U.S.A - So here we are back in the U.S again for the final part of our sojourn. We will be here 3 months before returning to New Zealand at the end of January. We were pleasantly surprised on arrival to find the temperatures not as cool as we had thought. I am still managing to wear shorts every day since we left New Zealand on 4th June so not too bad! The temperature here is in the early 20's though cool at night and of course dark by 5.30 p.m.
We had negotiated a good deal with Avis in England in the days before we flew out so once again we have our Chevrolet Impala. We had 2 nights in the suburbs of L.A and then drove out east towards Arizona. We are delighted to have regular and free internet again so please email us with your news and how you like the blog and we will definately reply!
Today we went to the biggest of them all - the Grand Canyon National Park. We had a wonderful sunny day and walked the south rim trail for several kilometres. You park and ride the park shuttle and being November it was pleasantly under run with tourists. I had flown over the Grand Canyon before but not seen it at ground level and Tim and the children had never been. Tim found the 'drops' nerve wracking and fair enough considering up to 10 people fall over the edge each year to their deaths. There was a fascinating book in the giftshop of all the deaths that had occurred at the canyon! Unbelievably there have been many deaths even recently of people who drive their cars purposely over the edge 'Thelma and Louise' style. The drop is over 1 mile or 2.2 kms down.
Of course photographs cannot possibly capture the enormity of this wonder but I have posted a few for you any way. We saw deer and elk in the park and caught the sunset before heading home tired and weary.