I’m running out of superlatives to describe this trip, but I think today definitely deserves an “awesome”.
The day started at 4:30pm (as all the best days do), with us being picked up at our new hotel by a limo (I didn’t ask for the limo, that’s just what they do around here) which took us to Las Vegas Airport.
After registration and a quick safety briefing we were taken to our helicopter and boarded for our trip out to the Grand Canyon 
. The trip out of Vegas took about 45 minutes and took us past Lake Las Vegas , Lake Mead and the Hoover Dam . Our pilot was great at flying slowly and making turns over the sights so we could get a good view and some good photos. We flew at about 3000ft so we were never too high to see detail on the ground and when we passed over mountains we couldn’t have been more than 1000ft clear of them.
We flew right down into the Grand Canyon and landed at the bottom with several other helicopters for some photo opportunities, a picnic and a glass of Champagne. The canyon looked amazing from every angle and no matter how much you hear about it and how big you expect it to be, it’s still an incredible sight.
We took off again at sunset and got a great view as we flew back to Vegas (which just happens to be west of the Grand Canyon so you can see the sunset all the way). The trip finished with a low pass over the strip which was fully lit by that point. I had been expecting this to be great fun but even I was surprised just how low and how quickly we flew over the strip. At one point we were flying to the side of the Stratosphere, not above it.
An absolutely mind-blowing experience. I hope the photos and videos do it justice.