Day 7 - Flagstaff, Arizona to Gallup, New Mexico. Up early(ish) for a complimentary breakfast American style of waffles, cereal, yoghurt, donuts, toast & jam, coffee and juice. Today we headed East along the I-40 deviating to small towns and short stretches of Route 66 along the way. First thing on the list was a visit to Meteor Crater, where a crater 4000 ft wide by 700 feet was formed by a meteorite approximately 50000 years ago. Very spectacular viewing ...

Day 6 - Day trip to South Rim, Grand Canyon. Drove this morning to the Grand Canyon via Tusayan on a cloudless day, climbing to elevations of over 8000 feet. Parked up adjacent to the visitor centre, after paying our $25 vehicle entry fee and went to take our 1st view of this amazing place. It's definitely one of those jaw dropping moments when you get your initial glimpse of this great gaping deep canyon. Taking the free shuttle to Hermits Rest gave us plenty...

Day 4 Las Vegas A late start today due to a late finish last night. Wandered down the Strip, cruising in and out of several casinos on the way. Had many "time warps" to various cities/countries around the world - Venice, Rome, France as many Casinos were themed. Enjoyed gelato ice creams as it was another hot day - 34 deg C. Collected the Cirque du Soleil show tickets "Love" themed to the Beatles music from the Mirage Casino booked in at 7.00 pm tonight. Wander...

Day 5. Las Vegas to Flagstaff. Checked out of Stratosphere, Las Vegas, Not a cloud in the sky! First stop today Hoover Dam- drove over the Dam to catch a view from the Arizona side then retraced our steps and crossed the new bridge downstream from the dam heading for Kingman on Route66. A quick coffee stop here and rest under a tree next to the Santa Fe Steam train. No peace for the wicked though as we jumped back in the Chevy travelling along one of the longest...

Day 3 Los Angeles > Las Vegas Got up early and headed out on the road at 7am. A few hiccups trying to get on to the connecting freeways heading west to Vegas, at one point the traffic was down to a standstill near San Bernardino put down to a crash between a car and a truck - guess who came off worst ? Detoured off the interstate and did our first section of Route 66 from Victorville to Barstow , approx 26 miles of original paved road. Took lunch in the shad...