Well i have finally left Vegas and just about recovered from the 2 nights we were there :o) Our first night was Halloween, but we left it well late to get costumes so could only get the hawaian ones (oops) but hey, at least we had some costumes (have a look at the pix.....Vegas is AMAZING) i was totally dumbstruck by the place, the strip is longer than i thought it would be and you can drink in the streets! so no having to rush drinks from one casino to the othe...

After you have picked your jaws up off the floor from looking at my Grand Canyon pictures i hope u have time to read what i have been up to here! Yesterday we drove the remaining few miles into the Grand Canyon National Park and after having to set up camp - which is just such a chore, we headed for our first glimpse of the canyon....although......Matt the tour guide had us all blindfolded, in a single file line holding onto each others hands not knowing where t...

Another 2 days have passed and could not have seen such different scenery! Yesterday we headed over to the Carlsbad Caverns in New Mexico and headed underground to see the caves and caverns that have been created by underground water movement. Its a really eerie place as it is so huge and the lighting makes it seem quite alien. The walk through took us past many natural geological formations that are very rare. To preserve the caves your not allowed to touch t...

Finally in Texas! 2 days of driving and we're just about at the border of Mexico, not that were going to cross it, but it goes to show how long it takes to drive through. Yesterday the drive from Louisiana to Texas was an incredible contrast of scenery - once we hit Texas the terrain was more rugged and bare (and hot!) we got to the camp quite late and headed out to see the Alamo in San Antonio before we had dinner - its basically a stone building in the middle o...

Well we finally made it to New Orleans withut freezing to death at night. its amazing how hot it is in the day and how it changes so dramatically at night. The first night we were here we went out and had a bit of a party down on Bourbon Street (as you can see from some of the pictures!) even tho its off peak its still really busy and they have all live bands in the pubs. As it was raining there wasnt any street bands but the atmosphere was still really cool. ...