During the winter vocation, we had a trip to US. We arrived in Los Angeles on Jan. 11th, 2012.
On Jan. 12th, Mom took Crystal and Isabel to the Los Angeles downtown area.
On Jan. 13th, Crystal and Isabel went to Disneyworld with Mom.
On Jan. 14th, we went to the Universal Studio.
On Jan. 15th, we drove to San Diego to visit USS Midway Museum.
On Jan. 16th, we took a tour on Hollywood Boulevard and then went to Venice Beach.
On Jan. 17th and 18th, we skied two days at Mountain High Ski Resort.
On Jan. 19th, we were at Las Vegas.
On Jan. 20th, we drove to the south rim of the Grand Canyon. Grand Canyon is so beautiful. We stayed there for 2 days and spent the night at the gate of the south rim. In the morning, we walk a couple of hours on the trial from the south rim to the north rim. Then, we drove to Horsebent along the Grand Canyon.
From Jan. 22nd and 24th, we stayed at Las Vegas for Chinese New Year.
On Jan 23rd, we went to the Grand Canyon Skywalk. The tickets are kind of expensive and the nature beautiful is not as impressive as the south rim or the Horsebent.
On the way back from Skywalk, we stopped at Hoover Dam to have a quick visit.
On Jan 25th, we drove to another National Park: Death Valley. Death Valley is the biggest Nation Park in US. We spent 2 days only on the west side of the park. We visited Zabriskie Point, Badwater Basin, Devils Glof Course, Sand dunes, Ubehebe Volcano Crater and Scotty’s Castle. We stayed the night at Beatty (Nevada).
On Jan. 27th, we watched The Ultimate Variety Show in Venetian Resort Hotel.
On Jan. 28th, we flied to Knoxville, Tennessee. We stayed for a couple of days and flied back to China on Feb. 1st. When we were in Knoxville, we visited Ripley’s Aquarium and Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
