Peter: Arose at 7.00am in sunshine, today the red rocks of Sedona were looking their best, with just a little cloud curling round. Packing then breakfast and on the road north by 9.00am. The old local I was talking to last night in the bar told me about where to find some genuine and well priced native american crafts on a rest area on route 89. This road bends and climbs to around 6,500 ft above sea level of some 25 miles amid wonderful scenery. We found the c...

Well - here we are, in Sedona and guess what? It's raining !!! However it is the Monsoon season in Arizona that happens in August & September every year so we will have to lump it. We arrived at Phoenix airport OK in blazing lovely heat. Aahhhh. We picked up our rental car and immediately got lost! Eventually after yet another left turn we hit highway 17 north & Peter got us out of Phoenix as the sun set. Driving north in the dark we could see sheet lig...

We went to Jenner on Sunday evening to a fabulous restaurant to celebrate Guy's birthday. We sat high up overlooking the mouth of the Russian River. I took loads of photo's of the sunset which was quite spectacular. The food was excellent as was the wine Guy brought with us. In fact when we returned home we continued drinking excellent Californian wine - rather too much of it which made the following day a bit grey!! The weather has warmed up again although it is...

Hooray. Guy has got a new password and we are online again at last. I did get to a phone shop yesterday in Santa Rosa our nearest big town but Donna had to sign for me as A-T something or other the local US carrier wouldn't accept international credit cards!!! I got the same story in New York which was why I was looking for T Mobile. Yes you've guessed it. No t mobile stores in sight in this part of California. Don't care now. Occidental is a lovely spot but sit...

A day full of highlights started with a trip to the top of the Empire State building. On Peter's wish list Since he saw King Kong as a kid. I was a trifle concerned as I am not good with heights but it was so high it felt like looking out of a plane window so no worries there. We took masses of photos also of the beautiful Art Deco interior. We then spent the rest of the day on the open top buses running around the major sites. We also took in a cruise around th...