Today we are leaving Casa Grande en route back to San Diego. We spent the night here as a stop off point between Tucson and San Diego. The 3 days we spent with Coyla and Byron in their beautiful mountain home were amazing. Fantastic views, good food and great company!! Thanks to Byron for giving us the opportunity to fly his 2 seater experimentalm plane (even though Anton didn't for as long as I did). This was the experience of a life time and we are so gla...

Well Monday started off as a pretty dismal day with rain part of the way from San Diego to Phoenix. Spent most of the day travelling so not much to report and no photos. By the time we arrived in Phoenix, the temperature had hit a pleasant 81 degrees. On Tuesday morning we visited Papago Park where we took photos of the city through the hole and then spent a very pleasant couple of hours at the Desert Botanical Gardens (photos to come soon!!). Downtown Phoeni...

Well this is our 4th full day here in sunny California ....... and it's raining. Had a great 2 days in San Diego culminating in getting sun burnt at the game yesterday whilst watching the Chargers get beat 23-20 by the Patriots - oh well better luck next week against the Tennessee Titans. Spent Saturday at Balboa Park where we visited the San Diego Museum of Natural History and the Botanical Gardens. There are some photos of the Spanish architecture that is typi...

It's 9:00 am and we are sitting in Starbucks contemplating what to do for the day. Already been to the gym, Anton trying a Pumpkin Spiced Latte (for the first and last time!). Spent yesterday driving down from LA, stoppping at some of our favourite spots along the way. No photos today as I still haven't sussed out how to load them!!! We only managed to stay awake until 8:00 pm last night - hope we can last longer tonight. Weather slightly overcast and drizzl...

Will this is it - we are living the dream!! After a fraught morning getting everything finalised, we finally packed up the car. Unfortunately, there was no room for Tony and Gale's stuff!!! No seriously, Gale and I ended up sitting on their bags - they were kind enough to give us a lift to the airport on their way to a cycling weekend - thanks Guys!!! We were very quickly and efficiently checked in by a very nice lady at the Air New Zealand desk and all the bags...