I got round to doing some more site work. GPS path performance has been optimised, but the biggest update has been addressing the scalability issues that have really slowed down the adding /deleting of markers (itinerary points, people and locations). Everything should be back to being nice and slick. Please email me if there are any issues at all with the site.
This journey is the first testing of automapic.com so thanks for bearing with some of the teething problems.
2007-04-19
Itinerary update
We are considering donating a day from Vegas to Los Angeles. This will mean spending three days in each place rather than four in Vegas and two in LA. We think three Vegas days is probably enough, and there are too many things we want to get done in LA in the time we had allotted.
Day 13: Gallup, NM to Las Vegas, NV
This blog entry is a bit late, sorry! We have been a bit distracted since getting to Vegas.
Before we left Gallup we wanted to visit some of the local Indian shops in the area. According to our place mats at dinner the night before the area has the greatest density of native merchants in the state...or something. Jared has been wanting to buy a nice rug for the last few days, and had passed on some in San Antonio, so was eager to hit the shops. It seems the merchants had also been eager, but on their pricing. The rugs were nice, but $3000+ for a rug is just silly and we soon headed out empty handed.
We had arranged to meet Steve (nvrblu on EliseTalk) for the leg between Holbrook and Flagstaff in Arizona. Getting the exact time was a bit confusing as we didn't really know what the time was. We had been through a couple of time zones, and my phone said one time, the computers we had said different ones, the television declared another, and we knew we were entering a new one when crossing from New Mexico into Arizona. This new time zone also didn't honour Daylight Savings, which just added to the confusion.
Steve was ready for us once we got there, and wasn't angry so the time confusion wasn't too bad it seems. He has a really nice Laser Blue Elise and we convoyed to the big meteor crater in Arizona. Saffron Yellow and Chrome Orange aren't exactly the colour marriage made in heaven, but Laser Blue complements both really well:
The crater is about 50,000 years old, so relatively young for such a sight, but a real treat to visit. The wind was ferocious, as can be gathered by this video clip.
Steve peeled off as we approached Flagstaff, Arizona, and headed south back to his house. Flagstaff is almost the center of the state, but is quite different to the rest of it terrain wise as there are lots of trees:
Nearing Vegas we went across (or through?) the Hoover Dam. I would like to say it's spectacular, but as with many structures experienced from an Elise, it is hard to see much due to being so low to the ground. Due to the volume of tourists however I am sure it is spectacular though. After crossing the Hoover Dam one enters Nevada proper. The first thing I noticed was how the houses were integrated into the landscape. Remember the Hobbit village at the beginning of Lord of the Rings, where the houses are beautifully integrated into the scenery and look as if they have been living side by side in harmony for years? This is totally the opposite.
We got to Vegas in the early evening, and over the next few hours everyone we were planning to meet up with arrived at the hotel, resulting in a gang of seven to enjoy the city together over the next few days.
Before we left Gallup we wanted to visit some of the local Indian shops in the area. According to our place mats at dinner the night before the area has the greatest density of native merchants in the state...or something. Jared has been wanting to buy a nice rug for the last few days, and had passed on some in San Antonio, so was eager to hit the shops. It seems the merchants had also been eager, but on their pricing. The rugs were nice, but $3000+ for a rug is just silly and we soon headed out empty handed.
We had arranged to meet Steve (nvrblu on EliseTalk) for the leg between Holbrook and Flagstaff in Arizona. Getting the exact time was a bit confusing as we didn't really know what the time was. We had been through a couple of time zones, and my phone said one time, the computers we had said different ones, the television declared another, and we knew we were entering a new one when crossing from New Mexico into Arizona. This new time zone also didn't honour Daylight Savings, which just added to the confusion.
Steve was ready for us once we got there, and wasn't angry so the time confusion wasn't too bad it seems. He has a really nice Laser Blue Elise and we convoyed to the big meteor crater in Arizona. Saffron Yellow and Chrome Orange aren't exactly the colour marriage made in heaven, but Laser Blue complements both really well:
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| From 2007 USA Elises |
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| From 2007 USA Elises |
The crater is about 50,000 years old, so relatively young for such a sight, but a real treat to visit. The wind was ferocious, as can be gathered by this video clip.
Steve peeled off as we approached Flagstaff, Arizona, and headed south back to his house. Flagstaff is almost the center of the state, but is quite different to the rest of it terrain wise as there are lots of trees:
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| From 2007 USA Elises |
Nearing Vegas we went across (or through?) the Hoover Dam. I would like to say it's spectacular, but as with many structures experienced from an Elise, it is hard to see much due to being so low to the ground. Due to the volume of tourists however I am sure it is spectacular though. After crossing the Hoover Dam one enters Nevada proper. The first thing I noticed was how the houses were integrated into the landscape. Remember the Hobbit village at the beginning of Lord of the Rings, where the houses are beautifully integrated into the scenery and look as if they have been living side by side in harmony for years? This is totally the opposite.
We got to Vegas in the early evening, and over the next few hours everyone we were planning to meet up with arrived at the hotel, resulting in a gang of seven to enjoy the city together over the next few days.
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