We had a really long drive to Mariposa from Vegas. Left at 745 am and didn't arrive until 6pm. Mariposa is a small town near Yosemite with a small population. I got the feeling the place was very religious, there was a sign that showed the churches and there was about 12. There was a sign outside the front of somebodies house saying something about abortion being evil. We went for dinner at a pizza place which was actually really nice, then we had a small room pa...

So now I will update you all on my Vegas experience! I had an amazing time, it is such a great place to visit. When we arrived at our hotel we had just driven past all these beautiful hotels and then we found ourselves at a seedy motel where we would spend the next few nights. The location was excellent though, right next to MGM Grand so we weren't too bothered. We had under an hour to get dolled up before heading out to dinner. The heat in the room was intense s...

Wow I have so much to catch up on! I have had no internet access since thatnight in Pheonix. On this one there is no usb connection so I cant uploadall the photos yet, and there are sooo many it is going to take me hourswhen I finally get the time! I'm on my second 2gb sd card (thanks Kylie) soI have been taking lots of snaps. I will do this blog for Grand Canyon and then tomorrow I will catch you up some more with Vegas followed by Mariposa. Then I will be up to...

Last night we had a dinner out at a pizza place in San Diego's Pacific Beach. It is really nice there, there was a nice ocean breeze at night. The food was pretty good, serving sizes massive as usual. This morning after pancakes for breakfast (I am going to be so fat by the end of this!) we got on the coach to get to Arizona. We got to Pheonix at around 330pm and left San Diego at 8am so we drove most of the day, however we had two rest stops along the way. At th...

Well yesterday the day started quite badly - we woke up at 6am to get on the bus by 7, however at 8 we were still waiting for it to show up. Eventually we were told it had broken down and we had to wait for a hire coach to arrive - 3 hours. Once we got on the road though we started having a ball. There are 54 people altogether. Our tour manager, Jon, went through all the rules for about an hour and I broke the first one (only use the bathroom on the coach in emer...