http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Arizona/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from North America , United States , Arizona en-us Thu, 24 Jul 2008 08:44:10 BST Thu, 24 Jul 2008 08:44:10 BST In all good faith and with reasonable cheerfulness three delightful persons and myself have united intention effort and resources to make a three month or longer spiritual sojourn to Europe specifically Spain and ultimately Portugal. In my many years of study and subsequent years of service none I think is as memorable as now. My companions are no longer students or clients but frien http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Arizona/Gilbert/blog-302998.html Just a short note to say that we have now been travelling for 250 days and Carol and I are still speaking Carol has been absolutely fantastic and a real trooper.Still in the Wid West and thought we'd just put some pics together for you all. http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Arizona/Lake-Powell/blog-301035.html My one task before leaving Albuquerque this morning was to go to FedEx and pick up some equipment I called and had it held for 9am pu. Of course it was put on the truck for delivery So started the hunt for the FedEx truck which I found and intercepted my package. I returned home and quickly stuffed it into my carefully packed bags and reweighed still under 50 lbs I have everything I need to http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Arizona/Phoenix/blog-299785.html This June the Herrold and Rochester families embarked on an intrepid journey to look for America and all thatbraving rising oil prices for a nod to our shared manifest destiny. Yes they decided to drive the billionodd miles to the Grand Canyon stopping off at choice tourist locations along the way with a UHAUL trailer and a set of walkietalkies. Kinda like the Duggars except not at al http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Arizona/Grand-Canyon-National-Park/blog-299407.html I made my escape from the Anasazi Inn and tore off westwards at my usual leisurely pace heading for Page Arizona.Eventually arriving there I went to my hotel a day earlier than I had pre booked to be there on the internet before the trip.It turned out that I needed to contact the business that I had booked it through on the net so that they could tell the hotel that I was going to be there a day http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Arizona/blog-299201.html After arriving back at my hostel following the Cirque de Soleil show I was looking forward to just passing out in bed knowing the my alarm was set for 5.15am. Unfortunately when I arrived I realised that new people had moved into the room one of whom was sleeping in the bunk above me. However the bed hadn't been made. Therefore they would have to make it when they returned. It was already http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Arizona/Grand-Canyon-National-Park/blog-299009.html 87 11708Kre familie og vennerDette er 2. mailrejsebrev fra vores USArejse som omhandler Jesus Kristus de sidste dages hellige mormonerne Familien Trafikulykken Da tornadoen tog vores mad Mdet med klapperslangen i Zion.Dagen fr mdet med Bjerregaardslgten i Utah s vi regeringsbygningen og rdquomormonkirkenrdquo eller templet der var bygget af store klippeblokke transpo http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Arizona/Page/blog-298626.html I've just seen a bit of cloud in the sky so I've had to come inside in case it gets a bit chilly the weather forecast says it's going to average only 35 degrees Celsius here today and since being here I've become accustomed to the 40s... it's such a hard lifeIt's been nice being back in Phoenix and seeing my relatives Luba Terry and Sean. Nothing here has changed much so it all feels very f http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Arizona/Phoenix/blog-298077.html After the desert of California we emerged from the desert to an illusion of nondesert that was in reality a desert superimposed over what had been less than a hundred years ago desert in the normal and arid and sandy sense of the word. I'm going to write about my impressions of Phoenix Arizona and if you're a fan of the city you may not want to read. I'll start with a few general impres http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Arizona/Phoenix/blog-297768.html After a yummy French toast breakfast we headed to the train depot for our ride to the Grand Canyon. The Grand Canyon Railway Resort is FABULOUS and I highly recommend it to anyone planning to visit. It has a hotel pet kennel the best RV park Irsquove ever seen and five star service. At the train depot we were treated to a shootout by the Coldwater Creek gang. During the show the audience w http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Arizona/Grand-Canyon-National-Park/blog-296760.html After a SWELTERING night on Lake Mead we hit the road again. It was over 100 degrees all night and we took a vote a dry heat is STILL heat. The treat was waking up the next morning to the view of the lake. The orangebrown mountains plunging straight down into the bluegreen lake with a band of white dividing the two was a beautiful sight. The lake is 55 feet below its normal level due to a http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Arizona/Grand-Canyon-National-Park/blog-296759.html I made a good start from Chinle this morning and headed for Monument Valley just seems one of those places that if you are in the area you just need to go to.The drive there was through some pretty barren landscape.All this part of Arizona is made up of Indian reservations mainly Navajo but some Hopi in the middle of it all.You can see why the early government gave this land as reservations it http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Arizona/Monument-Valley/blog-296751.html Early start from Holbrook this morning.Was pleased with the tent and the other recent additions to the camping equipment.Couldn't help getting up early though due to the relentless traffic all night trucks mostly on I40 which just happened to be no more than 200meters from my tent and when it wasn't the trucks it was the alarmingly regular and large trains which all seemed to feel the need to h http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Arizona/blog-296307.html Left Sorocco at a leisurely 9am this morning after a bit of route and activity planning. Wanting to