The Wild West

Monument Valley, UT It was a fair drive from the Grand Canyon to Monument Valley and the campground in the park was closed for an upgrade for the whole season, so we were forced to stay at the RV park. Definitely not value for money, it really affects how you view a place. $25 for […]

Grand Canyon – take 2

Back up to the Grand Canyon and the weather was a lot better. For some reason entrance was free which meant that the camping grounds were full. We decided to try our luck anyway and they found a site which had an ‘a’ and a ‘b’ section, which means that you basically share a site […]

Sedona, AZ

The next day we went into Sedona and it poured with rain as predicted. We just window shopped and did the coffee thing. Being a rainy day we decided to drive to a few other towns such as Cottonwood and Jerome. Lindsay had heard that there was a nice bread shop in Cottonwood, while trying […]

Grand Canyon, AZ

We camped at Mather campground which is very nice and has big pine trees which gives it a forest feel. It wasn’t far to walk from our campsite to the entrance of the campground and there is a blue bus stop right outside which takes you to the visitor centre and links you up with […]

Slab City, CA

Slab City is a community area out from the town of Niland. An alternative lifestyle, quirky and good for taking a photo, but please, would you really want to live there? Slab City We didn’t get to the mud pots as we couldn’t find them and didn’t try very hard as the person at the […]

Salton Sea, CA

The Salton Sea is an inland sea which has 25% more salt than the ocean. Flood waters from the Colorado River created it in 1905. The campground is right on the sea and there is a table and bench where you can have breakfast and watch the Pelicans come into land. It smells a little […]

Death Valley, CA

Not a park to go to in summer Death Valley had not had any rain in six months, until we got there. We must be the rain gods. It rained all day and all night. We camped at the Sunset campground as the Furnace Creek campground was closed due to renovations. It was too windy […]

Red Rock Canyon, NV

This is a BLM (Bureau of Land Management) site. The visitor centre has a large shop and the help desk is very helpful. He suggested that we stop off at Calico I & Calico II, then at Sandstone Quarry take the Calico Tanks walk which was a medium grade walk over a lot of rocks […]

Valley of Fire, NV

Valley of Fire is a State Park of Nevada, so it doesn’t come under the America the Beautiful Pass we bought. The camping grounds are fantastic with flushing loos and hot showers. There is an RV section where they pay double the normal fee but they get power and water connected as well as a […]

Las Vegas, NV

It was hard for us to work out where to stay in Las Vegas as we hadn’t been there before. If you stay along the strip you will be amongst everything, so we decided that is where we wanted to be. We booked a mystery hotel and ended up at the Tropicana which is right […]