Blogs from Arizona, United States, North America - page 8

Another fantastic day! We actually had some rain yesterday and today, but yesterday was a desert cloudburst that lasted just while we were driving on a good road with windshield wipers on high, and today was just a half dozen raindrops that made it to us from a shower further away that gave us a rainbow. We have had a good visit with my stepsister/Jamie's stepdaughter Susan. It was great to connect!... read more

We had another beautiful day, perfect for the Grand Canyon. I have, as I have mentioned, run out of superlatives, which is a real problem when faced with the grandeur that we saw here. The sheer size, colors, and sense of geologic time were overwhelming.... read more

We woke up and opened the curtains to find sunshine. Maximum temperature will be around 30 degrees. You beauty ! I chose a simple continental breakfast with toast with Philadelphia cream cheese, a strawberry yoghurt, corn flakes and coffee (can’t have cooked breakfast every day or we all know what happens then ?). Only a short 1 minute drive to Chief Tsosie’s depot for the Upper Antelope Slot Canyon Tour. The tour goes for 90 minutes but it takes about half an hour to get there so we will spend 30 minutes inside the canyon. This adventure along with visiting Sedona were two things Kerry discovered early days when researching this holiday and neither of us had ever heard of them before. The drive out was on a shuttle van and it was nice to see ... read more

Woke up to a cloudy morning and reflected on how the Pink Jeep tour experience yesterday would easily rate in the top 10 experiences of our USA travels to date without doubt. We just had a yoghurt on our balcony with some OJ and then hit the road at 9.20am for the first leg to Flagstaff. But just before we jumped in the car we had a quick game of Cornhole next to the carpark. We both eventually landed the bags but no-one got a bag in the hole. The road climbed in altitude and the temperature dropped accordingly and it was 16 degrees when we arrived at our designated breakfast spot the Galaxy Diner on the old Route 66. It was really interesting how all the cactus trees disappeared once we rose to the frost ... read more

First signs of a challenge for us adjusting to different time zone with both of us waking up at 3.30am but managed to get back to sleep eventually. Later had breakfast in the amazing atrium which was included in our rates. I had a freshly made to order omelette (yummy). Today is Saturday and we decided to take the short drive to Old Town Scottsdale and it was really hot. We managed to park the Lexus undercover in a free parking garage near 5th Avenue and went for a walk. Surprisingly the visitors centre is closed on weekends ! The first shop we went to I found a cool coffee mug which was only $9.99 plus taxes and we definitely want to buy a few more on this trip as mementos. Kerry found a nice piece ... read more