slow the pace down a bit now that I am now out west instead of taking the interstate to Arizona I used highway 60 which starts at Sorocco and heads west over the main divide.At the highest point the road was about 7300ft high but it didnrsquot seem like that as there no towering mountains aroun http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Arizona/blog-296285.html Huge amounts of driving over the last few days but it has been really rewarding. Up to 2500 miles now in 12 days of driving. After the relative cool temperatures of Zion 90's we moved onto Monument Valley which was another great place to be but incredibly hot100. Not much in the way of horticultural delight but the scenery was brilliant as expected. Stayed in campsite for a couple of nights http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Arizona/Monument-Valley/blog-296171.html I woke up this morning with no earthly idea what today held for me Tim and I got up bright and early this morning and headed across the parking lot to the National Geographic Visitor's Center. We were just in time for the next viewing of the Grand Canyon IMAX Movie and we were looking forward to learning all about it. Tim bought our tickets while I got in line for some popcorn and drinks break http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Arizona/Grand-Canyon-National-Park/blog-296108.html We stayed in the cowboy town of Williams on route 66.This is a place where you can really have a good time.Just don't forget to pack your cowboy hat and join in with the fun.... Having left the gunfighters behind we are making our way towards the Hoover Dam.The temperature is now 103 and the heat is just so intense.It's impossible for us to walk great distances without suffering heat exhau http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Arizona/Hoover-Dam/blog-296100.html Ahhhhhhhh The air conditioning started working sometime during the day yesterday so Tim was able to get a cool good nights sleep. He was going to need it because we were planning on making the trip all the way to the Grand Canyon today without stopping. We packed up everything and headed towards the elevators only to find that three of the six were not working this morning. I thought to myself http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Arizona/Tusayan/blog-295897.html From Vegas hotel to the Grand Canyon campsite The photos speak for themselves We did a 4 hour hike in the middle of the day next time we will get up much earlier. http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Arizona/Grand-Canyon-National-Park/blog-295509.html If Irsquom being honest blogging is nearly impossible on a trip like this. With the rockstar schedule of being in a different city every night sometimes three a day like yesterday we have such a difficult time getting ourselves together for long enough to properly regurgitate everything wersquore seeing out here.Latest Travel Flagstaff to Sedona Sedona to Grand Canyon Grand Canyon To P http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Arizona/Phoenix/blog-294728.html With Sonoran Desert temperatures reaching triple digits Alan and I agree that itrsquos time for a road trip. The first stop on our ldquocooling offrdquo journey is Greer Arizona. Located in the White Mountains the tiny village offers quiet seclusion combined with plenty of nature. Itrsquos our kind of place.At The Amberian Peaks Lodge our home for two nights we can view the entire val http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Arizona/Greer/blog-294666.html I think that I can safely say that we arrived home with mixed emotions. Although we are glad to be home and see our families we will truly miss our time together as a GSE team and the awesome time that we spent with our Rotarian hosts in Cayman Nassau Abaco and Provo. As of June 1st Mark Mishay Wendy Katie and I became a family and for better or worse would have to see each other and deal http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Arizona/Phoenix/blog-294600.html From WendyHello AllI have arrived safe and sound back to my home at Grand Canyon and am almost finished unpacking. I want to take a moment to say thank you to all who were involved in planning and making this trip possible. What an amazing experience we had I especially want to say THANK YOU to all my hosts. The kindness and open welcome I recieved while staying with each of you was amazin http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Arizona/Grand-Canyon-National-Park/blog-294557.html Here we go again another of the must do's while we are in the states.We are hoping that having visited many National Parks that it hadn't spoiled us for the big one.Our next stop is the Grand Canyon...Must say we weren't disappointed.It was everything we expected and some.First we did the North Rim.....The views were stupendous.Skim had a few problems with vertigo but she soldiered on.How http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Arizona/Grand-Canyon-National-Park/blog-294530.html Katie checking in for one last blog Hello All I hope there are still folks checking out the blog. We all made it back to Arizona last night. It was a long day of traveling why does it always seem to take longer getting home than getting there with us arriving in phoenix around 7pm our time last night. We had a great welcoming party thanks to Marks family for greeting us and welcoming us ba http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Arizona/Phoenix/blog-294123.html I consider it a real honor and very humbling experience to be asked to assist my brother Sonny in conducting a meeting in Monument Valley in the Navajo Dineh Nation. I drove from home to Oklahoma to meetup with Sonny his wife Janet then rode on out to New Mexico Arizona Utah with them. On the way south I hit severe thunderstorms and had to dodge tornados. Dineh countr http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Arizona/Navajo-Nation-Reservation/blog-293988.html Hi Everyone I am finally in Caribbean I just got here and my roommates are out working the night shift so I have the apartment to myself. The apartment is really nice and even equip with a washer and drier I am doing lots of laundry right now. I managed to get to the ocean before the sun set tonight and it is so beautiful I almost cried The place is only a 10min walk to a little beach I am st http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Arizona/Tucson/blog-293752.html