Apples are great. Beautiful Californian Granny Smiths at a very cheap price. But we probably won't be allowed to take any back into California. Had better get munching. As for the other apple. Blow the fact that the new iPhone will add half a per cent to the US GDP. The associated iOS 6 download on my iPad means that my blog app doesn't work, so I am having to do this the hard way via the back door. Any bets on an app update the day we fly home? You can only ta...

Crossing the desert from L.A. to Utah only increases one's admiration for the earliest settlers. The thought of making. that journey now with horse and wagon is enough to give us the shakes. As to what those guys would have made of the incongruity of Los Vegas? Zion was simply awesome. Day 1 - a hike up Observation Point. Day 2 - a quieter day including Hidden Canyon (still with scrambling) and some lesser, short walks. Day 3 - Angel's Landing, a piece of cake r...

What goes down gently and ends flat? No, not Bryce Canyon; that is flat and descends steeply. The car warning light came on while we were doing the tourist drive along The Rim yesterday afternoon; this morning the tyre (tire) was fully deflated. So we spent much of the morning getting the tyre plugged - a wonderful microcosm of small town America life. "Back in 5 minutes" means time for ham & eggs as well as coffee; "back in 2 minutes" only allows time for a ...