a comment.

I have 3 children ages 5, 3 and 8 months. I am a stay at home mother. My husband is an Engineer for a U.S. contractor. My husband is leaving for Iraq at the end of October and will be gone for one year. He will get to visit for two weeks about 1/2 way through his assignment (so April or May time frame).

Since I do not work I really have no ties to our home. I have been considering using this as an opportunity to travel with my children (not constantly but every few day or maybe for a week here and there) to go visit places throughout our state (Texas) and possibly the United States. I would take them to various museums, gardens, historical sites and things of that nature. I would teach them (my 3 and 5 year old) the basics of course but I think these trips would teach them in a more in depth, hands on way. For instance, I could take them to the Alamo to teach them about the history of texas, to a farm to teach them about agriculture (and maybe about the "birds and the bees" too"

I believe I can teach them more through trips like these then my 5 year old will learn in Kindergarten. My son did go to Pre School last year where he learned his alphabet, to count to 30, how to write his name and to spell a few words… So the foundation has been started, I just need to pick up where the Pre School teachers left off.

I am not considering home schooling him for 1st grade, just this year. I do worry though that he might miss the social interaction that he had while in Pre School and would have in Kindergarten but I am sure that there are home school groups in my area that have get-togethers where the kids can socialize. I also have to wonder though, is it fair to have him miss out on Kindergarten, one of the most memorable years of a child’s life. To miss out on his Kindergarten graduation? Is it worth it? ~ I’m torn.

I just feel that this is a unique opportunity, one we may never get again to travel freely, on a whim, to visit places we might not normally visit and to learn about things that they might only learn about otherwise through reading books (which we’ll still do plenty of). I am not even adverse to driving a longer distance, maybe to visit the grand canyon, or Niagra Falls. I’ve been to both, just not with my children.

I know that my youngest two might not even remember these adventures but I know that my oldest probably will. I remember plenty from when I was his age, especially the wonderfully fantastic adventures my mom took me on. ~She used to take me fossil and artifact hunting in Arizona.

Plus these trips would be a wonderful bonding experience and would help pass the time while my husband is in Iraq. In addition, he’d be able to take his 2 weeks leave at anytime rather than having to plan around Spring Break or waiting until Summer Vacation.

I’d love opinions, even criticism

Oh and I am sure it will come up so I’ll address is now, Yes, we will be able to afford these trips.
RMG: I appreciate the constructive criticism but I do have to disagree with you on the museum issue. I know everyone thinks their kids are great but when it comes to behaving themselves (with exception to the 8 month old) they are exceptional. Our children are well disciplined & taught good behavior from a very young age. We go out to eat (not fast food) a minimum of twice a week and we are not the family you glare at that’s making all of the racket,lol. We actually get compliments on how well behaved our kids our on a regular basis. Oddly enough we’ve even been offered money. Yes, money. An elderly lady once gave my son $1 for being so good. (Weird, I know).
We recently moved to Texas from Maryland. While in Maryland we visited the Natural History Museums and historical sites of DC & my oldest son really enjoyed them & learned a lot.

I agree, some (often times, many) kids behave badly in public, mine though, w/the rare exception, do not. If they do there are immediate consequences.

Well, I’m a proponent of homeschooling, but even if I weren’t, it sounds like homeschooling would be an ideal situation for you and your children right now. In my state, kindergarten isn’t even required by law. In my opinion a five year old can learn much more at home (and on "field trips") than in a classroom of 30 other kids and one or two very tired teachers. My suggestion to you is to research the laws regarding homeschooling in your state, talk to other homeschooling moms/families, and then give it a try. Do it for a year, like you’re planning, and see how you feel after. Either you’ll love it more than you expected and continue for many more years, or you’ll feel satisfied with the one year and your son will be more than ready for first grade in a public school….or, you may even discover that it doesn’t work for your family at all and you end up enrolling your son in the local kindergarten in November….the point is, you won’t know until you try. Good luck! :)

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Approximately how much would a Grand Canyon vacation for two cost?

My boyfriend and I have talked about doing this next year, and we’re estimating that doing the grand canyon right for approximately 10 days would cost $2K per person. Is this accurate?

Depends on a lot of things..
Where you’re coming from, wheen you’re going, what you want to do ..

Try this site.
They have great deals and lots of packages for different places.

Good Luck!

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What to do in Las Vegas with kids?

I know it is not the #1 destination for families, but there must be something to do. We will be staying there probably 2 nights- before and after the grand canyon. Any suggestions?
Thanks!
btw- 2 boys- 10 & 12.
are there "teen rooms/clubs" at any of the hotels?

There are lots of things you can do with kids in Vegas. There are kid friendly shows, museums, thrill rides, arcades, sightseeing and shopping. Here is a list of Vegas activities.

http://www.lasvegas-how-to.com/things-to-do.php

My kids enjoyed the Circus Acts and Adventure Dome at Circus Circus, the Aquarruim and Ceasars Palace and Silverton, the Shark Reef at Mandalay Bay, the Flamingos at the Flamingo and the Lions at MGM Grand.

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