Yellowstone National Parc or ....?
Wednesday morning (May, 22nd) started with bad weather; the sky was obscured and the mountains
in the North of SLC were in clouds. Therefore we had to abandon our plan to go to the Yellowstone
National Park and consider an alternative.
Las Vegas seemed to be a suitable alternative as the weather forecast was encouraging. We
departed from Bountiful Skypark following the southbound transition which led us west of the SLC
International passing over Lake Utah to our first stop Cedar City (CDC), where we experienced a
lesson in American hospitality. Having fount there was no restaurant at the airfield we were
generously offered a car to go to the nearby city to eat. The operations manager gave us the keys and
we set off. No deposit, no forms, just some suggestions where to eat best and a friendly 'Have fun'- this was a pleasant surprise for us
Europeans.
We set off after a good lunch and had a look at the ZION national
Park with all its great monuments and arches. From there we flew
SE to Lake Mead and had a spectacular view of the Hoover Dam.
We contacted ATC for a Class B transition to our destination North
Las Vegas (VGT). Fortunately we were vectored north of the Mc
Carran Intl. A/P directly over downtown Las Vegas where we had a
nice but misty view onto the Strip. After 3 ½ hours flying time we
arrived then at North Las Vegas A/P.