Tennessee 22nd July 2010 Weather: Warm to Hot, 25C Night – 35C Day We decided to follow the Mississippi River north to Tennessee. The thought crossed our minds that it may be less humid away from the Gulf of Mexico. No such luck! The Mississippi river is in fact a delta. Delta meaning, flat and stinking hot. It is also cursed with large numbers of mozzies. These reach plague proportions in areas where Aussie travelers camp for the night. The only thing...

Texas touring Louisiana Weather: Warm to Hot, 32C Night – 38C Day I don't know what I expected of Texas. Oil wells! Well there’s plenty of those. In the West of Texas all you can smell is oil. It’s in the air, just like when you spill some oil when doing an oil change. Like they say Texas is big. One thing you don’t so often hear is that it’s tropical. Today we woke to 32C and 85% humidity. And from there it just got hotter. It&#...

Texas Weather: Warm to Hot, 25C Night - 38C Day Well what does one say about the Grand Canyon? What a, bloody big crack! Dropping down from Utah to the North Rim of the Canyon we passed through Kanab. This appeared an appropriate time to get the air conditioner attended to. It hadn't been working since putting a smile on Gaels dial at the first burst of summer heat several days prior. After getting the unit filled with gas, which had inexplicably disappeared, we...

Location: Utah Weather: Warm to Hot, 10/12C Night – 35/38C Day We had the truck serviced and diagnosed in Denver, Colorado at MIT Auotomotive. The problem is definitely with the glow plugs. Rob the owner at MIT pulled the glow plugs and only one and a half of the four appeared to have any glow in them at all. Have ordered some more from Shaun at Rover Parts Ballarat to pick up at near Loredo at the Mexican/USA border in Texas. Can highly recommend Rob a...

Gael. Couldn't fit these on the last entry, they are so typical of the park that I wanted to share them with you.