Eventually made it to California! Went to visit Yosemite National Park for two nights. Stayed just ouTside the park in definatley the worst accom so far! We could hardly bear to have a shower. Luckily there was a hotel next door so we kept sneaking in there to go for the toilet! Yosemite is a gorgeous National Park, very green and you can't get away from the scenery. It was nice to see some greenery again after being in the desert. Didn't do anything to...

Went via the Hoover Dam to Vegas, top security. had to get all the bags down and they were searched (hardly). had to hide all the dirty clothes before letting a ranger search through Ben (my backpack). Arrived in Vegas and just had enough time for karen, Sam and I to go and get a very large strawberry daquiri and take it back to our room to get ready for a big night on the town. We hired a limo (Foxy 10) for 2 hours. It was Jim's 20th birthday, what better...

Stayed at the Grand Canyon for two nights. Not what I expected, there are so many levels of rock that fill the canyon, it's not as empty as I thought. We walked into the Canyon on day 2, to a view point called 'Ooh Ahh'. it was only about 1 mile long. The views were good and got to see some of the donkeys plodding up and down, so sad! In theamp ground we sayed at there was loads of wildlife, an elk was really close. There were huge ravens who attacked any...

On the way to Monument Valley, Emi stopped for lunch at a point we could overlook the Valley, called Muley Point. I was terrified as we were so high up. Went to the Valley which is on Indian reservation land called navajo land. (Hannah you can imagine how I pronounce these places) The land is covered in strange rock formation which all have names. I liked the 3 sisters - wonder why?! Stayed just outside the valley at a cowboy ranch, which is run by Rusty an...

Can certainly tell we were in the desert, 105F! The campsite was very dusty and thinking that bringing a nice cream handbag was a very bad mistake! It was so hot, don't think I've sweated as much in my life before. Went to Arches National park which was excellent. Just lots and lots of red sand stone with amaxing rock features. Walked up to the Delicate Arch, felt very brave especially as there was a wee bit of heights involved. Also walked through park Avenu...