As usual, had to be on the bus by 7.45am, though we ened up being delayed 15 minutes by someone anyway... Slept on the bus most of the way... Only stopped a couple of times and most weren't that interesting anyway.. We did stop in Little Rock, where Clinton was governer for years and years and years before becoming President. We also stopped in Texarkana, which is situation on the stateline between Texas and Arkansas. Originally, someone thought it was also on the border of Louisiana, and so that's how it got it'sname. Got into Memphis, quickly got ready, then headed just down the road to a minor league baseball game. We had hotdogs and what not for dinner, then went to our seats to watch it... It was kinda boring really... Although we did almost ... read more

We accidentally slept in this day, I woke up about 5 mins before brekkie was to start... so i skipped in then got on the bus.. We had two stops, once in Childress or something similar. Didn't do much there but it was interesting because a tornado had been through the night before! Scary, it was only a coupla hours from where we were staying. Also stopped at a Walmart or something too.. I'm not entirely sure I slept through most of the day. Back on the bus we watched Talledaga Nights, and then went past the track that it was filmed at. Finally in Dallas. Before arriving at the hotel, we stopped to have a look at these bull statues... Apparently it was something like that land was where they used round up cattle or ... read more

Up early for the bus. We stopped in Durango. Here there was 3 options. White water rafting, ridee some Jeeps, or just have a look around town. We did the Water Rafting. I was pretty nervous, as was LV coz last time she did it she drowned and had to be revived. It was the tamer than a ferris wheel. I was actually pretty disappointed. I would not have called it white water rafting - it was floating down the river in an inflated boat. Look, it wasnt that bad... Just wasn't what i expected. It was lovely and relaxing. Not extreme like advertised. Had a bit of lunch then headed back to the bus. We watched the end of Forrest Gum which we missed the day before. Then watched National Lampoon's Vacation. Just quietly, that ... read more

Got up and used our brekkie vouchers, i only had toast and some apple juice. We got on the bus at around 9.15am and headed to a small airport where we took helicopter rides over the Grand Canyon. It was incredible!! I was a little nervous having never been in one before, let alone over the Grand Canyon!!! On our way back to the lodge, we got a photo with the Grand Canyon National Park sign. We got back and some crazy people decided to go for a hike down the Canyon. I chose instead to catch up on some sleep. When they got back, I got some sun with the girls, went to the shops to buy some grog. We watched the sunset over the Grand Canyon at Hopi Point. Beautiful, tho by this point ... read more

Day 7 - 24/07/09 Vegas After the day before, it's needless to say we missed brekkie. We were up at around 10.30. All were struggling majorly! Sometime around lunch, Mich, Lauren and I headed down to some shops on the Strip. Didn't stay very long and went to maccas. Felt sicker after maccas so headed back to the hotel and had another sleep. Christina had organised a variety show and another club for this night so we got ready and started feeling better. V the Variety show was fantastic. It had an magician, gymnasts, jugglers and more. It was so great. Way more entertaining than i thought it would be, so that was good. The club we went to was at the Luxor, called the Cat House. The name should probably have given it away, but ... read more