The new plan: with Tom, trade in the Lincoln Towncar for a one-way, bit more economical car to drive to a few National parks, Vegas and ultimately to San Francisco. Step one; to Budget and return the car. Budget tells us to go to the airport. Step two; walk back and forth between Avis/Budget and Alamo until one offers the very best deal. Step three; get a Chevrolet and drop it off in San Francisco, we are on our way! Maria from the hostel gave us a whole written ...

Woke up at 9am or so and went to the breakfast room for some coffee. Under the impression I was going to have a quiet day in Flagstaff. The girls had decided not to take that early 5am train after all so they showed up for breakfast. At the same time Tom (Belgium) and Gianni (Canada) were also ate the breakfast table and the conversation quickly turned to heading towards Sedona together. Tom had rented a car already for the coming days, so I was going to get a se...

After breakfast, I went to Budget to get a car for the day. A nice Mazda, plenty big enough for our little group of four of us then driving towards Grand Canyon National Park. A Brittish guy gave us his entrance ticket (which is valid for a week), so no need to pay the $25 for the car. The drive itself was already amazing, going through forest, plains and finally towards the south rim of the Canyon. When you are about to see it, it feels as if you are in line for...

Arriving 03:30 in the morning on a deserted and chillly platform at Flagstaff Amtrak station meant I just got here with a 6,5 hour delay. The traintrip was an amazing experience though, seeing the landscape change like that. Hours and hours of the USA through the windows of the train's panorama car or from my own seat on the topfloor of this doubledecker. Had some real good conversations with several people like a few Amish people that were travelling to Mexico f...