Arches NP(19.09) still camping near the Arches NP. I took a shower in the morning, we packed our staff and went to the park. The main attractions are probably the Delicate Arch, Balanced Rock and the Windows. The trail for the Delicate Arch is only 5km long so we only took water and camera. We kinda forgot the fact that we are in (half)desert so we ignored time and hiked it at noon. Dumbasses. In two hours we drank 4 litres of water!
There was another 12km long trail but now we were a bit smarter, skipped that and continued to Las Vegas which took us about 8 hours.
We thought we're gonna book some cheap hotel (there is plenty of them in LV) but again- we forgot that it is friday and the only affordable hotels will be super creepy (as we found out later). We tried a campground in LV as well but it looked more like a squat so to save ourselves we decided to leave asap. At last we ended up in a camp 40minutes away from Vegas.10$ per night. Bargain!!!
Las vegas (20.09) We found out only in the morning why it was so cheap! - when we woke up and finally saw where we are. About 30cm away from our tent there was huge tarantula!!! It was dead already but anyways. It scared the crap out of me! (And it was not the first one that we saw on the trip. I'd rather see black bear, grizly and mountain lion at the same time than having a huge tarantula or poisonous black widow spider in my tent.) Later we found out that we are in area where tarantulas, scorpions, rattlesnakes and widdow spiders are at home here. Which made the dessicion about next night pretty easier- we are not gonna spend any more time on the ground. We tried to book a hotel but during weekend it's not that cheap so we are spending next night in the same camp. In a car!
(BREAKING NEWS 20.09) That was the best decision because there was huge huge storm during the night and car is the safest possible place. I haven't seen such big storm and such heavy rain in months!!! (We kinda enjoyed it because in SF there was no rain at all for the whole summer) Breathtaking! We even had to leave the camp because it was too low and too close to the lake. We drove to the Visitor center about 5 minutes away from the camp and there was already flood on the certain parts of the road! We were taking photos and videos on GoPro so you'll hopefully see it too. The storm was right above us for an hour and it lasted for almost all night. We could litterally feel the electric tension in the air everywhere around!
*Damn nature, you're scary!*
...During the day we went to see the Hoover Dam- which allowed us to be in two states at the same time (Arizona and Nevada) and than drove almost 4 hours to Death Valley NP. It is the most driest place in North America and guess what?? It was raining all the time that we were there! We were watching lightings all the way there and back which was beautiful and scary at the same time.
At the end of the day we decided that we are gonna be fancy bitches tomorrow- our last day in the US- so we booked a room in hotel with bath tub, pool and everything. Suit-up Bro! Yay!
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