San Francisco, California. Morning coffee at the hotel, looking around a bit still in the hotels casino and going up one more time ip the Strotosphere tower for a final view of Vegas from above. Driving out of town after gettting our stuff in the car (free parking!) and one more look at the atrip before heading west on interstate 15. Crossing the state border into California has been a dream of mine for a very long time, so when we actually approached the sign, w...

First signs of casinos right after the Nevada state line. Driving on west on the interstate 15 suddenly you see, in the middle of nowhere, the Vegas strip in the distance with all the casinos and he eyecatcher, the Stratosphere tower, more than 720 feet tall and our hotel for the night. i booked this the night before through bookings.com for $ 28,00... After a drie around the strip, we checked in, freshened up and went up in the tower. A breathtaking view from up...

Driving from Grand Canyon to the north, we were expected near Fredonia to meet our host for the Couchsurfing accomomdation of that night. But in the Arizona dessert there is no mobile phone coverage so after two hours of this, we decided to stop at a gas station to get to a payphone to call our host Holly that we were running a bit late. No payphone there, next payphone is 3 miles down the road. So arriving here ( a roadside motel, straight out of a movie) it tur...

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...