Grand Canyon Ranch Saturday 18th June Picked up our 'cop car' from our Vegas hotel and headed out of Vegas and into the desert. Vegas is much more sprawling than we had imagined, but before we long we were in the searing heat in the desert. We made it to the Hoover Dam which is amazing, lots of James Bond movies filmed here! Off towards to cowboy ranch in the Grand Canyon, we stopped off at Dolan springs which happened to be a christian town and didnt look l...

Las Vegas Thursday 16th June Very early start and reluctantly had to hand back our dear mustang at LAX airport - it was hard for Mike.... Arrived Las Vegas by midday, the heat hit us - it was lovely initially but it was a really dry, desert heat and you couldnt be outside for long at all - it reached 39 degrees which is hot for us!! No need to be outside as the Casinos have everything you need along with air conditioning!!! Stayed at the Monte Carlo hotel w...

Big Sur Road trip! We were really looking forward to our road trip back towards the coast and down the Big Sur heading for L.A. Took around 4 hours in the Mustang to get from Yosemite to lovely Lucia Lodge on the Big Sur coast. The Highway had been closed recently due to bad rock falls but opened up the day before so we were really lucky that we managed to really drive the Big Sur! Stopped in at Carmel on the coast beforehand which is just south of Monterey - ...

Sunday 12th June 2011 After little Lucia Lodge, little Lucy took to the Mustang and headed to LA driving Pacific Highway 1. This is absolutely the best road to drive in the world, especially in a convertible. We couldnt help stopping off along the way to take pictures of this road ... it had been closed recently due to rock slides but luckily for us it re-opened the day before so we were able to drive the entire length all the way to Los Angeles! We made a qu...

Friday 10th June, 2011 - Day trip to Yosemite National Park Got up early, the campsite made a packed lunch for us and we headed first to Mariposa Grove where they have giant redwood trees - they are very big and some are over 900 years old, although my highlight was seeing little chipmunks!!!!!! Got in to Yosemite valley, roads were very busy, lots of tourists on lots of coach trips but the views are breathtaking, the photos we have taken give you an idea but E...