As a country where a drive to the shops can take an hour, I think it's fair to say that say that America has some pretty impressive drives. We have already crossed the Smoky Mountains, skirted the Outer Banks of North Carolina and hit the Mother Road (Route 66) now it's time for California to show us what it's got. The Pacific Costal Highway or Route 1 runs pretty much the whole west coast but we would be sampling the highlights from the Golden Gate Bridge a...

Something has come to my attention! Everywhere we go, other travellers have been before us. Every photo we take, has been taken a thousand times before. Even if we were trekking in the Himalayas or dragging a sled to the South Pole, someone will have done it before! But somehow we all come away with different stories and different memories! The one thing that is different for each of us is the people we meet along the way. The people in our stories! I was e...

Day 7 I'm not sure if I awoke early or simply didn't sleep that night. A combination of discomfort and excitement made our 4.30 alarm seem almost too late! For today was the day, today we were going to Havasu Falls! As I've mentioned before, I have mentally split my travels into sections and certain moments like swimming with Whale Sharks or diving the Blue Hole stand out as landmarks in my master plan. Havasu falls was another of these moments. The 62 Mile d...

Day 6 The aim for today was simple, gather supplies and get to the Supai trailhead before sunset. Taking in some of Route 66 along the way. Once we were stocked up with supplies in Ash Fork we finally joined the last remaining section of the world famous Rout 66! Route 66 originally ran from Chicago to Los Angeles, passing through 8 states and the towns that it ran through flourished with the consistent traffic and business. Eventually almost the entire rout...

Day 4 Next we headed to Sedona. A couple of hours south, Sedona is described as the Grand Canyons little cousin. A combination of more vibrant red rock formations and being down in the canyon looking up actually made Sedona a more beautiful than its bigger cousin. The different monolithic rock formations that are scattered throughout the town are known by their fitting nicknames. Some names have obviously been around a while like Cathedral Rock or Castle Rock,...