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...

Driving, Rodeo & Dancing In just 2 and a half days we drove 1500 miles or there abouts! Other than stopping to cool down and grab a smoothie at MacDonald's nothing of note happened. We drove through 4 states in one day which was quite cool, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana! Admittedly only for 60 miles or so in Alabama and Mississippi but still awesome! We find it amusing some of the road signs you see as you cross state lines, because of cours...

Gators A few weeks ago we had purchased a groupon for an Air Boat ride in the Everglades to see alligators. Not having had the time to find anywhere to print our vouchers off we made our way to the pretty town of Oveido and on to Black Hammock Adventures where the tours take place, hoping we could blag our way on a tour. We were greeted by a guy who said we needed reservations to go on through groupon, so I explained that we were travelling, didnt have a phon...