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Mel's Overseas Trip
Hi All,
Lucy and I are now on our 4th day of the Green Tortoise Canyons of the West Tour. Once again we are really roughing it. The tour is very unique! There are 36 people on the tour and we are all on a big green bus with no seats on it, only cushion beds and bunks.
The idea is that we sleep on the bus on occasions in a sleeper bunk a little like a coffin. We are squished in like refugees fleeing the country. At night we convert the bus, a process called the "Miracle" ( whish it is, it has to be seen to be believed!!) then 36 people pile on and sleep while the drivers drive through the night to the next destination.
When we don't have to drive through the night we sleep out in our sleeping bags under the stars. However for 2 nights on the trip it has rained so then we all make a mad dash to the bus to try and find room to sleep. You soon make very CLOSE friends as often you are sleeping on someone else.
So far we have been to Zion Canyon, Bryce Canyon, Arches National Park and Monument Valley.
We have camped right next to the Colorado River and by a VERY deep canyon known as 'Gooseneck Canyon'.
For someone like me that sleep walks that is very dangerous!!!!
Monument Valley we took a tour in a jeep with Navajo native people. The scenery was amazing and the guides were great fun and even taught us how to do a Sqaw Dance.
At Zion Canyon we saw our first and hopefully only Rattle Snake, very cool!!! however very dangerous.
Bryce Canyon and Arches were very hot desert country but unreal to see in real life.
The people on our tour are fantastic, heaps of fun. Each meal we cook ourselves as a group and continue to sing Queen and Abba songs on the bus while playing card games.
Today we are at Lake Powell for a swim thank god!!!! Cause we have not showered in 3 days, did I mention we were on one of those tours again. Yes, more drop loos's!!!!
I look nice and brown at the moment from being in the sun, but I am not sure how much of that is dirt and will wash off in the next shower.
Not getting much sleep, so Lucy and I are definetly going to live it up and stay at a resort in Vegas on the strip and perhaps sleep for a day!!!!
Will get to see the Grand Canyon in 2 days, can't wait!
Take Care and good luck for the dance exams.
Thinking of you all.
Love
Mel xoxoxox
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