Blogs from Flagstaff, Arizona, United States, North America - page 16

Jesus, what a few days it's been! Didn't exactly start great when Paul went into HSBC in reading to get a new card to find out that they'd actually closed his account! No time to sort it though, had to catch the plane, so had a mad time before trying to get all money found and in the right place! But just to make him feel better dave left his card at dixons in heathrow, so we're both a bank account down. Had a seriously long flight (10.5 hours), sat next to a really old bloke who just seemed to have a permanamt leak of gas from his arse - reeked all the way there! Landed in LAX for about 6pm, and headed across to the LA greyhound station, which by the way seems to be ... read more

It's a beautiful 85 mile dive from Prescott Valley, AZ up Interstate 17 to Flagstaff, AZ. In the past I've just driven through Flagstaff on my way to other locations like Grand Canyon, Lake Powell, or Monument Valley but today my plans were to visit four areas of interest near Flagstaff. First I visited Lowell Observatory (downtown on Mars Hill). I took a great 45 minute guided tour of the observatories and beautiful grounds. They had a nice video presentation with a lot of information on the history of Lowell, other astronomers and information on current research being done there. Also, they had a very nice interactive exhibit hall. (This is a must see if you are anywhere near the Flagstaff area). I spent about two hours there. Next a few miles north of town I ... read more

Well, it was easier said than done. Despite the strange sacharrin-sweet superficial commerciality of Las Vegas, the town was really quite more-ish. And yet the excitement must pall very quickly - when all's said and done there is not a lot more than gambling and drinking to do there. The general consensus was that it's a fantastic place to visit....but to live there full time you'd have to be marginally psycho (or end up that way at least). So we somewhat unwillingly wound it up, and after a rather sugary but extremely satisfying pancake breakfast courtsey of the Hostel, we set out for our first real supermarket shop! Eating out all the time, while cheap in the right places, is not always hugely wholesome and can still chew through the cash, so fruit, veggies and pasta ... read more

check out the website for our band, we recorded three songs a few days before we came away. http://www.myspace.com/thesleepwells byes! xx... read more

Motorhome News from North America 3 Going around in circles - Arizona, Utah, Nevada, and back into Arizona Zyon National Park - and The Grand Canyon 4th - 15th February 2006 As the sun came above the mountains we retraced our steps, following the road from Bryce Canyon down through the beautiful valley of irrigated fields along the Virgin River, snaking its way like a sidewinder through Glendale and Orderville, where hundreds of old cars are laid to rest beside neglected houses - and a fine church stands proudly by the road, to Mount Carmel Junction. The persecuted Mormons made their way to this part of Utah 150 years ago and finally settled a short way to the north. They certainly struck lucky here, for the smart town of Springdale at the bottom of the canyon ... read more