Road Trippin

So far so amazing! The drive across the Mojave desert from California to Nevada was pretty cool and we definitely looked like tourists in our white convertible, roof down with the iPod blasting out Meatloaf. We hit the strip and stayed at the super luxurious Wynn hotel at which point, as a pretty much non-gambler, I felt like Louis Theroux in his doc Gambling in Vegas.

 

  

As we left the bright lights of sin city behind we continued road tripping towards the massive Hoover Dam and into the desert heading out to Arizona and the Grand Canyon... WOW! As much of a cliche it is, it really does have to be seen to be believed, we saw absolutely incredible scenery as the sun was setting and we soon forgot all about 5* luxury and checked into the Grand Canyon's International Hostel (which, apart from the freight train running past our window all night, really wasn't too bad!)

Yesterday we headed back to the Canyon (saw an awesome rainbow across the rim) and did a couple of hours walking down the South rim trail where my lack of fitness was really put to the test. We drove for a good few hours to Monument Valley in Utah which again was incredibly scenic. We ended up having a room at the Hat Rock Inn in a little town called Mexican Hat with a king sized bed and ate the most delicious steak cooked by a real-life cowboy (Tom's next career move).

The next week or so is going to involve a huge amount of driving (thank god Tom passed his test) from Monument Valley - Zion - Bryce Canyon - Salt Lake City - Yellowstone - Lake Tahoe - Yosemite - Big Sur back to LA.