So after an hour delay in Sydney airport we where on our way. 13 hours later And tired we have come into a drizzly bleak looking San Fran day... We landed at 9.30am but didn't leave with the hire car till 1pm...after haggling for an upgrade car we ended up with a Dodge Derango...big sucker n very posh with all that opens and shuts. Ray driving it like he's had it for weeks...ahhh me bit scared. It's huge feels!like we in a truck... Well we had a bite to eat ac...

Tomorrow we fly out to San Fran.. Road trip to Seattle then across to Calgary to start a tour. After that two days in Vancouver before we jump on the Crown Princess and do 7 nights up the Alaskan Passage !!! Hopefully I will post every other day ...Don't forget to leave a message !!

Hopefully this version will not end up in cyberspace like it did the other night!!. Well as you can see we are home. Good old Adelaide. Cool but not cold. Our last few days in LA where good. We didn't do a real lot I think by then we where all ready to come home to our own beds !! On the Thursday we cruised on over to LA's premium outlet shops. There are about 130 shops, mostly all brand name. And yes they where good prices. So much good prices it made it har...

Firstly let us say a big HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO LEANDRA AND MY BROTHER BRIAN....!!!! LOVE TO BOTH AND HOPE YOUR BIRTHDAYS WHERE GREAT !! San Francisco was cold. Yep even though it is Spring of course San Fran stays pretty cold although you wouldn't know it from how the locals dress. Some dressed like it was summer too. Shorts and tanktops. It was mostly sunny and that did help but the wind is always cold. Anyway, our hotel was average. Due to the high costs I had boo...

So I've been off line for a few days while in Vegas. No free wifi in the Flamingo !! bummer. Oh well breakfast at Maccas allowed Jess to check fb and my emails with their free wifi !! So after leaving Cortez we travel through Monument Valley and wow it is amazing. I have only put up a few of the pictures...could have gone mad. The mountains and rock formations here are different to the other national parks we have been through. Hard for Ray to drive and not wa...