I meet with Andy yesterday, and he took me on a great trip over to the coast. It was nice to get my feet wet in the Pacific when I started this trip in Manhattan looking out over the Atlantic. We started in San Gregorio and then drive down the coast to Santa Cruz, passing the migrations of a variety of shearwater bird - tens of thousands of birds swirling around and dive bombing the sea. At Santa Cruz we had a wander along the pier, saw the Sea Lions and then a...

Last long drive today - San Francisco tomorrow.

I guess everyone has there idea of what Las Vegas is like. I certainly came here thinking it was all about gambling, and certainly there is a lot of that. However, it is much more. It is an amalgum of Hotel, Holiday Resort, Casino, Food and Drinks, Shopping Mall, Conference Centre, Theatre and Concert Venue. I spent most of the evening wandering around with my mouth open, stunned by what I was seeing. Every time you think you've seen everything, you turn a c...

The Grand Canyon is AWSOME! Yesterday is did The Grand Sunset Tour (http://www.grandcanyonjeeptours.com/) which started with a tour through the Kaibab forest. The driver Buzz had a great sense of humour and lots of interesting things to say along the way. The "jeep" was a shaded pickup truck with seating for 12 people, and Buzz gave the suspension a good work out bouncing it around the forest tracks. Finally we made it to the rim of the canyon and it is stunni...

Since Oklahoma I've been following Route 66 - sort of. There are many places where the road surface simply doesn't exist any more. Sometime the old road runs within about 30 yards of the Interstate, and where as the Interstate is quiet, smooth and fast, the old road is pretty rough - enough to loosen your fillings in places. Where the old road and Interstate deviate is going through the towns, but to really appreciate the old road would need 2 people; and driv...