We had another rubbish sleep, we kept getting static shocks from the blanket and sheet, and not just a shock but a spark as well! Was quite scary! We headed back to the Grand Canyon and to the Bright Angel trail. We wanted to hike down into the Canyon and this seemed the best trail as there was various rest points so you knew roughly how far you were in order to plan when to come back up. We headed down and it didn’t take long until we seemed quite far down th...

We got up bright and early after a not so great night sleep! US trains like to toot their horn quite a lot, especially when passing through towns or cities, no matter what time of day or night! It would be fine, if they weren’t trying to alert everyone in a 20 mile radius!! Unfortunately for us, a train line runs behind the hotel so we were woken at least 5 times by trains, including the one we are catching in a few days! Anyway, we got free breakfast and head...

Not much to report today! We picked up our hire car, called Izzy (posh one this time, Chevrolet Impa), in Las Vegas and made our way to the Hoover Dam. Stopped to see Lake Mead on the way, was beautiful. The dam was interesting to see, but not worthy of staying too long! We continued our journey to Flagstaff which is where we are staying whilst visiting the Grand Canyon. It is hard to find accommodation nearer, and cheap enough, to the canyon. As you will see f...