The Sequel October 30 The Skywalk and the DODGERS!

 

Wednesday October 30, The Skywalk

My maternal human puts something in her paws and splashes water on her muzzle.  The water goes in a hole.  I like to jump up when she does this.  I chase the water down the hole.

Today, we are doing the Skywalk.  We thought of doing it via helicopter.  But they told us we only get 2 hours if we go by helicopter and that might not be enough time.  We could do a small plane, but that didn’t seem as fun.  So we drove the 100 miles.  Starting down hwy 95, then we turn into the desert for about 50 files.  We go past a little town, turn on another road.  Here we pass through an enormous Joshua Tree forest.  Joshua trees are so unique.  They all have a story to tell with their twisted little arms.  We would have never seen this from the air.

We arrived around 10 am.  Shuttle buses take folks to the skywalk, and to Guano Point for exploring.  As we approach the Skywalk, it doesn’t look real impressive.  I am not sure what I expected but it seemed small… from this angle.  We enter the building.  A line weaves around but it isn’t too long.  It maybe took 30 minutes.  All your belongings go into a locker – no cameras – except for the paparazzi on the skywalk that will take your picture, for a fee.  For us, we didn’t want pictures, we had to navigate around all the paparazzi antics with people posing on the glass, jumping, making faces…  etc. You must wear little booties on your feet to protect the glass.  Along the edges, the glass is frosted, but in the middle, the view is clear… 4000 feet down.  Birds are flying 1000 feet below you.  I found myself grabbing the railing a couple of times.  It was definitely a show!  We walked it one way, then doubled back to enjoy it again.

Then onto the bus to Guano Point.  Here, there once was a guano mine.  A cable car carried stuff across the river and back, until a small airplane crashed into the cable and ruined it for everyone!  Lots of trails around and rocks to climb with unobstructed views of the West Grand Canyon.  No railings…  watch your step…  you’ve been warned…

We ended up spending almost 4 hours here.  A helicopter would not have worked.  And we would have been stressing about time with the airplane so it worked out that we drove.

Then we headed to the Elks for the ballgame…  Oh what a game… Dodgers win the World Series!  Oh yes!