Road Trip

So we leave the Grand Canyon and head for Monument Valley nice long drive, when we get there its spectacular i mean really spectacular! Derek was gobsmacked see some of the pictures. When we left we drove until dark and pulled in to a town Kanab in Utah this facility was 'nice' the lady running was a hoot. Left early the next morning and drove thru all the great basins across Nevada, and wow, long long long straight roads with mountains on either sides of these plains, just like in the movies, even the Sci Fi movies..... Well we drove on and again until dark then we stopped in a town Tonopah, everywhere we stopped was 'no vacancy' well we pulled up at a motel National 9 with vacancies.......Jess from work warned me about these places.....sorry Jess, we went in.....Aaaaargh, it was hideous, whadda u expect for $49 + taxes. There wasn't anywhere else! So after a very uncomfortable nights semi-sleep we go up & left by 7am..... Drove some more across Nevada and headed for California, and Yosemite NP but were diverted due to the fires in the park, so we headed for Lake Tahoe instead, but on the way the mountains we crossed were smothered with the smoke coming from these fires, very eerie. So we finally get here its pretty here, pretty large town as well! We have rung the hotel in Yosemite NP and all is good, but we have to travel a different route to get there, no big deal! The motel here is gorgeous, I said to D I wanted something 1000 times better than last nights so here we are, Beach Retreat & Lodge Motel, South Lake Tahoe.....heaven....hehehe Goodnight xxx PnD

Hoover Dam & The Grand Canyon

The drive so far has been ok, Worgan stresses & I stress because he drives complaining about everyone's driving and he speeds.......it's like being at home really!!!! We got to the Hoover dam and what a feat of engineering for the 30's pretty bloody amazing, it was boiling there finally some real hot weather. From there we made our way to the Canyon bloody long way via a bit of the famous Route 66. We are staying 8 miles from the entrance to the GC National Park, $25US for a 7 day pass. We get up for our first day into the park and its pouring with rain, and it keeps up for most of the morning as per our pics. Thought we were gonna miss out on the Canyon's full glory. But as we all know GOD shines on the USA (in God they trust)& yes she showed up with the sun!!!! It's truly a magnificent sight to see, the sheer magnitude of this big long hole in the ground, millions of years in the making & still growing according to the geologist/ranger guide. Worgan the "not so" brave wouldn't get close to the lookouts & doesn't want to take one of the walking trails down to almost the bottom (5-6hrs) round trip....but tomorrow is another day! Checkout some of the pics. PnD xx