Leaving Route 66 and heading towards Las Vegas we pass through the location of the Hoover Dam. This thing is awesome. How they built this in the 1930's is just amazing. Has to be seen to comprehend its enormity.

Continuing along route 66. Americans have a real romantic connection to the 50's and Route 66. The townships have been kept just the way they were back in the 50's and 60's when it was the main route from East to West. When you're here and actually experience it you get a real sensation of nostalgia, you almost want to be there in that time. Such a shame though that some states take it very seriously to maintgain their heritage, and yet others have let it almos...

Well another day in Flagstaff. Heading off to Brekky at Maceys with the coaches and the further tours around the university. They really did take care of us especially well, and very keen to have Bec join their squad, as they had already placed her name up on the boards for next seasons schedule and roster. Everyone over here takes their College life very seriously, such a shame we don't have the population in Australia to repeat the same process for student ath...

After a good nights sleep at the Northern Arizona Campus hotel we headed in to meet with the coach and our guides for the look around NAU campus. Again a beautiful campus, a lot smaller than UCLA, but none the less, still grand compared to many Australian Universities. Great facilities and beautiful scenery. After the tour we left Bec to head off for her two day visit with the girls at NAU and Sue and I headed off on our own for some sightseeing around Flagstaff...

We headed off from LA towards Flagstaff and as we had a little spare time we decided to try and follow, as much as possible, the old Route 66. Unfortunately California has done very little to maintain the historical integrity of Route 66, but once across the state lines into Arizona, it was a different story. Arizona have obviously spent a lot more money towards keeping the history intact as it is still, for some, a great tourist journey. We decided to take the ...