Light is just coming in at 7am as Addy and I leave the kids sleeping to see the sun rise over the South Rim of the Grand Canyon where the edge is only 20ft from our hotel room! We walk along the trail along the edge for 2 hours with a layer of snow over the ground (icy in parts) all around us and a light icing sugar dusting on parts of the rock formations below. Really beautiful and worth the long drive yesterday (at least Addy and I think so!). Only a few brave ...

Time to hit the road... We hire a car and head East and keep going.... A late start and we leave Anaheim driving along countless great divided freeways (so unlike Australian driving conditions!). Dry hilly country with a few snow capped peaks in the distance. Kids are electronically amused (Nintendos, Itouch, Kindle readers) still it is better than "I spy" on an open road...! We stop for lunch at a hamburger chain that is throughout america and is as simple as ...

Time to hit the road... We hire a car and head East and keep going.... A late start and we leave Anaheim driving along countless great divided freeways (so unlike Australian driving conditions!). Dry hilly country with a few snow capped peaks in the distance. Kids are electronically amused (Nintendos, Itouch, Kindle readers) still it is better than "I spy" on an open road...! We stop for lunch at a hamburger chain that is throughout america and is as simple as ...