Monument Valley – Navajo country The Grand Canyon! Just below the rim of the Grand Canyon itself along the Bright Angel Trail. We walked along here, hugging the mountain side not daring to look down on the other side where the drop was. The picture above is of the Grand Canyon viewed from inside the […]

We stayed at Planet Hollywood. Inside the complex they had the Miracle Mile shops. Outside temperatures were soaring into the 100s, but inside, a mini village had been built with a painted sky and air conditioned with even a simulated thunderstorm at regular intervals indoors! The Stratosphere, it’s got three hair raising rides by day. […]

The famous Las Vegas sign Chocolate factory at the Bellagio The Bellagio’s foyer ceiling consisting of 2,000 hand blown glass flowers by the world renowned artist Dale Chihuly at a cost of US$10,000,000! The opulence of many of the hotels and casinos more aptly named as resorts was mind blowing. The Bellagio also has its […]

No visit to San Francisco would be complete without a visit to Fisherman’s Wharf. Being a Sunday, the locals were out in force and the buzz was phenomenal. Loved it here. Especially the sea lions on Pier 39. Lunch was clam chowder served in a sour dough bowl which you ate after you finished the […]

Our first morning in San Francisco included a city tour. The temperatures here dropped by 20 degrees compared to the desert and we had rolling fog first thing in the morning which clouded the views from Twin Peaks. We ended up in Sausalito – a really nice artsy place with lots of galleries and left […]