Next up, the helicopter tours. Again, you have a few options:
- Start small, stay local and take in Las Vegas on a night helicopter flight. This is very cool, and it’s a real bargain at sixty dollars per person.
- The mac daddy option here is the All American Grand Canyon Helicopter Tour, which covers Hoover Dam, Las Vegas and the Grand Canyon. It’s probably the easiest (certainly the quickest) way to see the Grand Canyon if you’re in Vegas and don’t want to make the four-hour drive. It’s also a good way to avoid the heat of the drive—the desert is hot in summer (it’s a desert, remember) and the helicopter has lovely air-con. Cost? $289.
- Or go big with a four-in-one Grand Canyon helicopter adventure. Yup, it’s a serious endeavor: Helicopter trip to the Grand Canyon, then a 4,000-foot descent in the chopper to the floor of the canyon, followed by a boat trip on the river, heli-hop back up to the rim, get four hours to explore the canyon on your own, the catch a helicopter back to Vegas where your limo is waiting to drop you back at the hotel. Sweet! Total cost: $499 and worth every penny. You even have time to check out the Grand Canyon Skywalk if you’re interested.
Like I said, I had a few suggestions for my friend (he probably wishes he had never asked me). If I’m lucky, I may even get invited to the wedding. After all I can do a mean rendition of “Love Me Tender … ”
By Scott “Hound Dog” McNeely
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