London Bridge. We left the Grand Canyon at around 11am and started our journey towards Las Vegas. However we couldn't pass up the opportunity to visit London bridge which the americans bought from the city of London in 1968 for $2.5 million and shipped back here! It is now the second most visited attraction in Arizona after the Grand Canyon. The bridge itself spans a canal which connects Lake Havasu to the Colorado river and is set in it's own little London th...

Grand Canyon National Park. We got up at 6 to catch the sunrise and the shuttle bus to the top of the South Kaibab Trail, one of 3 trails to descend into the canyon, and set off at about 7 with the intent of completing our hike before it got too hot. As we descended into the Canyon the scenery was breath taking with the sun just risen and all the different shades, hues and colours appearing, we wondered at all the people who were motoring along and didn't leave ...

Sedona and Monument Valley. We set off again along the Sedona scenic highway and this time we were able to really appreciate the amazing scenery. The rock is a deep shade of red which has been worn smooth over time. Mae said it reminded her of the scenery in Wyle E. Coyote cartoons. We also passed through a town, which was built in a typical Wild West style. This was clearly a resort built for tourist as none of the surrounding towns bear any resemblance to t...

Through Pheonix. For the next 3 days we continued to drive another 1000miles or so and although the scenery was cool looking more and more like a western movie set, little happened. We did drive along the US/Mexico boarder for about 150 miles and got stopped at a boarder patrol checkpoint. We stopped at a tourist info office in a small town outside pheonix where we were informed that we should drive through the Sedona region because of the rock formations. We st...