J: We split up the drive to Hoover Dam but got there too late to do the tour so we headed to the small town, found a randomly amazing bar that did a lot of its own brews and really tasty burgers. Then we parked up in the visitor's centre to Lake Mead for the night, obviously we shouldn't spend the night there but we would leave early before being detected. Morning came and we got woke up by the cleaner to the toilets. Then headed off to Hoover Dam, although I f...

J: Sam was a little hung over the next day so the drive to the Grand Canyon was on me and she didn't even feel guilty during the drive. Once there we scoped out our options and as luck would have it; there was a cancellation and we booked up a wood cabin at Phantom Ranch at the bottom on the Canyon and planned a walk down! We bought all the bits we needed for the hike, then set up a campsite at the rim. It was honestly the most wonderful campsite I've ever had ...

S: So yet again we find ourselves in a petrol situation about to run out, honestly you would think we would of learnt by now but no James wanted to save a dollar on the price. Petrol is so cheap here you can get a gallon for $1.90 which works out to be roughly 30p a litre. We crossed through a border control as we drove next to the Mexican border, and the guy wanted our passports and the comment he gave us was, 'you've travelled a lot' and thankfully we didn't ...