Hi everyone, Since leaving the lovely hotel in Vegas we are back to slumming it in hostels and motel... if only we were rich enough to be flashpackers. From Vegas we had a long drive up to Yosemite and were pleased to find that the Tioga crossing hadn't yet been closed by snow and it was actually nice and sunny. After all the buzz and life in Vegas it was a shock to the system to yet again find ourseleves on pretty isolated roads with towns that basically consi...

So we headed towards the Grand Canyon and we had decided after careful consideration that we we were gong to visit the south rim as all the guide book said this was the best place. We got up early and started the drive which was about 70 miles from Flagstaff, the scenary was amazing on the way with lots to see and we kept panicking that we may fall of the cliffs. When we arrived we realised that it was very cold even though it was sunny so we decided to get on wi...

Hi everyone, We know it's been a while since we wrote the last blog in New York but it is amazing how impossible it is to find internet access in the US! Everywhere has wireless and our last hostel in Chicago that did have internet only let you go on for 15 mins... not long enough for me to waffle! So since we left New York we spent a couple of days driving up to Niagara Falls and got to take in the lovely fall scenery as we went - all the trees are amazing c...

Hi everyone, We've had an action packed first week in the USA, it's now our last morning in New York City so we thought we ought to squeeze in our first blog before we brave picking up the hire car in manhattan (thankfully Alex will be driving out of the city - looks too scary for me!) So I guess we should start at the beginning... We arrived last Thursday and you'll be pleased to hear were met with an overcast and rainy Washington while you were enjoying the ...