16th An early start to the day to make the 10.50am flight to Denver. Its not busy this morning so no delays getting to the gate. I had a dispute with Alamo, the rental car company when i dropped the car off. i had booked the car for 10 days, and they tried to charge me for 11. Lucky for me the lady that checked me in loved my accent and was only to happy to refund the overcharge. The flight to Denver was very bumpy for the last 30 minutes due to a huge storm hea...

9th Well the weather has certainly changed. Yesterday was warm and windy. This morning its close to 5 degress and its raining. The route i am taking will take me through Zion National Park. Last time i was there the weather was cold and wet. Looks like it i will get the same. Heading along the highway we gain some altitude and guess what, its starts to snow. Only small flakes, but its snowing. Anyway its raining all through Zion, but i still enjoyed the drive. Ne...

5th My flight from Honolulu is 5 hours, but with the time difference i get into Vegas at midnight. By the time i get my bag, collect hire car, drive to hotel and get into bed its 2am. But i an still on Hawaii time so not really tired as Hawaii time is 10pm. 6th So i managed to get some sleep, and hit the road in my nice little Nissan Versa. The drive to Williams takes about 5 hours, as i was continually stopping to take in the scenery. The hotel i am staying at...

27th Neither of us are wanting to leave our little piece of jungle paradise. It is such a cool place, even if the night time noises are very loud. Still slept ok. Anyway we pack up and leave for the airport. We arrive in Honolulu at 2pm. After collecting the hire car and as we are heading to our accommodation i realise i have left my backpack in another hire car at Alamo. At Alamo you get to choose which car you want, but Shauna changed her mind, and i had alread...

20th We leave Japan at 8pm on the 20th and arrive in Hawaii at 8am on the 20th. The flight is 7.5 hours. We have a few hours to spend in the airport as our night flight is not till 1pm, which is taking us to the BIG Island. It is only a 50 minute flight. We have booked a house for the week, and a rental car to get around the island. We arrive at Hilo and collect or Jeep 4WD. Its a nice new red Jeep, and shauna is very happy. The car has a removable sunroof, which...