On the way to the Grand Canyon we passed the Hoover Dam which was very very busy and very very hot. In fact I didn't bother getting out and looking at it. We have been here before when it was much quieter and wasn't as much as a tourist trap as it is now. You can go down in the bowels of the dam on a tour and go up in lifts to look at the dam from above but everything had long waiting times and queues so Peter just took a few photos and we left. No matter ho...

On the way to Vegas we visited 3 mattress outlets as the current mattress is hurting my back. We have visited lots of other places over the last few months without success as the problem we have is that although the size we need is a standard qeen (our king size) most mattresses are way to thick the average being 8 ins and we only need 6. This is because our roof clamps down for travelling and a thick mattress would stop the roof from closing. We finally found on...