A long drive when we left Kings Canyon so a big breakfast - but ordering is so complicate. “How would you like your eggs ma’am?” “er, fried?” Wrong answer, she was looking for Over, Up, or whatever else they do with them here. Then it’s “biscuits, bacon, sausage, muffin, wheat, white, rye, griddle cake or potatoes ma’am?” Err… So with our huge American breakfast inside us and the roof down, we drove past all the snowy trees twinkling in the bright sunlight - risking melting snow dumping on our heads! It was 8,000 feet down then 6,000 feet back up into Yosemite. The landscape was breathtaking but different again to the places we have been with huge sheer rock faces, waterfalls, trees, canyons and rivers. Everything is on a larger than life scale. Our home this ... read more

As we nosed through the mountain range headed for Death Valley we didn’t really know what to expect - but you do tend to think about those early pioneers trying to get their wagons through the mountains only to come across Death Valley!!! The area truly is vast and barren and seems endless. We booked into a lodge at Stovepipe Wells on the end of the valley and took trips to all the best tourist sites. We did have lots of fun particularly on the sand dunes - it’s a lot like Formby - only much much bigger!!! It was hot visiting in the winter - but we just couldn’t imagine it in the heat of the summer - up to 134 degrees - ouch!!!! Yesterday we did all the desert sights and ended up at ... read more

Ooopps - if only we had stopped for fuel this morning. Then, just as all hope was fading, looming out through the snowstorm - the most beautiful fuel station in the world -Thank the lord!! (well we are in Mormon country) Not so long later we entered Zion national park and we were once again wowed by the magnificent scenery. ... read more

On horseback it really felt like the best way to see Monument Valley. We drove to a ranch close to the Navajo tribal park and arranged for a private trail ride with a guide. Andy was on Toby and Kate was riding Frosty - we set off with our guide Shane for a 3 hour amazing ride into Horse Canyon through all the spectacular rock formations. Shane is married to a Navajo Indian so he had lots of stories and information. This morning we went back to the park and drove the public loop. The weather changed to glorious sunshine and we drove the dusty road with the top down. Beautiful. We picked up a list of Movies that have been filmed in the area so we have lots of films to catch up on when ... read more

We waved goodbye to Vegas and drove to Flagstaff, stopping off at the Hoover Dam. It truly is great driving along in the sunshine with the hood down. In the afternoon we were in 70+ degrees and then arrived in Flagstaff smattered in snow - how weird. Flagstaff is a great little town, with lots of character and a really good night life. We only last until around 11.00 p.m. but the atmosphere was great. ... read more