It was soooo good to sleep in a bed last night! Serena took us to the mall this afternoon, we had planned to meet her, Darrell and the girls later at a place nearby and we hadn't 'done' the mall experience yet in America. People seem to be continuously buying things in this country. Maybe its because many cities (esp newer ones) or the areas around them are set out around retail parks - they are everywhere, and you can't walk around most places, you ha...

Mary took us to the Greyhound station for 8.30am on Tuesday; we weren't particularly looking forward to the 24 hour journey in front of us but it felt good to be on the move again. We got as far as Tucson, which is not very far - still in AZ, when we hit the first problem. Our driver began to argue with his boss about whether we'd pick up some passengers on a broken down bus. We just sat for 40 minutes. He lost the argument so we picked up extra passengers a...

Went for a meal at Aunty Beryl and Uncle Mikel's for the last time this trip and Mikel took us out in his Toronado; one of the most gorgeous cars I've ever been in, excepting the goddess Dad! said goodbye to B & M, then went to pack.

This afternoon was Chris' 'white trash' party, which consisted of dressing up as trashily as possible and everyone bringing some equally trashy food. Even the dogs, Ryler and Mr Puggy dressed up for the occasion! It was veyr amusing to see what everyone arrived in, I looked truly terrible!!! Talking to some poeple who came over just confirmed what seems to be a truism state wide, and also a catchphrase. No one is from here. Everyone always asks where ea...

Every weekend there is a kind of impromptu car show at The Pavillions, which is a retail park in Scottsdale. Chris wanted to show us all the big old American cars as well as some of the newer ones with crazy engines. But first, we went for sushi.... Chris had been telling us about this restaurant and when he heard that neither of us had tried sushi before he decided to take us. He ordered a selection for us to try: dan thought some of it was good and I thou...