Well today was the day that the whole group had been looking forward to! No more nights sleeping in tents....and....VEGAS BABY!!! We got to Vegas about midday and went straight to a restaurant at the Palms hotel for a typical all you can eat lunch buffet! It was insane how mucho food there was, there was food from all over the world as well as pancakes, waffles and ice cream, I was clearly in my element!! And unlimited champagne!! After feeding ourselves silly w...

After leaving the cowboy ranch we reached Zion national park about 2pm. This is my favourite campsite by far! It has a pool which we chilled out in all afternoon, and is set in a canyon which is just beautiful! This evening we all had an early night (after epically failing to create a fire...Dad, I put down a newspaper base, kindling wood and then big logs and it still didnt work!). 14.09.13 Today I was up at 6am ready and raring to hike! After waiting for ever...

Today we left the Grand Canyon in the pouring rain and headed for Lake Powell! Once we got to the Lake we went for a swim, and whilst the boys played a silly game (through the ball up and see who's head it lands on) the girls sunbathed! This evening we went to stay at a cowboy ranch with a really overpriced meal that you had to have! Saying that it was very tasty! We pitched out tents and had our meal. All the buildings were like I imagined cowboy buildings. The...

Well the last 24 hours have been the best 24 hours of the trip by far! We arrived at Monument Valley about 5pm where we met by our Nevajo guide, John. The Nevajo people had a huge impact on the Americans victory in World War Two because they created a code which the Japanese were unable to crack. John out guide was in the taking fruit clan and the bitter water clan. The nevajo people call themselves Dine because nevajo means thief in Spanish. John took us in his ...

Last night we arrived at camp at about 6ish and headed straight to the Grand Canyon. Before we got to see the Canyon out guide, Sabrina made us all close our eyes and hold onto the person in front, she then walked us to the viewing point where we opened out eyes. I guess I didn't really know what to expect but I was blown away but the enormity of the canyon. It was huge, it extends for 277miles and is 18 miles wide at it's largest point (average 10 miles wide). I...