We held a one-day tour of the Grand Canyon on January 11th.
The customers were a daughter who lives in Hawaii, a mother and a child who came to see me from Japan, and a man who lived in Singapore and participated in CES last week, for a total of three people.
The weather was fine in the Grand Canyon on that day, and although there was snow at my feet, it was the best sightseeing day without worrying about the cold.
A two-day, one-night Grand Circle tour was held on January 10th and 11th.
The guests were a total of five people, a family of three living in New York and two females living in Oklahoma.
In this course, we went sightseeing in Sedona, Grand Canyon, Horseshoe Bend, Antelope Canyon and so on.
The weather was good for two days, and there were few people in any of the tourist spots, so I enjoyed the scenery slowly.
A two-day, one-night Grand Circle tour was held on January 4th and 5th.
The customers were two women studying abroad at a university in Minnesota.
The weather was good overall this week and this tour was also the best sightseeing day for two days.
At the Grand Canyon, I saw the sunset and the sunrise in the cold, but I was pleased to see the sunset on the horizon and the sunrise ascending without any clouds in the sky.
Due to the congestion during the year-end and New Year holidays, the city of Las Vegas is very busy with the large-scale convention CES being held this week. I've heard that many people have stopped participating in CES from Japan due to the emergence of Omicron strains, but I still see many Japanese.
Usually, many college students come to see the Grand Canyon on their graduation trips in January and February until the graduation ceremony, but this year's graduates also go abroad on their graduation trips, as they did last year. I'm in a difficult situation.
If anyone can still come to see the Grand Canyon, this is welcome!
Sightseeing spots can be visited as usual without any harmful effects.
In that case, please let me know.
We held a one-day tour of the Grand Canyon on January 3rd.
The customer was a couple who had been to a university in California for a year.
Unlike the crowds and bad weather until last week, we enjoyed sightseeing slowly in fine weather.
The Desert View Road to the East Gate, which was closed due to heavy snow last week, resumed on January 1st and is still open. However, since there are many sections where the road surface is frozen, it takes longer than usual to move.
On December 31st and January 1st, we held a one-night, two-day Grand Circle tour.
The customers were a family of four stationed in New York, sisters studying abroad in Los Angeles, and one man who lived permanently in Los Angeles, for a total of three groups of seven people.
On the first day, the weather was bad and it rained and snowed in both Sedna and the Grand Canyon, so I couldn't see the scenery very well. I was able to see the first sunrise of the year beautifully.
It looks like the weather will be nice this week.
A two-day, one-night Grand Circle tour was held on December 30th and 31st.
The guests this time were a family of three residing in Alabama, a couple living in New York, and a man living in Philadelphia, for a total of three groups of six people.
It was a tour to stay in the Grand Canyon and watch the sunset and sunrise, but on the morning of the second day, the road to the east side of the Grand Canyon was closed due to heavy snow, so I detoured for about an hour and a half and headed to Antelope Canyon. Did.
Although it became longer in the car, we were able to make the sightseeing almost as planned and the customers enjoyed the tour.
Happy New Year.
We look forward to working with you this year as well.
I will post a photo of the first sunrise of the Grand Canyon just taken.
After the New Year's Eve countdown in Las Vegas, this time we took a couple living in Seattle and left for the Grand Canyon at 1am.
It was snowing and stopping for more than a week until last night, so I was worried if I could see the first sunrise of this morning, but I was able to see the best sunrise in a long time.
Nearly 400 people watched the live stream of the first sunrise of the Grand Canyon.
2022 is off to a good start!
We held a day tour of the Grand Canyon on December 29th and 30th.
The customer on the 29th was a family of four stationed in New York, and the customer on the 30th was also a family of four stationed in Maryland.
I think that many people living in the United States have given up on returning to Japan with their families during the year-end and New Year holidays due to the stricter border measures at the airport due to the influence of Omicron stocks. (Actually, I am one of them)
Many Americans have stopped traveling abroad, so the streets of Las Vegas and the Grand Canyon are very crowded with domestic tourists.
The Grand Canyon hasn't been blessed with the weather because it snows and stops every day for the past week or so, but I was still pleased to see the scenery this time.
Today is December 31st, the last post of the year.
In my next post, I would like to give the first sunrise of the Grand Canyon. (I hope the weather will improve!)
I look forward to working with you in 2022.
We held a tour of the Grand Circle for 2 nights and 3 days from December 27th to 29th.
The customer was a parent and child living in New York. A daughter from Japan came to visit my father who was assigned to work alone, and we both participated in this tour.
It was a chartered tour limited to one group per day, so I enjoyed the time without parents and children.
It was a pity that the local weather was not very good and there were many cloudy days throughout the three days. On the second day, a heavy snowfall hit the Grand Canyon, closing the road from the east gate into the national park and making a major detour to the Grand Canyon hotel.
On the third day, I went to see the Asahi of the Grand Canyon in the snow, but I could not see the Asahi due to the thick clouds, but I could see the scenery of the Grand Canyon covered with snow momentarily.
After that, I was planning to go sightseeing in Sedona, but the traffic conditions were not good due to snow, so I canceled the sightseeing in Sedona this time and returned to Las Vegas without overdoing it.
Snow forecasts are still available today, tomorrow and this year, so please be careful when driving if you are going to the Grand Canyon.
We held a one-day tour of the Grand Canyon on December 27th.
The customers were two people from Japan.
On that day, it took an extra hour and a half to enter due to the traffic jam at the entrance of the Grand Canyon National Park.
As for the weather, thick clouds hung down all day and it was snowing mixed with rain, but I managed to see the scenery of the Grand Canyon.
The Grand Canyon area is forecast to continue to have bad weather this week.
It snowed heavily yesterday (December 28th), and some roads in the national park were closed, making it impossible to pass through to the east.
If you are planning to go to the Grand Canyon, we recommend that you check the road conditions in advance and go out.
On December 25th and 26th, we held a one-night, two-day Grand Circle tour.
The guests this time were a couple from Montreal, Canada, a couple living in Ohio, and two female friends from Montana and Georgia, for a total of three groups of six people.
The tour consisted of staying in the Grand Canyon and watching the sunset and sunrise, but it was cloudy for two days and I could not see the sunset and sunrise on the horizon, but miraculously just before sunset. Everyone was very happy when the clouds cleared and the sun came out and I saw the sunset over the Grand Canyon.
By the way, it was snowing in the Grand Canyon on the morning of the second day.
On December 24th and 25th, we held a one-night, two-day Grand Circle tour.
The customer was a family of four stationed in North Carolina.
He chose this tour because he wanted to show his children the wilderness of America during the winter vacation.
It was a tour that was held just on Christmas, but unfortunately the rain that had fallen from the night before flooded the valley of Antelope Canyon, and the sightseeing in Antelope Canyon scheduled for the first day was cancelled.
Even so, I enjoyed the nature of the Grand Circle on a private tour of the Grand Canyon and Sedna for the whole family.
